Yea boo, Imma keep this short…

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I hate to be “that guy,” but this is another version of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” that absolutely no one needed.

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This film was weird, bruh.

All animals (not including human primates for the technical shawties), pets or otherwise, were animated. So like dead fish at a market were animated. Consistency, I guess. 😐 😐

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A few highlights:

👏🏾 Odes to “Man on Wire” (2008) (and/or classic Hanna-Barbera antics) and “Manhattan” (1979)

👏🏾 Introduced me to Jordon Bolger 😏😏 Now I’m really gonna check out “Peaky Blinders.” (I know I’m late AF.)

👏🏾 Random T-Pain voiceover when Tom plays the piano. (Weirdly, it’s the only time he’s able to speak, and I couldn’t remember if that’s specific to the original production.🤔🤔)

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I could see the potential in this idea. I get the vibes. But the execution was flawed and irredeemable.

There were few entertaining sparks, and the screenplay was filled with repurposed gags and paint-by-numbers circumstances that weren’t updated since the original cartoon’s “cat-and-mouse” antics.

If the goal was to introduce a new generation to a classic duo, especially given some of HB’s cartoons could be socially problematic and would need disclaimers before viewing for younger audiences, then this was film was aight. 😬 😬 😬

But, if the goal was for the studio to cash in on nostalgia, bring folks who either grew on the HB toons when they were originally released, and/or folks like me who watched them when they were re-released on Cartoon Network and Boomerang throughout my younger years, then this film missed the boat on quality. Completely. Actually, the boat never existed.

In conclusion…