OllieSuave-007 There is really not too much to see here, just a bunch of animals moving to music during the winter time. There were some recognizable classical waltzes in the cartoon short, and there were a few clever sound and visual effects, but not much in exciting entertainment value. Even some of the animals looked a little wasted or buzzed when they were dancing. Grade C-

Foreverisacastironmess Well I have now reviewed all four of the season-themed Silly Symphony cartoon shorts and out of them I think I like Summer the best. This on the other hand certainly didn't do it for me. It has some cute nice touches to it but I just mainly found it disappointing, it was just very bland and mediocre to me, just another average forest critters dancing to music type romp, and I'm afraid that I found most of these critters to be annoying rather than charming. Most of them had faces like Mickey or maybe the lame Oswald Rabbit. I didn't like their designs, maybe it was the quality of the particular version of the short that I watched, but most of them looked like black blobs who's features you could barely make out except for their ugly rubber limbs. Frightfully basic. And again maybe it was just the version I saw but the sound was really scratchy and so bad that it hurt my ears, sound-wise time was not kind to thee Winter! I know that at this point in time it was the formula they were sticking with and a winning one at that, but I thought the happy dancing route seemed a bit at odds with the season of ice, they should have tried for something a little deeper, possibly even a little downbeat? What I did like the most about it was some of the smaller background details, they were surprisingly beautiful and rich for such a rough short. It was good to see that at least in that regard the animators were fast improving. I did love the icy snowstorm that blows at the beginning, that was one thing that the Disney animators never seemed to have any trouble with right from the start. A cute enough short, but no favourite of mine in this great series. And...curtains!

Robert Reynolds This is a short in the Silly Symphonies series produced by Disney. There will be spoilers ahead:This short is largely various types of animals yipping, dancing and frolicking in winter weather. Some dance in the snow, some dance on ice while skating, some bears try (with little success) to sleep, which is what the others should probably be doing on a snowy winter night.This starts with birds, of all things, singing in a snowstorm. The "branches" upon which they sit become antlers, as a deer shakes off snow and goes ice skating. One deer becomes a trio as two others link hooves and skate in unison.Various other critters dance, ice skate and bounce about, notably a playful bear cub horsing around a large sleeping beer which awakes eventually and is not happy! The payoff here, in a sense, is the groundhog coming out to discover if it sees its shadow. The ending is very good, so I won't spoil it here.This short is available on the Disney Treasures More Silly Symphonies DVD set and it and the set are worth finding.

MartinHafer Starting in the late 1920s, the Walt Disney Company began to produce a series of shorts under the umbrella label "Silly Symphonies" and they consisted of various creatures dancing about to the ever-present music. However, in the case of "Springtime", "Summer", "Autumn" and "Winter", they decided to produce a series within the series--all based on the seasons. Of the four, "Winter" was the last to debut."Winter" consists of lots of creatures cavorting about and enjoying the snow--though a few should have been hibernating! In this particular case, a bear cub wakes up and begins annoying the adult bear--and the adult is pretty mad at first. But, as everyone is having a great time, it gets into the spirit of it all. Aside from this, there really is no discernible plot other than when the animals all come to see the groundhog to see when spring will occur.While not a great short at all, it's among the best of the four if not the best--even if it's short on plot. Nice animation and a few semi-funny moments make this just a bit better than the others.