Happy-Go-Nutty
Happy-Go-Nutty
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What this film brings
Content barometer
Violence
1/5
Mild
Fear
1/5
Mild
Sexuality
0/5
None
Language
0/5
None
Narrative complexity
0/5
Simple
Adult themes
0/5
None
Expert review
This Tex Avery animated short is built around very fast, absurd, deliberately chaotic humor, with an ongoing chase between an eccentric squirrel and a guard dog. The main sensitive material comes from slapstick cartoon violence, including hits, falls, crashes, and comic peril with no realistic consequences, along with the idea of escaping from a nut house, which may sound odd to young viewers even though it is not treated in a dark way. The overall intensity stays mild, but the physical gags are frequent and nearly nonstop, so very young or sensitive children may find the pace overstimulating or the conflict a little stressful. For most children, it is suitable from the later preschool years or early elementary age, especially if an adult can explain that this is an exaggerated old cartoon world where characters bend reality and nothing is meant to feel truly dangerous.
Synopsis
Screwy Squirrel escapes from the nut house and leads the guard dog on a long and ridiculous chase.
Difficult scenes
The setup shows the squirrel escaping from a nut house and immediately pulling the guard dog into a chase. The tone stays comic and unreal, but some parents may want to know that language and imagery connected to madness appear right away, even though the film does not treat them as a serious emotional subject. Much of the short is made of chase gags with collisions, impacts, and rough slapstick typical of classic cartoons. The characters are repeatedly knocked around without realistic injury or lasting pain, but a very young child could still be startled by the speed of the attacks and by the hero's strange, cackling behavior.
Where to watch
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About this title
- Format
- Short film
- Year
- 1944
- Runtime
- 7m
- Countries
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
- Directed by
- Tex Avery
- Main cast
- Wally Maher, Dick Nelson
- Studios
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM Cartoon Studio
Content barometer
Violence
1/5
Mild
Fear
1/5
Mild
Sexuality
0/5
None
Language
0/5
None
Narrative complexity
0/5
Simple
Adult themes
0/5
None
Expert review
This Tex Avery animated short is built around very fast, absurd, deliberately chaotic humor, with an ongoing chase between an eccentric squirrel and a guard dog. The main sensitive material comes from slapstick cartoon violence, including hits, falls, crashes, and comic peril with no realistic consequences, along with the idea of escaping from a nut house, which may sound odd to young viewers even though it is not treated in a dark way. The overall intensity stays mild, but the physical gags are frequent and nearly nonstop, so very young or sensitive children may find the pace overstimulating or the conflict a little stressful. For most children, it is suitable from the later preschool years or early elementary age, especially if an adult can explain that this is an exaggerated old cartoon world where characters bend reality and nothing is meant to feel truly dangerous.
Synopsis
Screwy Squirrel escapes from the nut house and leads the guard dog on a long and ridiculous chase.
Difficult scenes
The setup shows the squirrel escaping from a nut house and immediately pulling the guard dog into a chase. The tone stays comic and unreal, but some parents may want to know that language and imagery connected to madness appear right away, even though the film does not treat them as a serious emotional subject. Much of the short is made of chase gags with collisions, impacts, and rough slapstick typical of classic cartoons. The characters are repeatedly knocked around without realistic injury or lasting pain, but a very young child could still be startled by the speed of the attacks and by the hero's strange, cackling behavior.