Full disclosure, I've never like Tom & Jerry. Their whole schtick is about laughing about pain and violence which is just... tired. The whole Itchy and Scratchy parody of them is barely off the mark. Even as a child I found them boring and hardly funny. So I went in with absolutely low expectations for a live action/animation hybrid resurrecting these two cartoon characters no one, and I mean no one, was asking for.
They even blew past my low expectations.
The film is one of those sad reimagining that imposes the old characters over a completely unrelated story about a woman (Moretz) trying to scam he way into a job at a swanky hotel all punctuated by a pop soundtrack that has nothing to do with the characters or stories.
I know.
Not only is the hotel plot boring as all hell, but the cat and mouse antics are uninspired, even compared to the classic cartoon.
If there is any silver lining it's Moretz showing some comedic chops despite the horrible dialogue she is given. She does seem like a natural in the screwball genre and maybe there is something there for her in better films in the future.
What I can't understand is why Warner Brothers, who own the rights to the Looney Toones Characters, goes and makes a Tom & Jerry movie instead of making this about Bugs or Daffy or whomever. Then again seeing this stupid script, maybe I'm glad those properties were not treated this way.
Tom & Jerry
Starring: Chloe Grace Moretz, Michael Pena, Colin Jost, Rob Delaney, Ken Jeong, Pallavi Sharda, Jordon Bolger, William Hanna, Frank Welker, Bobby Cannavale, Nicky Jam
Director: Tim Story
Writer: Kevin Costello
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