Building a Building

Building a Building

Mickey operates a steam shovel on a busy construction site.

Directed by David Hand

Produced by Walt Disney Productions

19337 min6.7 / 10

A lighthearted 1930s cartoon short built on slapstick chaos, romantic rivalry, and physical comedy at a construction site.

Mickey's a shovel operator and laborer at a construction site; Minnie is delivering box lunches; Pete is the foreman. Mickey pays more attention to Minnie than to his work, and keeps having accidents (mostly involving the blueprints Pete is holding). Pete steals Mickey's lunch, so Minnie offers him one on the house. While he's eating, Pete kidnaps Minnie; Mickey fights him, but the tide turns when Minnie dumps a load of hot rivets into Pete's pants...

Questions people ask

  • Is Building a Building scary? No. Less frightening than 98% of films.

  • Is Building a Building easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 98% of films.

  • Is Building a Building sad? No. Less sad than 97% of films.

  • Does Building a Building end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 97% of films.

  • Is Building a Building violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

53/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity26

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise86

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love55

How much audiences actually like it

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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Building a Building, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Building a Building, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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