This is a 7 minute animated short film from over 70 years ago. It features Lulu, a black-haired girl in a red dress who seems to be quite the prankster. In the first half of the film, she tells (sings) us about the latest events of her being quite the bugger and usually her father was the one who got into trouble because of that, for example when he dressed up as Santa Claus. The second half is basically about how Lulu, on purpose or unintentionally, manages to stop a chicken hawk from emptying the barn. It's funny here and there, but overall I found it a fairly forgettable short film. The song referenced in the title is pretty catchy I will admit. My favorite part was probably right at the beginning after Lulu did something annoying again and she gets her ass whooped by her dad as punishment. Well.. that was not my favorite part. The really funny thing is how she, right afterward, gets a book out of her dress that kept the pain away as it was exactly where father was hitting. (Didn't he feel it?) The book was about self-defense. This actually could have been also a funny ending. Anyway, there are quite a few Lulu cartoons from the 1940s, even if she is not particularly known at all today anymore. The director is Seymour Kneitel, really a most prolific man between the 1930s and 1960s in terms of animation. This work here is nothing special thou. Not recommended.
4 Reviews
An average short at best
llltdesq28 September 2015
Warning: Spoilers
This is a cartoon in the Little Lulu series produced by Famous Studios. There will be spoilers ahead:
The short begins with Lulu rather stoically receiving a spanking from her father. She's stoic because she's protected herself with a book on self-defense.
Roughly the first three minutes of the short are spent in Lulu plaintively singing about how she's misunderstood-she's not bad, she's just curious. It's a mundane song of no great fascinating quality and it drags down the cartoon and proves the case for the other side of the argument! Things pick up in the second half of the short, when Lulu confronts a chicken hawk bent on stealing her family's chickens. She continually peppers him with questions before she starts fighting him. He finally chickens out and flies away. The ending is probably the best part, so I won't spoil that here.
This cartoon deserves to be seen once.
The short begins with Lulu rather stoically receiving a spanking from her father. She's stoic because she's protected herself with a book on self-defense.
Roughly the first three minutes of the short are spent in Lulu plaintively singing about how she's misunderstood-she's not bad, she's just curious. It's a mundane song of no great fascinating quality and it drags down the cartoon and proves the case for the other side of the argument! Things pick up in the second half of the short, when Lulu confronts a chicken hawk bent on stealing her family's chickens. She continually peppers him with questions before she starts fighting him. He finally chickens out and flies away. The ending is probably the best part, so I won't spoil that here.
This cartoon deserves to be seen once.
Half And Half
boblipton14 March 2023
Lulu is spanked and sent to bed, where she sings the title song. Later, a chicken hawk tries to break into the family's henhouse, raising Lulu's curiosity.
Because the uncredited song takes up half the cartoon, there seems to be a rather abrupt transition after it is done. Are we looking at Lulu singing the song, followed by enough of a story to bring it up to the 6.5 minutes a cartoon takes, or is a very short cartoon about Lulu fending off a chickenhawk eked out with a song?
I found the song not particularly excellent, and as for the story part of the cartoon, I thought there was one good gag.
Because the uncredited song takes up half the cartoon, there seems to be a rather abrupt transition after it is done. Are we looking at Lulu singing the song, followed by enough of a story to bring it up to the 6.5 minutes a cartoon takes, or is a very short cartoon about Lulu fending off a chickenhawk eked out with a song?
I found the song not particularly excellent, and as for the story part of the cartoon, I thought there was one good gag.
The second half is better than the first half
TheLittleSongbird11 February 2017
The 26 Little Lulu cartoons made during 1944-1948 (and the two made in the early 60s) were uneven (individually and the series as a general overview) but watchable.
It's an uneven series of cartoons, with some faring better than others (there are some good ones, some mediocre ones and ones that fall somewhere in between). 'I'm Just Curious' is one of the weaker Little Lulu cartoons and is barely average.
While the animation may take some getting used to, it is more refined now than it was when the Little Lulu series first started with more smoothness and more vibrant use of colour. Most of the music is very energetic and lush, the theme song is still infectious.
The second half is better than the first half, with a few amusing parts between Little Lulu and the hawk and the ending is good. Little Lulu is engaging, the hawk amuses and Little Lulu's father is a good example of an adult male authority figure that Little Lulu can pit against effectively. The characters are voiced well.
However, the first half does drag pretty badly and mostly consists of Little Lulu singing a song that is not that interesting or memorable. 'I'm Just Curious' is very light on plot, is thin in content for half of the cartoon before picking up a little in the second half and the humour has variable results with some amusing moments and others that fall flat.
So all in all, watchable but uneven and barely average. 5/10 Bethany Cox
It's an uneven series of cartoons, with some faring better than others (there are some good ones, some mediocre ones and ones that fall somewhere in between). 'I'm Just Curious' is one of the weaker Little Lulu cartoons and is barely average.
While the animation may take some getting used to, it is more refined now than it was when the Little Lulu series first started with more smoothness and more vibrant use of colour. Most of the music is very energetic and lush, the theme song is still infectious.
The second half is better than the first half, with a few amusing parts between Little Lulu and the hawk and the ending is good. Little Lulu is engaging, the hawk amuses and Little Lulu's father is a good example of an adult male authority figure that Little Lulu can pit against effectively. The characters are voiced well.
However, the first half does drag pretty badly and mostly consists of Little Lulu singing a song that is not that interesting or memorable. 'I'm Just Curious' is very light on plot, is thin in content for half of the cartoon before picking up a little in the second half and the humour has variable results with some amusing moments and others that fall flat.
So all in all, watchable but uneven and barely average. 5/10 Bethany Cox
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