Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Gripping story with well-crafted characters

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

"Fraidy Cat" is a Tom & Jerry cartoon from 1942, so this one will have its 75th anniversary next year. It is one of the earlier works starring the world's most famous cat and mouse duo and you also see that from the way Tom looks for example. At 8 minutes, it is slightly longer than they usually are. One reason why I did not manage to appreciate this one that much is that the comedy was not really so funny this time. Another reason would be the entire plot. I think these are the best when Tom is the evil guy and Jerry tales revenge, but here all the evil comes from Jerry. Tom listens to a creepy horror story from the radio and Jerry keeps scaring him afterward. The best moments were probably when Jerry gets a fair share of his own like when he is scared in the very end or the scene when he realizes Tom found out about him was probably the best about this little film. Still poor Tom. Even when he is not scared in the end anymore, he gets beaten the crap out of him. I don't recommend this T&J film. thumbs down.

It's from this cartoon onwards that Tom and Jerry would start to get that crazy pace that we are used to. This one have some funny moments and some unnecessary.The Story is that Tom is hearing some scary stories on the radio, and he gets really frightened of it, Jerry, takes this to his advantage, to get rid of Tom.There are some funny moments, such as the 9 lives being sucked out of him, or Tom attacking Mammy.But The unnecessary ones are REALLY unnecessary, take as a example a scene of Jerry messing on a vacuum cleaner, making Tom think that it'sa ghost, when Tom realizes the truth, Jerry is turning the switch on and off. Then he laughs. He Looks at Tom. He plays with the vacuum switch again. Then he points at somewhere. He start laughing again. Then he starts playing with the vacuum switch again. Then he start laughing one more time. Then he start switching on and off again. Then he start to slow down and realizes that he just saw Tom. Then he goes a little bit to the front to see if Tom was really there. Then he gulps. Then he looks at the Audience.I Think you get where I am going.Rather Slow, if you don't have nothing else to do, I recommend you to give it a try.

Jerry spies Tom listening to a creepy story on the radio and seizes the opportunity to scare his nemesis.I didn't find this particular episode that funny: the humour seemed rather constrained and the whole set up was kinda lame (Jerry is essentially the 'bad guy' in this one, tormenting poor Tom for no particular reason).There is the occasional flash of inspiration (such as Tom's literal 'heart in mouth' experience, and the moment when his nines lives are sucked out of his body), but, on the whole, this effort lacks the frenetic pacing, excellent animation and sheer wit of most of T&J's other cartoons.

Sure, this short has its moments and the animation is OK. The score is also fine with music arranged on what happens on the screen. It's not the worst Tom and Jerry cartoon.Because Tom and Jerry don't speak these cartoons have to rely on visual gags and there's the problem with this cartoon - the writing. The gags are mostly not very funny and they're stretched too long. For example the first two minutes are spent showing Tom listening to a ghost story and being spooked by it - sounds boring and that's what it is.About the previous reviewers... What were they on - and where can I get it? The plot outline in the main page is correct. There's a short gag about Tom's nine lives being 'sucked out' of him; there's also a short chase after Tom has figured out that Jerry is just trying to scare him. The only thing I agree with them is that the cartoon is "good and fun for the kids"! :)