Home > Animation >

Fat in the Saddle

Fat in the Saddle (1968)

June. 01,1968
|
5.2
| Animation Comedy Western Family

Woody takes a job as a Pony Express rider. It seems that no one can get the mail to go through.

...

Watch Trailer

Cast

Reviews

Arianna Moses
1968/06/01

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.

More
Scotty Burke
1968/06/02

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

More
Fleur
1968/06/03

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

More
Staci Frederick
1968/06/04

Blistering performances.

More
TheLittleSongbird
1968/06/05

Was very fond of Woody Woodpecker and his cartoons as a child. Still get much enjoyment out of them now as a young adult, even if there are more interesting in personality cartoon characters and better overall cartoons.That is in no way knocking Woody, because many of his cartoons are a lot of fun to watch and more and also still like him a lot as a character. This is going to be a reiteration of a lot of my reviews for the later Woody Woodpecker cartoons, but mainly because the later Paul J. Smith-directed cartoons have pretty much the same strengths and faults. Not all Smith's efforts are average or less, 'Niagara Fools' is one of the not many very good and more Woody Woodpecker cartoons of his (excellent in that cartoon's case despite the lacking animation).'Fat in the Saddle' is another one of the weaker early 60s Woody Woodpecker cartoons, with a few exceptions such as 'Skin Folks' and especially 'Three Little Woodpeckers' Woody was well past his best at this best and 'Fat in the Saddle' does nothing to change my mind.If there was a best asset, it would have to be the music score. It is bouncy, energetic and very lushly orchestrated, not only synchronising and fitting with the action very well but enhancing it.Voice acting is solid. Grace Stafford continues to prove why she was the best voice actor for the character and the one that understood him the most.However, Woody compared to his original manic personality is just too subdued and his material is too obvious and safe, one misses the manic energy and the risk taking. None of the supporting characters make much of an impression, the horse has little personality and if you've seen all the other bandits in previous Woody Woodpecker cartoons (and there are a fair few cartoons with them) the bandit is very little different, not much formidable or entertaining and derivative.Generally, the timing could have been sharper and the humour is primarily let down by that it is derivative of better and fresher humour in other Woody Woodpecker cartoons and also the lack of wit and consistent energy. The laughs are not enough and they are not particularly funny either. Plus the story is very over-familiar, very few surprises here with too much repetition, and the cartoon could have done with more variety.Just as problematic is the animation quality. Time and budget constraints shows in a lot of the animation, which is very rushed looking in the drawing and detail wise it's on the simplistic and careless side like many of Woody's cartoons from this period continuing through to the 60s.In conclusion, weak. 3/10 Bethany Cox

More