Tom and Jerry Movie Review: Mining Nostalgia for fun

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Tom and Jerry
Cast(voices): Chloë Grace Moretz, Michael Peña, Tom, Jerry, Borden Bolger, Rob Delaney, Pallavi Sharda
Director: Tim Story
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An origin story of sorts for the cinemas, this screen adaptation of the classic Hanna-Barbera property shows us how Tom and Jerry meet up for the first time at the Prestigious Royal Gate Hotel in New York City and how their rivalry takes shape.

Freshly minted employee Kayla (Chloe Grace Moritz) has the unenviable task of getting rid of the rodent that has everyone squirming and screaming. The prestigious hotel is going to e the venue for a high profile wedding between Preeta ( Pallavi Sharda) and Ben (Colin Jost) and the owner DuBros (Rob Delaney) finds himself at his wits end. Kayla ropes in Jerry to do the annihilation and all hell breaks loose…as expected.

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Tim Story's stylised animation character study does well to develop a childish source of glee that also taps into nostalgic reminisces of adults. While the funny slapstick moments are not the riotous we remember from yore, they do manage to keep you tickled and reminiscing about the good old days of clean-cut harmless crash-bang competitiveness that kept the laughter flowing. The creatively rendered animation mixes well with the live action, allowing for an uninterrupted flow of jousting, jostling and a fair it of hysterics. Performances are also decent enough to keep the audience engaged. Tim Story's film appears to bank heavily on nostalgia to keep its audience in splits. While the antics don't have newness or smarts, they probably have the appeal to get the younger generation interested.