Cinderella Meets Fella

Love animation, it was a big part of my life as a child, particularly Disney, Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry, and still love it whether it's film, television or cartoons.

Tex Avery was one of the greatest and most influential animation directors there ever was, with a unique visual and humour style and his best work saw some ahead of its time content. 'Cinderella Meets Fella' is not one of his best efforts, it's worth watching, it's well made and it's far from bad, but it is not demonstrative of what made him so great and influential. His work here is more than competent and witty, with a nice bizarre factor, but it's also fairly tame (this is before his prime era in the 40s with MGM) by his standards.

'Cinderella Meets Fella's' story is nothing special and pretty flimsy, while still doing enough new with an oft-adapted story. The cartoon is amusing enough, but there is not what one would call hilarious. Some of the humour is very corny.

However, the animation ranges from good to excellent. It's fluid in movement, vibrant in colour and very meticulous in detail. Most of the pace is lively and the content is charming, amusing and well-timed if with not always imaginative.

Carl Stalling's music is typically superb. It is as always lushly orchestrated, full of lively energy and characterful in rhythm, not only adding to the action but also enhancing it. The characters are likeable and their personalities work well individually and together, Egghead is pretty humorous here. The voice acting is solid, notably from the ever legendary Mel Blanc.

Overall, well worth watching if not mind-blowing. 7/10 Bethany Cox

"Cinderella Meets Fella" is a variation on the old Cinderella story. It's filled with anachronisms and silliness.

While "Cinderella Meets Fella" is no great cartoon, compared to the usual film they made at the time, it's pretty good--but also wildly uneven. Part of the reason some of it is good is the bizarre sense of humor of the film's director, Tex Avery. Now this was long before his great films with MGM--and only a few years later, Looney Tunes (Warner Brothers) would fire him. But here, he clearly gives the cartoon a sense of weirdness that helps. However, for every weird moment, a dopey one follows--with VERY corny humor that will make you groan. Worth seeing if you want to see early Avery, otherwise it's one you might want to pass on and just see a later film from this wonderful studio.

Anyone who has seen an Egghead cartoon will find the idea of his being Prince Charming quite humorous. If you've seen much by Tex Avery, you know that when he's done, this won't much resemble the fairy tale as you hear it when you were younger. This is not your grandmother's Cinderella! The sight gags are great, as usual, Egghead is Egghead and the closing line is hilarious. Well worth watching. Recommended.