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86-Year-Old Beloved Franchise's Return Just Set All-Time Rotten Tomatoes Record

The new movie is a highly unorthodox release.

86-Year-Old Beloved Franchise's Return Just Set All-Time Rotten Tomatoes Record
Tom & Jerry, a live-action and animation hybrid starring Chloë Grace Moretz.

Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass is Zhang Gang's feature debut, as both a director and writer.

Now, Rotten Tomatoes has aggregated enough critics' reviews to give Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass an official score on the Tomatometer. While the score could fluctuate as more reviews are added, at the time of writing, it has earned a bottom-of-the-barrel score of 0% from 10 different critics' reviews. The majority of the movie's negative reviews give it low-to-middling scores, including C and 2 out of 5, but it has also received the lowest possible marks from multiple critics, receiving an F from InSession Film's Jacob Mauceri and a 1 out of 5 from Empire Magazine's Helen O'Hara.

Even though the previous two theatrical installments in the Tom and Jerry franchise have also been poorly reviewed (whereas the 15 direct-to-video films in the franchise have not received official Rotten Tomatoes scores), this 0% score sees Forbidden Compass hitting a new low, breaking an all-time record for the 89-year-old characters. Below, see a breakdown of the Rotten Tomatoes scores earned by every theatrical installment:

Title

RT Score

Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992)

14%

Tom and Jerry (2021)

29%

Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass (2026)

0%
Forbidden Compass has fared slightly better on the Popcornmeter, though it is still thoroughly Rotten. Thanks to more than 50 verified ticket buyers' reviews on the platform, it has earned an audience score of 38%. While this is significantly higher than its Tomatometer score, it still breaks the franchise record, as the first movie eked out a slightly better Popcornmeter score of 41%, whereas the Parks and Recreation star Rashida Jones.

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Release Date

August 2, 2025

Runtime

99 minutes

Director

Zhang Gang

Cast

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    Ruan Yifei

    Jerry (voice)

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    John Shang

    Tom (voice)

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    Jiang Wen

    Heavenly Master (voice)

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    Shun Zi

    Phoenix Master (voice)

Writers

Zhang Gang, Bob Boyle
Producers

Huixia Zhang, Fu Ruoqing

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