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Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring
2002 62 min United States of America 6+
★6.6
Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Director: James T. Walker
🎭 Based on
«Tom and Jerry»
Trailers
Description
The Oscar-winning cat-and-mouse twosome--Tom and Jerry--returns with another adventure. When Tom and Jerry's irrepressible curiosity gets the best of them, the mysterious magic ring that Tom guards with his life ends up stuck over Jerry's head. Now, Jerry must find a way to free himself of the ring while fleeing Tom, who wants to remove the ring any way he can! Find out if the pair can conjure up a solution in this fur-raising, madcap escapade.
Starring
Jeff Bennett
Actor
Frank Welker
Actor
Charlie Schlatter
Actor
Jim Cummings
Actor
Awards
4 nominations.
Key opinion
This installment of Tom and Jerry is widely regarded as a lackluster effort that fails to revitalize the classic chase formula. Critics generally agree that the narrative is thin and overly reliant on repetitive, excessively violent slapstick that lacks the charm of the original shorts.
| Originality | The film leans heavily on a formulaic and stale approach to the iconic cat-and-mouse chase dynamic. | |
| Humor | The excessive slapstick violence feels brutal and devoid of the wit found in earlier iterations. | |
| Screenplay | The story is widely criticized for being morally hollow and lacking an engaging narrative arc. | |
| Runtime | The film’s 62-minute runtime feels like stretched filler, with the plot failing to justify the duration. | |
| Production | Opinions on the technical presentation are split; while some find the animation and music pleasant, others view the overall execution as lifeless and lazy. |