While not the worst Speedy cartoon, this one could have been better. Starting with the good things, Mel Blanc once again is great with the voices of Speedy and Sylvester who are adequate here. Also the music is pretty good, the story while standard ran fairly smoothly and there are funny dialogue and sight gags. But the animation was a major con to this otherwise decent cartoon. The backgrounds are lifeless and Sylvester is very badly animated here. The pacing was off as well, no real surprise seeing as most Speedy cartoons have very uneven pacing but still. Overall, Cats and Bruises is decent and there are some good laughs but the animation is very ropey and that alone makes what could have been very good to just borderline decent. 6/10 Bethany Cox