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Here’s the pitch: For reasons unexplained, Tom and Jerry have relocated to New York City, where they take up residence in the Royal Gate Hotel.
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Or, as celebrity groom-to-be Ben (Colin Jost) puts it when the series’ familiar bulldog, Spike, makes his over-excited entrance, “He’s a little animated.” No, “Tom & Jerry” won’t be winning any Oscars, even if Hanna-Barbera shorts in which they starred racked up seven during the series’ 1940-58 run.
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Yes, this movie is a hybrid, which means Tom and Jerry have a full cast of flesh-and-blood co-stars, but Story set a simple rule from the opening scene, and he sticks to it: Every single animal in the movie, from singing pigeons to an executive-suite goldfish, is presented as an endearingly designed cartoon character. (I’m looking at you, “Scooby-Doo,” “Garfield,” “Yogi Bear,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks” and “The Smurfs” - movies that give their beloved characters ghastly CG makeovers, then awkwardly integrate them into the “real world.”) Truth be told, the movie’s a pretty faithful extension of the frenemies’ long-running feud - basically, the two cannot peacefully coexist under the same roof - and as such, we should be grateful to director Tim Story (“Shaft”) and screenwriter Kevin Costello (“Brigsby Bear”) for not dropping a two-ton anvil on our nostalgia, the way so many big-studio toonsploitation projects have in recent years.