The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
Animation · Comedy · Mystery · 2010
Tom and Jerry need to learn to work together in order to help Sherlock Holmes with an investigation of a jewel theft. But still, they are cat and mouse!
Movie details
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
2010 Animation · Comedy · Mystery 49m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.5 / 10
Community rating
Tom and Jerry need to learn to work together in order to help Sherlock Holmes with an investigation of a jewel theft. But still, they are cat and mouse!
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Spike Brandt · Jeff Siergey
Written by
Earl Kress
Michael York
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Malcolm McDowell
Professor Moriarity (voice)
John Rhys-Davies
Dr. Watson (voice)
Billy West
Tom (voice)
Grey DeLisle
Red (voice)
Phil LaMarr
Spike / Policeman (voice)
Kath Soucie
Tuffy (voice)
Court is in session
Put Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.