Foreverisacastironmess This is yet another of my favourite animated shorts of the early Disney canon, as everything in it is just so great! I love how it has one of those really memorable theme tunes that takes the viewer right back to how they felt when they first watched it years ago as a kid, least it always does for me. I can't believe this lost out to "Ferdinand the Bull", which although is a good animation in its own right, just generally comes nowhere near the kind of legendary status that this short has achieved. This should have won every possible award that it deserved, as it actually feels like it would've made for a pretty good movie of its own. There are a couple of really noticeable precursors to that evergreen masterpiece "Pinocchio" which would be landing two years later, such as the hilariously weird moment when the baby with the croaky voice exclaims "Jiminy Cricket!", the inside of the giant's mouth is similar to that of Monstro the Whale's, when Mickey gets briefly sent down his gullet it looks similar to when Jiminy gets shot down the pool table, and when Mickey gets shoved out of the castle to face his herculean task was very similar to the scene in the classic where the giant gates of nightmarish Pleasure Island are sealed shut. The rich details of the medieval-looking backgrounds were all beautifully done. The thrilling action of the sequences brilliantly matches the quality of the artwork, the two taking centre stage and both coming out winners. The immense animation involved with the thunderous footsteps of the giant as he approaches is epic and very suspenseful - I actually fear the brave little Mickey may get squashed like a bug as he gets swept away! The unnamed giant that's featured may be even dumber than Willie from "Mickey and the Beanstalk", not even seeming to be able to speak in complete sentences! Although he doesn't have half the charm or charisma of Willie, this guy on the plus side is a *real* giant, and the thing that I love the most about this fantastic feat of a short is really the smaller things, the fascinating little details and situations that arise from the size and scale of the giant:the way he tears the well out of the ground for a swig, the way he rolls a cigar out of the bale of hay and then uses the cottage's oven like a lighter! I also loved the miniature pumpkins, so cute! And Mickey in comparison is about what a real mouse would be to an average-sized human. The way he conquers his mountainous foe is very fun and imaginative. The ending is too cute, me and my brothers always used to get a big laugh out of the flamboyant way the king yells out "whoopee!" while riding the carousel with his ice cream! At least they made a productive use out of the giant.. Now surely sooner or later he's gonna have to wake up! This is the last appearance of Mickey with the black button eyes and white face. After this he would be given the, for me less appealing pink facial skin and eyes with pupils. The end of a little era... Love it, one of the all-time Mickey classics - that's for darn sure!!!

TheLittleSongbird Not my favourite, but up there. The animation is mostly excellent with beautiful colours and fluid backgrounds. The character designs aren't quite up there, but they are acceptable. The music has always been one of my favourite assets about these Silly Symphonies, and because it is so jaunty and energetic here Brave Little Tailor is no exception. The writing is funny with the parts with the giant amusing and I loved it when Minnie kisses Mickey and the story is charming. Mickey is a very cute and likable hero, and all the support characters make an impression while never bland. All in all, a great cartoon. 9/10 Bethany Cox

Shawn Watson This time Mickey is starring all on his own, with no back-up. And for a change he's actually got a good story instead of the usual 'disaster' plots. In this cartoon, he plays a tailor who, through a series of misunderstandings, is sent on a mission by the king to take out a giant who is about to pound on their village. Princess Minnie is his reward so obviously he's going to oblige no matter how impossible that mission may be.Shock horror, there are actually some laughs and Mickey manages to hold our attention instead of making us drift away. The gimmicks and imagination are very good and the ending in which the villagers use the sleeping giant as a power source is very clever.Definitely one of the best Mickey shorts.

Ron Oliver A Walt Disney MICKEY MOUSE Cartoon.A BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR, mistakenly acclaimed as a great champion, is sent to stop the depredations of a fearsome giant who is terrifying a tiny kingdom.This is one of the truly classic color Mouse films, featuring excellent animation, sly humor & some genuine thrills. This vivid, fast-moving reinterpretation of the Brothers Grimm tale gave Mickey one of his grandest adventures and he obviously relishes his return, albeit briefly, to the top of the Disney heap. Without Donald, Goofy or Pluto to steal the limelight, Mickey proves to be a most dashing hero. Miss Minnie's involvement in the cartoon is mainly to add encouragement to Mickey's resolve and provide a reward for his heroics. Walt Disney supplies Mickey's squeaky voice.Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by pictures & drawings. As a lad in Marceline, Missouri, he sketched farm animals on scraps of paper; later, as an ambulance driver in France during the First World War, he drew comic figures on the sides of his vehicle. Back in Kansas City, along with artist Ub Iwerks, Walt developed a primitive animation studio that provided animated commercials and tiny cartoons for the local movie theaters. Always the innovator, his ALICE IN CARTOONLAND series broke ground in placing a live figure in a cartoon universe. Business reversals sent Disney & Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Walt's older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager & counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Walt's imagination, ensuring Disney's immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickey's screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Walt's growing crew of marvelously talented animators were quickly conquering new territory with full color, illusions of depth and radical advancements in personality development, an arena in which Walt's genius was unbeatable. Mickey's feisty, naughty behavior had captured millions of fans, but he was soon to be joined by other animated companions: temperamental Donald Duck, intellectually-challenged Goofy and energetic Pluto. All this was in preparation for Walt's grandest dream - feature length animated films. Against a blizzard of doomsayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi & Peter Pan. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that childlike simplicity of message and lots of hard work will always pay off.