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Steamboat Willie

Steamboat Willie

Animation · Comedy · 1928

Mickey Mouse, piloting a steamboat, delights his passenger, Minnie Mouse, by making musical instruments out of the menagerie on deck.

Movie details

Steamboat Willie

1928 Animation · Comedy 8m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.3 / 10

Community rating

Mickey Mouse, piloting a steamboat, delights his passenger, Minnie Mouse, by making musical instruments out of the menagerie on deck.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Walt Disney · Ub Iwerks

Written by

Ub Iwerks · Walt Disney

Walt Disney

Walt Disney

Mickey Mouse / Minnie Mouse / Pete (voice) (uncredited)

Court is in session

Put Steamboat Willie on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.