Tom & Jerry (2021) Review

    Hey everyone welcome back to Silver Screen Spectacle! We’ve got a new release this weekend with the latest live-action-animation hybrid with Tom & Jerry. While the film was met with a dismal critical response with a terrible 25% on Rotten Tomatoes, it got an A- from paying theater audiences that were polled. These live-action animation hybrids are the worst that a kid’s movie might be, but this had an okay trailer. So after all this, am I on the critic side or the audience side? This is Tom and Jerry (2021).

    So honestly, I’m somewhere in the middle I don’t side with critics or audiences. I did not love this movie and their parts of it that are rough to watch. That being said, there is also a fair share of this movie that while nothing special was charming and enjoyable as someone who grew up on the old cartoons. First, let’s talk about the title characters Tom & Jerry. Thankfully, they kept accurate to the old cartoons and they don’t talk ever. While they’re obviously CG, I appreciate the effort to make them look hand-drawn and when the movie focuses on them it’s a lot of fun. Chloe Grace Moretz does well as our human lead. These actors must act off of nothing, and I thought she did the best of the cast. Michael Pena is good at playing a jerk and has some fun moments, but honestly, his character was so much of a jerk I couldn’t enjoy him. Rob Delaney has a lot of fun moments in his supporting role. Colin Jost and Pallavi Sharda are both fine in their supporting roles, though Jost definitely gets more standout moments. Ken Jeong is okay in his role, but he’s just there to add star power without using his comedic talents.

    Tim Story directs, and I think does better than people are giving him credit for. There is nothing special about the directing but the way the animated characters interact with real-life people was dynamic. Kevin Costello writes the script to mixed results. So it’s obvious to keep the budget down they wanted to use the human characters as much as possible. There are parts of this movie where Tom and Jerry just disappear. This would be okay if I cared about any of these humans other than Moretz, but I didn’t. Still, this movie had several moments that made me laugh, and all the stuff involving Tom and Jerry made me laugh pretty hard. One side note: the hip hop soundtrack was hilariously out of place and didn’t work at all.

    Overall, Tom and Jerry was an average kids’ movie. There are enjoyable moments, but the human characters don’t work outside of Moretz. This movie tore me on what score to give this movie as it really straddles that bad/good line for me. After seeing the film twice I have settled on a...

    6/10

    So, guys, that’s it for this review I’ll have tons this coming weekend but until then if you liked the article give it a share and I’ll see you next time.