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Tom & Jerry (released in some countries as Tom & Jerry: The Movie) is a 2021 American live-action/computer-animated slapstick comedy film based on the cartoon characters and animated theatrical short film series of the same name created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. It is the second fully theatrical film adaptation of the characters following 1992's Tom and Jerry: The Movie, and is directed by Tim Story and written by Kevin Costello. The film stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Michael Peña, Colin Jost, Rob Delaney, and Ken Jeong in live-action roles and Nicky Jam, Bobby Cannavale, and Lil Rel Howery in voice roles. The titular characters are voiced by William Hanna, Mel Blanc, and June Foray via archival recordings, alongside Frank Welker.

Plot
A legendary rivalry reemerges when Jerry moves into New York City's finest hotel on the eve of the wedding of the century, forcing the desperate event planner to hire Tom to get rid of him. As mayhem ensues, the escalating cat-and-mouse battle soon threatens to destroy her career, the wedding, and possibly the hotel itself.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Despite the title being literally Tom and Jerry. It doesn't focus on Tom and Jerry, instead, the human characters get more screen time than Tom and Jerry.
 * 2) Tom and Jerry are supposed to be the main characters of the film, but they were treated like sidekicks like in the infamous 1992 film.
 * 3) The human characters are just bland and uninteresting, they don't get any character development whatsoever. The film tries too hard to make us care about them.
 * 4) Kayla is an unlikable character, because she steals someone's job, just to work at the hotel. To add to that has no character development and feels like a generic female character.
 * 5) Though the slapstick is good in the film, the pop music in the chase scenes doesn't fit at all.
 * 6) The pop music is very generic and annoying to hear, and they never stop playing throughout the film.
 * 7) Terrance Mendoza, despite being the main antagonist of the film, literally tried to expose Kayla that she stole someone's job in the hotel. that something a protagonist would do, not an antagonist.
 * 8) Though the slapstick and comedy on Tom and Jerry and the other characters from the original shorts are funny. The humor on the human characters is unfunny and lazy.
 * 9) The plot is boring and unoriginal, not only it doesn't focus on Tom and Jerry, but it also focuses on a wedding.
 * 10) There are some unnecessary scenes like Spike pooping in the middle of the street and Tom doing a cringe-worthy floss dance.
 * 11) There are very mean-spirited scenes.
 * 12) The pigeons are just pointless characters, who just sing in some scenes to give us information that we already know.
 * 13) The post-credits scene is really pointless.
 * 14) Like the 1992 Tom and Jerry film, the film feels like a generic kid's film and a waste of time.

Good Qualities

 * 1) The CGI is pretty decent to look at, instead of making them look like real animals, they model them out of the cartoons.
 * Tom, Jerry, Spike, and the other characters from the shorts are the only likable characters in the movie.
 * 1) The slapstick and the comedy on Tom and Jerry are pretty faithful to the source material. (Despite the generic pop music)
 * 2) They use the iconic screams for To in the film. Which brings back memories from the shorts.
 * 3) At least Tom and Jerry had a bit of screen time in the film.

Reception
Tom & Jerry received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics and audiences alike, and currently holds a 26% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 65 critics, with an average rating of 4.6/10. The site's critics' consensus reads: "It isn't the worst of the long-squabbling duo's feature-length adventures, but Tom & Jerry is disappointingly short on the anarchic spirit of their classic shorts." According to Metacritic, which assigned the film a weighted average score of 33 out of 100 based on 15 critics, the film received "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported 79% of audience members gave it a positive score, with 60% saying they would definitely recommend it.

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