Movie review: New Tom and Jerry is school holiday fodder
14 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
2 minutes to read
Slapstick reigns in Tom and Jerry, which is in cinemas now.
Toby Woollaston is a film reviewer for NZME regional mediatoby.m.woollaston@nzme.co.nz@TMWoollaston
Those looking for a version of Tom and Jerry with substance might be a bit disappointed— it's a lightweight flick that aims low. A cat and mouse slugging it out for almost two hours does
wear a bit thin and this rendition, a glossy modern adaptation of the Hanna and Barbera original, disappointingly drapes a wafer-thin plot over the top of its action. The result is an Acme factory brimming with crash-bang-wallop but little else.