Mickey Mouse (2016 film)

 Mickey Mouse  is an 2016 American animated comedy slapstick film based on the 2013 Mickey Mouse shorts, which in turn is also based on Mickey Mouse by Walt Disney. It was directed by Paul Rudish (developer of the 2013 shorts in his feature directorial debut) and was written by Rudish, Paul Feig, and Matthew O'Callaghan, and stars the show's regular voice cast of Chris Diamantoupolus, Jacob Tremblay, Tony Anselmo, Russi Taylor, Bill Farmer, Jim Cummings, and April Winchell. The film follows Mickey Mouse getting a visit from his two nephews, while also showing the regular normal day lives of other characters.

The music was composed by Hans Zimmer, with the themes by Christopher Willis, composer of the show. Production began in August 2013, two months after the show's premiere, with Rudish returning to direct while several of the show's cast and crew members would be returning. Tremblay stars in a triple role as Mickey and his nephews Morty and Ferdie. The movie makes references to four films: Transformers 2, The Lion King, James Bond, and Spider-Man 3. The animation was directed by Tony Bancroft, who also co-directed the film. The music was composed by Hans Zimmer, with the themes by Christopher Willis.

Produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, it is the studio's first animated film to be produced in five years after 2011's Winnie the Pooh, capturing the same animation from the shorts. The movie premiered in theaters on August 19, 2016 and was met with mixed reviews from critics, praising its animation and acting, but criticism was aimed at the plot and pacing. Though the film's reviews were positive to audiences of fans of Disney. Despite this, the film was a box-office bomb, only grossing $38 million. The film has largely gained a cult following.

Synopsis
Mickey and his friends are living normal lives in their beautiful neighborhood. On a bright sunny day, Mickey gets a call from his nephews Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse saying that they'll come visit him, which they do and Mickey spends quality time with them. After a nuclear accident, Donald, one of Mickey's friends, gains superpowers, which his enemy Pete becomes jealous and Goofy gets a girlfriend. However, an evil person more evil than Mortimer and Pete plans to blow up the entire town with a bomb.

Plot
As the film opens to its title card, it follows the life of Mickey Mouse, who is in a hurry to get to the supermarket as he is told by his best friend Goofy that they're selling free donuts and cheese. After traffic, Mickey calls his scooter (who's name is Scoot) to help him drive. He gets to the supermarket but finds out he is too late, but is offered a donut and a cheese by Goofy, which they sit outside the supermarket and eat them.

Meanwhile, Minnie, Mickey's girlfriend, sets up a date for Mickey, which he promised that he will go on a date with Minnie on Friday. Then, Donald is sitting in his chair at home when Daisy slaps him. Daisy demands Donald to go get a job and stop being lazy. Donald takes this opportunity and decides to go get a job. One job he tries to get is in a pizza palace. Donald eventually gets the job but is soon fired after making a pizza circle. After eating the cheese and donuts with Goofy, Mickey leaves the supermarket only to find Scoot sick. Seeing that the temperature is 57 degrees (as the movie is set in November), Mickey decides to take Scoot home and lets him rest.

A few hours later at 2:00AM, Mickey gets a call from one of his nephews Morty. Morty tells Mickey that he and Ferdie will visit Mickey, must to Mickey's excitment. Mickey asks what time and what day they'll come, but they do not ask and hang up the phone. It than shows a one minute montage of Morty and Ferdie traveling on a cruise, a plane, a rocketship they stole from NASA, and finally, a car to get to Mickey's town. The car eventually runs out of gas. They ask a GPS where a gas station is but unfortunately, there is no gas station nearby, so they have to walk. In a James Bond style, Morty and Ferdie use a boat to get there while Mickey is waiting for them.

Development
After the positive reception of the first seven Mickey Mouse episodes from the series, a feature TV movie for the show was announced to be in development. Series developer Paul Rudish pitched the idea to Walt Disney Animation Studios as their first 2D animated film to be produced in five years after Winnie the Pooh. According to Rudish, the company switched the idea to a theatrical film because they thought "that the concept would work better for a theatrical film."