Mickey and the Seal (1948)

Let's be realistic.

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Mickey visit the seal and feeds the seals fish from his basket. While temporary leaving the basket behind, a baby seal sneaks into it and follows Mickey home. There, Pluto spots the seal and attempts to tell Mickey about it, and he won't hear of it. While taking a bath, the seal joins in the bath time as well, where Mickey finally spots him.There's nothing really much to laugh about in this cartoon, just a bunch of adorable-looking seals who really like to take baths. But, it can be heart-warming for people, though.Grade C

Mickey and the Seal (1948)*** 1/2 (out of 4)One of the better Mickey Mouse shorts has him at a zoo where he feeds a seal who decides to sneak home with him. Back at the house Pluto notices the seal and starts to go crazy, which gets him kicked out of the house. Soon afterwards Mickey decides to take a bath, which leads to his own encounter with the slippery seal. MICKEY AND THE SEAL is certainly one of the highlights of the entire series thanks in large part to Mickey never being more charming and a seal that is downright lovable. What's so great about this film is that the two are just a terrific comic duo and this is never more true than in the sequence where Mickey is trying to take a bath and doesn't realize the seal is in there with him.

Mickey Mouse goes to the zoo and feeds the sea lions. Unfortunately, one of them takes to Mickey and sneaks home in Mickey's picnic basket. When Mickey returns home, he is unaware and only Pluto realizes that the sea lion has now become a member of the household. Despite trying to tell Mickey repeatedly, Mickey is blissfully unaware. Once the presence of the sea lion is discovered, Mickey takes it all in stride and returns the cute guy to the zoo. However, the little sea lion tells his pals about Mickey's great home and they all decide to come for a visit.This short is very high on the cute quotient. You can't help but love the sea lion and enjoy the film--even if the story is a bit simple. Fun and well made.

This is a very funny Mickey Mouse short. Mickey visits the Seal Park and by accident he is taking a little seal home. He discovers that when he is taking a bath, a very funny sequence. Pluto is not so pleased to see a seal with Mickey. A very nice short with a very funny ending.