woeful "Tom & Jerry" movie ends up chasing its tail; "Tom & Jerry" is a movie that seems to have been made by people who don't understand the history, true nature or appeal of their iconic characters
Tim Story's "Tom & Jerry" is five to ten minutes of action that might have worked in one of the cartoon duo's shorts, surrounded by an inordinate amount of unimaginative, unfunny human-based conflict
the bright, colorful "Tom & Jerry" brings the cartoon duo into the real world, and even if it never amounts to much more than a series of escalating hijinks, it provides a fair amount of laughs outside the antics of its namesake duo
none of that is especially well staged here; The excellent cast does its best, and believably interacts with the animated characters. But no one can make the dreary dialogue sound smart or even interesting
if you're in a mood for this flavor of cartoon violence, you're better off hunting down the classic shorts or episodes of Tom and Jerry's past TV shows
"Tom and Jerry" ..offer kids goofy antics featuring characters they love without alienating the adults. As one of those adults, seeing these old friends again was nice. The movie is good-natured energetic fun
"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. But it’s good enough to go down easy