These two classic characters come together once again, this time telling their origin story. (Why, for example, can some animals talk but not others? Violence seems to cause no harm to animals, so would humans also be immune?). Tom and Jerry DVD and Blu-ray release date was set for and available on Digital HD from Amazon Video and iTunes on May 18, 2021. The decision to combine live action with animation often jars (every human is real, every animal is animated) and, within the realism of Manhattan, we’re then left with questions about the rules that have been haphazardly set up. With a script that feels lazily retrofitted to revolve around the two animals rather than designed directly for them, this is basically a kids’ movie about antics in a New York hotel that pauses every so often to feature a sanitised fight between the pair. Very young kids might find some enjoyment in the brightly hued, fast-paced mania of it all, but those with any real affection for the pair of violently opposed animals will leave unimpressed. Between its inception and 1958, the pair won 7 Academy Awards for Animated Short Film. While there’s little to truly loathe in Fantastic Four and Ride Along director Tim Story’s frantic new take on Tom & Jerry, there’s also an equal lack of anything to truly love this is a serviceable, if entirely forgettable attempt to relaunch an old property for a new audience. Tom and Jerry was created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera way back in 1940.