Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes

I haven't seen a cartoon this cartoony in a toons age. It all starts out when Mr. Sherlock Holmes asks Jerry Mouse to fetch his morning paper. Things just naturally escalate into, you guessed it, a Tom and Jerry cartoon. The funny thing is, it makes me laugh. The spirit of the cat and mouse movies of yore is perfectly intact. The first thing that strikes me is how animated it is. There's even some appearances of some Tex Avery characters, and I won't say which ones. Oh, yeah, and Sherlock Holmes does some stuff too. All in all, it's a fun feature, if a little short. I was never much of a Tom and Jerry fan, but I do appreciate the attention to making it a lot like the old cartoons using the new technology.

This is a mish mash of genres and other vintage cartoons styles such as Tex Avery.

In London, a crook is stealing valuable jewels. Spike and Tyke are assigned to guard the valuable Star of Punjab and even that is stolen from under their noses.

Miss Red, the beautiful singer who has the crowd howling is being framed for the crimes.

Sherlock Holmes is on the case and Moriarty is the main suspect.

Tom and Jerry decide to assist Miss Red.

PC Droopy is also on the case of the jewel thief.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are second fiddle here.

This is after all a Tom and Jerry cartoon and they get involved in lots of close shaves and shenanigans.

This is a breezy cartoon, there are several homages to cartoons of yesteryear, probably lost on the younger viewers.

Me being a very big fan of the original T&J cartoons (as everybody here I assume) I don't really expect a lot from these modern straight-to-DVD T&J movies, Don't get me wrong, They're not bad at all, They're just not as good as the 1940~1952 era or even the Chuck Jones era for that matter, So I do not go outta my way to seek the DVs and watch then and even when I do, I just go in with low expectations but this one interested me for some reason..

Like.. A crossover between T&J and Sherlock Holmes.. That's such a weird and dumb idea, I think it might actually work and could give us a lot goofy interactions and wacky scenarios!

So.. what do I think of the movie.. Yeah It's okay, Again It's not bad at all, It's just alright, I was kinda of disappointed because of the lack of T&J/S&H interactions.. because... when you watch a movie called 'Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes' You would expect a lot more of.. You know... T&J and Sherlock and Watson interacting, Like seriously not ten minutes into the movie and iconic duos split up, and I found that kinda of disappointing

I know I'm seriously complaining about the 2010 straight-to-DVD Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes movie but like.. come on, Give me my T&J/S&W fanfic already goddammit!

Moriarty is basically trying to create the infinity gauntlet and Sherlock and Watson tries to stop him and Tom and Jerry with Red (surprisingly from the classic Tex Avery cartoons) trying to investigate a suspicious gang of flying cats, and that's basically the most interesting thing about this movie, Not the flying cats, I mean Red, Yeah Red and the wolf and a lot of other classic Tex Avery characters (that I won't spoil) are in this movie and that was such a pleasure surprise, It really felt like such a cool and sweet homage to Tex Avery and his amazing career, and that was just so nice to see and ending of the movie was just the cherry on top, Plus one star just for that, and Red's song 'Bumbershoot' is a very nice song, Grey DeLisle is such a talented singer and voice actress, Even though the song is unfortunately not as catchy and memorable as the old ones.

The voice acting is pretty great too, Michael York and Malcolm McDowell did an amazing job with the unfortunately boring and forgettable lines they got, I felt like their voices were kinda of wasted on this because they make such a great Sherlock and Watson, The other voice actors were good too.

So yeah if any of what I said interested you then hey, Go ahead and watch it, I had fun watching, with such a short running time, You won't even have a chance to get bored by it.

This movie is better than Blast Off to Mars and Shiver Me Wiskers but not as good and bonkers as The Fast and the Furry.

On a bit of a Sherlock high at the moment, so thought this would be a nice change of pace from all the Rathbone action. Surprisingly, this is both a fine Tom and Jerry cartoon and a decent Sherlock Holmes movie. They don't exactly gel seamlessly together. The film has a bit of mystery and then pauses while Tom and Jerry get up to their usual shenanigans before continuing. This means that the mystery is very simple, with a number of jewel heists and a blackmail scheme becoming connected. The voice cast are superb with York and Rhys-Davies channelling Rathbone and Bruce to a T. McDowell also makes for a good Moriarty. Luckily, neither Tom nor Jerry speaks here. Jerry is Holmes' assistant and is his usual cruel self. Tom and Jerry work well together when they have to, but will one up the other if there's a chance. Slapstick is the main comedic ingredient here, and there is no attempt at making it anything special. The animation is very colourful and it really allowed me to just be absorbed by all around it. I particularly liked how they blended Holmes' London with cartoons without ever addressing the fact. Horny wolves, talking dog policemen, and flying cats all live together in this world. Towards the end it did feel a bit rushed, with Holmes just suddenly thinking of the answer because the plot called for it. Moriarty's final plan was a bit silly for such a genius, which is the only real time it betrayed either one of its sources. A good film that should keep most people entertained.

This movie is not as funny as you see tommy & jerry in cartoons.The characterization of tom & jerry is not great.You can't hardly see the funny scenes between tommy & jerry.The movie goes straightly in to the story.What the thing spoiled is story which is very pale & old and doesn't suit anyway to tom & jerry or any cartoons,screenplay was very weak.You can predict what is going to happen throughout the movie.The sherlock character is just waste and totally misfired.Droopy character was much better shaped when compared to other characters and brings out few laughs.There is nothing great to say about this video flick.The video length is 50minutes only so take a look at it in your free time if you love tom & jerry seriously.Otherwise better to leave it.