Of Feline Bondage (1965) User Reviews

An unexceptional Chuck Jones Tom and Jerry caper.

[BA_Harrison · 4/10 · 29 May 2017]

Tom wants to experiment in some kinky '50 Shades of Grey' style sadomasochism. Jerry is only too willing to dish out the pain.

Just kidding.

This one actually starts off in a snooker hall, where Tom is tormenting Jerry. The tables are turned, however, when Jerry's fairy god-mouse appears and gives the rodent an invisibility potion (instead of simply casting a spell).

The other two reviewers here on IMDb seem to rate this '60s Chuck Jones T&J cartoon higher than the director's other cat and mouse efforts. I can't see what is so special about it. The invisibility idea isn't very original (having already been done with vanishing cream and invisible ink) and the animation is pretty average.

And like several other of Chuck's Tom and Jerry capers, it ends abruptly, a case of weak writing or simply indifference.

Perfectly funny!

[crazydude1989 · 10/10 · 23 July 2006]

This is one of my favorite 1963-1967 shorts. Tom is chasing Jerry when Jerry finally gets a visit from his Fairy Godmouse. The fairy gives Jerry an invisibility potion, and gets his revenge on Tom, by chasing him around the house with a pair of "walking" scissors, giving him quite a haircut! As the invisible potion wears off, Tom gets HIS revenge on Jerry, and the two have a good laugh, as Tom looks like he's bald, and wearing a wifebeater and shorts, and Jerry is wearing a bikini.

This episode has a perfect ending, and a great plot. I love their facial expressions, and their new outfits I recommend you watch this episode!

One of the funnier and better Tom and Jerry cartoons of the 60s

[TheLittleSongbird · 8/10 · 12 July 2010]

Coming from a huge Tom and Jerry fan, I actually enjoyed this cartoon. Is it as good as any of the Hanna Barbera cartoons? No, while this was very enjoyable, most of the Hanna Barbera cartoons were classics. But is it better than the Gene Dietch cartoons? You bet it is, a few of those almost made me have a brain hemorrhage, and I'd rather have two really painful mouth ulcers than sit through Switchin' Kitten again.

Of Feline Bondage is a little too short and occasionally a bit too quick in the pacing. However, the animation is not bad at all, not absolutely brilliant, but there are some handsome backgrounds and colours. And I liked the upbeat soundtrack, and the story was efficient and interesting. Plus the sight gags and violence was funny, in alternative to stomach-churning like they were in the Gene Dietch cartoons. Tom and Jerry are still their likable selves, and the Fairy Godmouse(wonderfully voiced by the great June Foray) is a nice touch.

Overall, I liked Of Feline Bondage. 8/10 Bethany Cox

The controversial source material selected by . . .

[pixrox1 · 8/10 · 6 November 2022]

. . . the valiant payback team of Warner saboteurs is something no one in their right mind would tap for a kiddies' picture if they were honestly trying to extend a valued film franchise. However, the Warner avengers were out to correct lingering wrongs by scuttling the Tom & Jerry scam as quickly as they could. The original team of notorious Poverty Row plagiarizing doodlers were infamous for stealing ALL of their ideas from their betters, and then rigging SEVEN elections in a brief time span held to award an annual gelded statuette for Best Animated Short. A tawdry Tinsel Town coterie tainted by corruption had originally created the hoopla and the hardware as the exclusive domain of the Walnut Dizzy gang. However, awash with ill-gotten gains, the House of the Groaning Fat Cat concluded that erroneous elections could become a one-way street to the door of the highest bidder. Warner saw through such shenanigans and eventually triumphed, drinking Leo's milkshake.