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Tom and Jerry

Tom and Jerry

2021

Tim Story

Animation, Chloë Grace Moretz, Michael Peña, Rob Delaney ...

4.4

1,303

Animation. Comedy. Adventure Adaption of the classic Hanna-Barbera property, which reveals how Tom and Jerry first meet and form their rivalry.

	Media	Author	Review
		Jason Bailey The New York Times	"The integration of animation and live action is so clunky that it feels like we’re watching special effects demonstrations rather than gags."
		Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"Whoever wins, parents lose (...) this is a serviceable, if entirely forgettable attempt to relaunch an old property for a new audience (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Debruge Variety	"'Tom & Jerry' won’t be winning any Oscars (...) But it’s good enough to go down easy."
		John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Rewatch 'Roger Rabbit' instead"
		G. Allen Johnson San Francisco Chronicle	"A movie that seems to have been made by people who don't understand the history, true nature or appeal of their iconic characters."
		Matt Fowler IGN	"As family entertainment, Tom & Jerry is a perfectly adequate offering, though, depending on expectations, some viewers may be bummed to find less Tom and Jerry present than the title suggests"
		Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"How do you turn a nine-minute cartoon into a hybrid live action-animation feature film? Not like this"
		Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"Aggressively mediocre (...) 'Tom & Jerry' barely understands the physical comedy that made the cat and mouse first-round entries in the animated Hall of Fame (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)2
		Josh Spiegel SlashFilm	Tom & Jerry struggles for two pretty unavoidable reasons: the two leads are uninteresting, and the interaction between live actors and animated characters is never once remotely believable"
		Bilge Ebiri Vulture	"How not to make a Tom and Jerry movie (...) A cluttered, awkward, pandering mess, Tom and Jerry is a good example of what happens when the filmmakers don’t understand what made their subject exciting in the first place."
		Adam Graham Detroit News	"It provides a fair amount of laughs outside the antics of its namesake duo (...) It's still limited in its scope — it's hard to make "Tom & Jerry" more than "Tom & Jerry" — but at least it's adaptable."
		Erik Adams AV Club	"A live-action/animation hybrid with the unique distinction of being one of the few studio films to have its release bumped up during the COVID-19 pandemic"

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