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You know youre in for trouble right at the start, when the pigeons begin rapping.

Tom and Jerry.

Tim StorysTom and Jerryopens to the strains of A Tribe Called Quests classic Can I Kick It?

(Wait till you see the next place.

It just screams Mouse House.

Wait, can I say that?)

Ignore the anachronism of lyrics like Mr. Dinkins, will you like be my mayor?

the idea here is presumably to situate Tom and Jerry in a modern-day version of the city.

But look, this is already way too much work to do for a Tom and Jerry movie.

The classic Tom and Jerry cartoons were engines of wordless slapstick joy: fast, clever, and fun.

You would be wrong.

), the resourceful but out-of-her-element Kayla hires Tom to catch Jerry.

It could be a female.

(Still, it could be worse.

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