Not one of the best Betty Boop cartoons, still a good fun cartoon in many ways.
Fleischer were responsible for some brilliant cartoons, some of them still among my favourites. Their visual style was often stunning and some of the most imaginative and ahead of its time in animation. The character of Betty Boop, one of their most famous and prolific characters, may not be for all tastes and sadly not as popular now, but her sex appeal was quite daring for the time and to me there is an adorable sensual charm about her. The charm, sensuality and adorability factors are here and she's fun to watch.
The rest of the characters are similarly enormously entertaining, with fun appearances from most classic nursery rhyme characters (along with a couple of dull ones that are just there with not much to do), Humpty Dumpty is a particularly memorable part and the spider while a bit too frightening perhaps for youngsters certainly is not a character one forgets in the long run.
Story-wise, there is nothing ground-breaking (cartoons taking on nursery rhymes has been done a lot, and a lot of the other times more inventively) nursery rhymes and structurally it's thin stuff with a couple of moments that do come over as a touch saccharine and creepy. It is fun and engaging however still and is paced efficiently, kept afloat by some funny moments and most of the characters. The voice acting is good.
Furthermore, the black and white animation is extremely good, smooth, meticulously detailed and well drawn with the black and white not looking too primitive. A lot of it is actually very imaginative as well, and it is the cartoon's best component by a large margin. Just as good is the music, which is rousing, catchy and unquestionably accessible to anybody who loves or is familiar with the composition style, with some clever takes on familiar nursery rhymes.
All in all, good Betty Boop cartoon but not one of her best. 7/10 Bethany Cox
Fleischer were responsible for some brilliant cartoons, some of them still among my favourites. Their visual style was often stunning and some of the most imaginative and ahead of its time in animation. The character of Betty Boop, one of their most famous and prolific characters, may not be for all tastes and sadly not as popular now, but her sex appeal was quite daring for the time and to me there is an adorable sensual charm about her. The charm, sensuality and adorability factors are here and she's fun to watch.
The rest of the characters are similarly enormously entertaining, with fun appearances from most classic nursery rhyme characters (along with a couple of dull ones that are just there with not much to do), Humpty Dumpty is a particularly memorable part and the spider while a bit too frightening perhaps for youngsters certainly is not a character one forgets in the long run.
Story-wise, there is nothing ground-breaking (cartoons taking on nursery rhymes has been done a lot, and a lot of the other times more inventively) nursery rhymes and structurally it's thin stuff with a couple of moments that do come over as a touch saccharine and creepy. It is fun and engaging however still and is paced efficiently, kept afloat by some funny moments and most of the characters. The voice acting is good.
Furthermore, the black and white animation is extremely good, smooth, meticulously detailed and well drawn with the black and white not looking too primitive. A lot of it is actually very imaginative as well, and it is the cartoon's best component by a large margin. Just as good is the music, which is rousing, catchy and unquestionably accessible to anybody who loves or is familiar with the composition style, with some clever takes on familiar nursery rhymes.
All in all, good Betty Boop cartoon but not one of her best. 7/10 Bethany Cox