Pat & Mat: The Movie

Pat & Mat: The Movie is a 2021 Czechia-American animated comedy adventure film produced by Universal Animation and PatMat Film. The film was involved with Pat & Mat are solving problems until it went wrong. The voice cast features with Tom Kenny, Jim Cummings, Susanne Blakeslee, Jeff Bergman, Ben Whitehead, John C. Reilly, Bill Fagerbakke, Carolyn Lawrence, Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Hader, Owen Wilson, Peter Capaldi, Brad Garrett, John Ratzenberger, Lori Alan, and Grey Griffin. It was a traditional animated remake of the original 1989 animated film Pat & Mat.

It was released on July 30, 2021 in North American theaters. The film received negative reviews and was criticized by critics who stated the franchise had ran its course. Despite grossing $350 million against its $130 million, the film was a box office bomb, losing Universal up to $100 million and causing future films to be released directly to streaming.

Premise
Pat and his grandmother Lucy were moved to their new house where the neighbors lived, he met his new friend who is a neighbor named Mat. they have to solve problems when they try to fix the problem, but something went wrong. Pat and Mat have to stop the angry dogs from chasing them, and save the day before it’s too late.

Plot
The day before meeting the new friend Mat, however Pat and his grandmother Lucy were moving to the new house with their pet rabbit named Cuddles. they put him in the pet carrier as they decided to put it in the truck, then they sell the house to move on.

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Cast

 * Tom Kenny as Pat
 * Antonio Raul Corbo as Young Pat (in flashback)
 * Jim Cummings as Mat
 * Jack Gore as Young Mat (in flashback)
 * Susanne Blakeslee as Grandma Lucy
 * Jeff Bergman as Cuddles
 * Ben Whitehead as Thomas Lionheart
 * John C. Reilly as Carl McJohnson
 * Bill Fagerbakke as Paul Davidson
 * Carolyn Lawrence as Selina Davidson
 * Larry the Cable Guy as Daniel Peterson
 * Bill Hader as Eddie Louis
 * Owen Wilson as Huey Williams
 * Peter Capaldi as Chris Johnson
 * Brad Garrett as Marty Robinson
 * John Ratzenberger as Robert McPill
 * Lori Alan as Susan Bleu
 * Grey Griffin as Emily Shawarma
 * Frank Welker as The angry dogs

Development
In early 2011, with Universal Pictures and Aardman Animations has announced that there will be a sequel to the 2009 film which it’s going to be called “Pat & Mat: The Undercover Years” as Aardman Animations served with PatMat Film in the following. with Nick Park and Steve Box served a greatest green light with Marek Beneš, they have chosen for the next film. the storyboard and script was completed on March 25, 2012 as the film was served with new characters, however the production is still creating. on May 2, 2013, the sequel that Marek has an idea was permanently scrapped before filming. In later 2014 during the days of making of The Tom and Jerry Show, Darrell Van Citters plans to make two projects Pat & Mat: The Movie and its sequel series. the suggestion was given by the viewers, the script and filming was planned for in 2017-2020 while producing The Tom and Jerry Show and its series Tom and Jerry in New York. he gave out many different ways to make several animations for the next television series and films that he is going to be making, then he wanted to make the actual film about two handymen. It was formerly announced for the movie was scheduled to be released on July 30, 2021.

Animation
In 2019, the storyboard was done by animators which it’s about the scene where Pat & Mat try to cook food, but the house exploded. however the traditional animated film was animated completely by 2017-2020 for the first time, Darrell Van Citters said that animation is completely good and have the budget $90 million but more $130 million than said number. according to Universal Animation, the film became popular in both of United States and Czech Republic, Citters said that the sequel will come out in 2023 as it will film it between 2022-2023.

Sequel
in 2022, Darrell Van Citters has this sequel in development, which it was filmed between 2022-2023. the sequel will probably come out on December 1, 2023 on Tubi, which it is a second installment to the said film standards Shout! Factory distribution in North America.

Release
The film was released on July 30, 2021 in North America, it was originally released on June 23 of that year in Czechia cinemas. the short named The Little Cat Friends was premiered in theaters on the same day as the said film. on May 12, 2021, the film was first released in The Netherlands and Belgium. which simply called “Buurman en Buurman” which it came out with the promotional Dutch movie title. Slovakia released the film on November 11, 2020 which the film keeps getting delayed in United States.

Marketing
Teaser trailer was released on September 23, 2020 along with its teaser poster. the official trailer was released on February 21, 2021 along with the official poster.

The merchandise has the plush items, toys, and accessories.

Home media
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 30, 2021 in United States and Canada along with its 4K Ultra HD.

In 2022, Shout! Factory has added the film to its services (like Tubi, Shout! Factory TV, Freevee, etc.) on December 1, 2022. it was scheduled to be released on June 2023 as it was acquired distribution rights.

European airings
Some unfunny jokes and flatulence scenes are cut because of the film has gotten rated PG for rude humor and thematic elements.

Middle East and North Africa
The Arabic voice of Pat (Zingo) stated that it was confirmed for the first time, the film had the silent bunnies reading flatulence dictionary books has been zoomed in to Cuddles to prevent from showing it. the fart jokes and toilet humor were omitted from the film as it was considered too serious, but the film was still censored in the country. In 2022, MBC Egypt wouldn’t air the said film as Chicken Run was shown instead, so it had apologized for the ban which it will never happen again.

Iran
The film was banned for unknown reasons.

Australian airings
The film has the scenes being toned down for some reasons, the books where silent bunnies are reading has the flatulence dictionary changed to “A Hare’s Life: A Bugs Bunny’s Story”. the scenes where Pat and Mat has the flatulence humor removed for some mild humor.

Italy
The film was banned by all Rai channels when it was refused to air for some reasons, but the original 1989 film was aired instead.

United Kingdom and Ireland
The British channel Boomerang changed the flatulence dictionary book to a different book about “How Tom and Jerry were Made”, also the scenes that have fart jokes were cut due to their own appearance. Netflix has banned this film in United Kingdom for its fart jokes and toilet humor in the film, which it may have left out.

Malaysia
This film was banned for suggestive reasons, due to flatulence jokes and mild violence. In 2022, it was finally released with the cut version of the film.

Kenya
This film was permanently banned due to weird jokes, and flatulence humor. Kenyan government officials stated that they wanted to ban the 2021 remake of Pat & Mat because it is not suitable for the Kenyan audiences, which would be considered too much.

Box office
Pat & Mat: The Movie grossed $59.4 million in the United States and Canada and $245.8 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $305.2 million.

Critical response
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