In the scene where Tom and Jerry meet for the first time, as the piano-playing cat busks in a park, extras stand in a group gawking at empty space as an unconvincing bit of drawn-in action unfolds. The hundreds of artists at work find a few opportunities for pleasure - like putting a tiny, real-looking backpack on Jerry, or getting Tom’s fur wet in the rain.īut from the start, the pic’s overall visual approach does them no favors. With just a bit of shading to add depth, animators strike a fair balance between CGI and pen-and-ink in their depiction of Tom, Jerry and the many other animals in the film. Veteran Director Tim Story on the "Fun Game" of Creating Animation Hybrid Film 'Tom & Jerry' Meanwhile, Kayla’s pompous but insecure boss (Michael Peña, who, in underplayed moments, earns 85 percent of the film’s few non-slapstick laughs) is threatened by the newcomer, and looks for ways to undermine her. Kayla winds up getting the hotel’s manager (Rob Delaney, underexploited but always welcome) to hire a cat she meets as her partner in mouse-hunting. Unfortunately, another stranger arrives at the same time Kayla does: a mouse, whose presence, if discovered, would obviously wreak havoc on the wedding and nix hopes the hotel’s chef (Ken Jeong) has for a Michelin star. Suffice it to say that her father is rich and intimidating, and Jost’s Ben can’t stop adding flourishes to the wedding plans (exotic animals, a drone-copter) in an attempt to impress him and his daughter.
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Soon she’s facilitating a wedding that’s supposed to be the biggest event in the hotel’s 90-year history: Pallavi Sharda and Colin Jost play a couple who are famous for reasons the movie needn’t explain. Stumbling into an opportunity for a temp job at a tony Manhattan hotel, she sabotages another applicant and assumes her identity. The film is rated PG for cartoon violence, rude humor and brief language.Moretz plays Kayla, a victim of the gig economy with flexible morals. Pictures and Warner Animation Group presentation, a Tim Story Film, “Tom & Jerry” will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros.
The music is composed by Christopher Lennertz.Ī Warner Bros. Elliot, and costume designer Alison McCosh.
The creative filmmaking team includes director of photography Alan Stewart, production designer James Hambidge, editor Peter S. Serving as executive producers are Tim Story, Adam Goodman, Steven Harding, Sam Register, Jesse Ehrman, and Allison Abbate. It is written by Kevin Costello, based on characters created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The film is directed by Tim Story (“Fantastic Four,” “Think Like a Man,” “Barbershop”) and produced by Chris DeFaria (“The LEGO Movie 2,” “Ready Player One,” “Gravity”). “Tom & Jerry” stars Chloë Grace Moretz (“Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising,” “The Addams Family”), Michael Peña (“Cesar Chavez,” “American Hustle,” “Ant-Man”), Rob Delaney (“Deadpool 2,” “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw”), Colin Jost (“How to be Single,” “Saturday Night Live”), and Ken Jeong (“Crazy Rich Asians,” “The Hangover,” “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”). But soon, an even bigger problem arises: a diabolically ambitious staffer conspiring against all three of them.Īn eye-popping blend of classic animation and live action, Tom and Jerry’s new big-screen adventure stakes new ground for the iconic characters and forces them to do the unthinkable… work together to save the day. One of the most beloved rivalries in history is reignited when Jerry moves into New York City’s finest hotel on the eve of “the wedding of the century,” forcing the event’s desperate planner to hire Tom to get rid of him, in director Tim Story’s “Tom & Jerry.” The ensuing cat and mouse battle threatens to destroy her career, the wedding and possibly the hotel itself.
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