Tom & Jerry (2021) 😾🐁

“This is a Tom & Jerry movie that forgot it’s a Tom & Jerry movie”


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Let’s start by showing y’all the trailers shall we?

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🎬 Non-Spoiler Plot Overview

So this movie is basically a hotel wedding movie.

I wish I was joking.

You’ve got this big royal wedding happening in New York, and the hotel staff is trying to keep everything under control, make sure nothing leaks, and make sure everything runs smoothly.

And then somewhere in the background…

Tom and Jerry are there.

And the whole time I’m watching this I’m just thinking, what does ANY of this have to do with Tom & Jerry?

Because it doesn’t.

This feels like a completely different movie where someone said, “oh yeah, put Tom and Jerry in it,” and didn’t change anything else.


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👥 Character Rundown

Let’s start with Kayla Forester (Chloë Grace Moretz).

I actually like Chloë Grace Moretz. I remember her from Hugo, she was great in that.

But Kayla in this movie?

Yeah… no.

She’s one of the most unintentionally unlikable main characters I’ve seen in a while.

The movie wants you to feel bad for her so badly. It keeps pushing that it’s hard to get a job, that she’s struggling, that she’s trying.

And I get that.

But then she steals someone’s resume, lies her way into a job, and just keeps doubling down on it, and the movie still expects you to root for her.

And I’m just sitting there thinking… no. I actually hope this backfires on you.

There’s no real consequence, no real moment where she learns anything, and by the time the movie wants me to care, I don’t.


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Now let’s talk about Tom.

I cannot believe I’m saying this, but I’m team Tom in this movie.

Tom is actually trying. He’s working, he’s doing his job, he’s trying to be an upstanding citizen for once.

For once, Tom is not the problem.


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And then Jerry shows up.

And Jerry is the problem.

Not in a fun way, not in a clever way.

He just sees Tom doing well and decides that’s not allowed.

It doesn’t feel like classic Tom & Jerry chaos. It feels like Jerry just being a d*** for no reason.

And now I’m watching this thinking, dude, leave him alone.

That’s not how this dynamic is supposed to feel.

He’s truly the worst in this movie. He literally, yeah, he literally just, he’s a kleptomaniac. At one point in this movie, chloe grace’s character has to try to find the missing wedding ring and it turns out jerry has it because he just wants it?That’s why there’s no real reason.He just wants it


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Then there’s Terence Mendoza (Michael Peña).

And again, I have to ask… why do they keep putting him in these movies?

He was in Dora. Now he’s here.

And both times it’s the same thing.

He’s trying really hard to be funny, and the movie keeps giving him these long comedy bits that just don’t land.

That DJ scene where he’s making noises and talking about parties goes on for almost a full minute.

A full minute.

Of him making noises.

And I’m just sitting there like, I got it already.

The longer it goes, the worse it gets.


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Then you’ve got Mr. Dubros (Rob Delaney), the boss.

Same problem.

He’s trying to be funny, the script is trying to make him funny, and it just comes off forced.

It feels like the movie told him, just be loud and stressed and that’ll be funny.

It’s not.


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Then you’ve got Ben (Colin Jost) and Preeta (Pallavi Sharda), the couple getting married.

And I’m gonna be honest…

I don’t care.

At all.

They’re just there so the plot exists. There’s nothing interesting about them, nothing memorable, they’re just “the wedding.”


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And the rest of the hotel staff?

Same thing.

They’re just there to react to things.

Nobody stands out, nobody adds anything, everything just blends together.

There’s also that bartender character, Cameron (Jordan Bolger), and this is where the movie starts to annoy me in a different way.

Because he’s actually one of the only characters in this movie who feels like a normal, decent person. He’s doing his job, he’s not causing problems, he’s just trying to exist in this chaotic hotel like a functioning human being.

And yet the movie doesn’t let him be his own character.

Instead, he gets turned into the person whose entire role is to help Kayla fix her problems.

He’s not really given his own arc, his own stakes, or anything that actually matters to him. Everything he does revolves around helping her, supporting her, and pushing her forward.

And it starts to feel like the movie is using him as a tool instead of a character.

That’s the part that doesn’t sit right.

Because he could’ve been more. He should’ve been more.

But instead, he gets reduced to “the helpful guy” whose main purpose is to make sure the main character succeeds, even when she’s the one causing most of the problems in the first place.

And that just feels like a missed opportunity.

This trope needs to die off now.


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🐭 Tom & Jerry — The Problem

This is still the biggest issue.

This is a Tom & Jerry movie…

and they don’t matter.

They’re not the focus, they don’t drive the story, they’re just background chaos.

If you removed them, the plot would still mostly work.

That’s insane.


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🎭 The Comedy

The comedy in this movie is just not good.

It tries way too hard.

It doesn’t understand timing, it doesn’t understand when to stop, it just keeps going.

And going.

And going.

And instead of being funny, it becomes awkward, then uncomfortable, then just annoying.

And when your comedy movie isn’t funny, that’s a problem.


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🎨 CGI / Visuals

The CGI is awful.

It looks like PS3 cutscenes.

You’ve got real actors holding leashes, reacting to nothing, pretending something is there.

And you can see it.

You can see that nothing is there.

And it completely breaks immersion.

I would do Pros and Cons, but this entire film is a giant con. But I will mention one thing that bothers me in the world building.

Some the animated animals have jobs in this film, some are just pets to humans, the rest? Are killed for food. Im sorry what? So uh in this world if an animal isnt working, do they get put in cages for the slaughter? Idk how i feel about this.


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🎯 Final Thoughts

This movie is exhausting.

It tries too hard, forces everything, and nothing lands.

Tom & Jerry aren’t even the focus, the comedy doesn’t work, the characters don’t work, the CGI doesn’t work.

And somehow, it’s just dull.

Not even fun bad.

Just dull.


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⭐ Rating

0/10


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⚠️ Spoiler Warning

Alright… this is where the movie really falls apart.


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🚨 Spoilers

There’s that scene with Terence Mendoza (Michael Peña) and the dogs.

And this is the moment where I just checked out.

He’s walking these royal dogs. Simple setup. This should’ve been a quick joke.

Instead, he walks back in and suddenly everything turns into chaos.

CGI animals everywhere, they’re fighting, there’s this giant dust cloud tornado forming like a cartoon fight.

And the dogs run straight into it, dragging him with them.

And then we get that shot of him being “pulled.”

Except it doesn’t look real at all.

His arm is stretched out, his body is stiff, and he’s spinning in place like he’s trying to sell something that isn’t there.

It doesn’t look like he’s being pulled.

It looks like he’s pretending to be pulled.

There’s no weight, no interaction, no connection to anything around him.

It literally looks like a guy acting against air.

And once you notice that, you can’t unsee it.

You’re not watching the movie anymore, you’re watching the problem.

And the whole scene just falls apart.

Then the movie ends exactly how you expect.

Kayla gets away with everything, no real consequences, no real payoff.

Tom and Jerry are still just there, still not important, still not the focus.

And you’re left sitting there thinking… what was the point?


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🎬 Final Final Thought

This movie feels like a fever dream.

Not a fun one.

The kind where everything feels off, nothing makes sense, and you just want it to end.

Yeah…

don’t watch this 😭

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