The Whalers Review

The Whalers is a 1938 Mickey Mouse cartoon. It is a pretty solid flick.

It is obviously based on Moby-Dick plotwise and it can be considered to be a parody of it. But to me personally it reminded me quite a bit of that Monstro sequence in ‘Pinocchio’. It was definitely a precursor to that much better scene than this movie. I still liked this film, but it should have been more adventurous and funnier overall.

But it has its funny scenes with Goofy’s end moment being quite amusing. He continues to steal the show throughout 1938 which continues to surprise me. He’s such a fun character. Donald and Mickey suffer as a result, though both are solid, if not great. The animation of the whale and the action scenes is excellent as is the score.

The Whalers is well animated and quiet funny in its finale, but not particularly entertaining or memorable.