Polka-Dot Puss (1949)

Sorry, this movie sucks

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Or do the really? Maybe they are just faking it? Watch for yourself. "Polka-Dot Puss" is an over 65-year-old cartoon that runs slightly over 7 minutes as usual and the humor here relies on the protagonists getting the measles. All kinds of chaos ensue, for example involving a thermometer. i have seen some of the Tom & Jerry cartoons and I am a bit surprised this one is actually among their most known as I personally did not find it as smart or funny. I liked other works by these two more, maybe because the focus here is not really on the cat-mouse rivalry, but drifts away from the core of these cartoons on more than one occasions. In the end, karma strikes for Jerry. I don't recommend the watch. Thumbs down.

This short begins with Tom using Jerry as a yo-yo for his own pleasure before Mammy-Two-Shoes (dubbed to appease the PC Brigade in the version I saw) orders him out of the house for the night, despite the fact that it's pouring with rain. Why does she insist on torturing him like this again? Anyway, Tom pretends to be ill so he can stay indoors, by the fire. But Jerry is having none of it.He convinces Tom that he has measles by paining dots on his face and proceeds to 'cure' him using a wide range of gruesome anecdotes, which make up the visual humor of the cartoon. In the end, they both pay for their untruths.An amusing cartoon.

Tom fakes being sick with a cold so Mammy Two Shoes doesn't put him outside for the night. (It's raining.) Jerry witnesses the act and is disgusted, shaking his head and going "tch, tch, tch."When Tom tries to go to sleep, the mouse sabotages his efforts. This is why I never rooted for Jerry. He is sadistic and most times tortures the cat for no reason at all except to be mean-spirited. Yet, we are supposed to root for him? To be fair, though, sometimes Tom instigates, too.Decent sight gags: Tom using Jerry as a yo-yo; Jerry painting measles on Tom's face; Jerry tampering with the thermometer; Tom's blue teeth and red measles literally popping out on Jerry.In this cartoon, neither adversary was the winner, which was a good ending to not only the cartoon but to the set in which I watched this: the Tom and Jerry Spotlight Volume 2 DVD.

When the black maid tries to put Tom out for the night -- in the heavy rain -- he feigns a cold to keep himself inside. Makeshift doctor Jerry gives Tom a cure he'll never forget...A very enjoyable, light-hearted cartoon with an added twist at the end.