Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Animals
Tagline: It ain't the Cat in the Hat.
Plot: Life couldn’t be sweeter for Garfield, everyone’s favorite feline. Parked on a comfortable chair in front of the television, feasting on his favorite dish, lasagna, and hurling insults at his beleaguered owner Jon (BRECKIN MEYER), Garfield is the master of his universe.When Jon takes Garfield to visit beautiful veterinarian Liz Wilson (JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT), she gives Jon a pepped-up, tail-wagging, panting creature that represents everything that Garfield loathes. Garfield, meet Odie, a lovable, dim-witted… dog. The wise-cracking cat is, for the first time in his nine lives, left speechless. The clueless Odie chases his tail till he’s dizzy, crashes into walls, and barks without cause, all to the unbridled delight of Jon who eagerly welcomes Odie into his home. Odie turns Garfield’s perfect world upside down. Garfield’s solution: OUT, DARN DOG. When the hapless hound disappears into the evil clutches of local celebrity Happy Chapman (STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY), you would think Garfield would rejoice. But he feels responsible for the fate of another. With uncharacteristic energy, courage and selflessness, Garfield manages to pull himself away from his lazy life and spring into action. He’s on the unlikeliest of impossible missions: to save Odie. This adventure brings together Jon
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 This a neutered Garfield, one part tomcat and three parts pussy, recognizable only by his orange coat and love of lasagna. This feline's got a serious case of mange.  --James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
When it comes to comic adaptations, ‘Garfield: The Movie’ is a resounding success and here’s to hoping that this isn’t the last we see of the lovable fat cat on the big-screen.  --Joe Rickey (Movie-Gurus.com)
...Garfield has combustible energy but lacks creativity. It’s marginally better than The Cat in the Hat, though that’s like saying suffocation is mildly more amusing than drowning.  --Sean O'Connell (FilmCritic.com)
What the filmmakers ask us to root for here is a hero that is self-centered, lazy and boring. And with that as the lead, the movie lays there like an icky CGI furball.  --Blake Snyder (MovieWeb)
GARFIELD is a downright cat-astrophe, with Jim Davis' lasagna-loving fe line headlining the most atrocious part-live-action movie featuring a badly animated talking animal since the notorious "Howard the Duck."  --Lou Lumenick (New York Post)
This is another talking cat movie based more on attitude than on jokes, and while that can be amusing, the whole thing starts to get pretty tiresome by the second half. C+--Craig Younkin (Lee's Movie Info)
If you’re a fan of “Garfield,” then I suggest you stay away from the fat cat’s big screen debut. Stripping away the essential cartooish nature of the character and his world, and replacing it with a wheezy story and shameless product placement, this new “Garfield” feature might not immediately offend children who are unfamiliar with the feline, but for the already initiated, this movie is an insult. D--Brian Orndorf (FilmJerk.com)
The best I can say is that it wasn't necessarily any worse than I expected, but then again, my expectations couldn't have been much lower going in.--Ed Owens (CineScene)
"Garfield: The Movie" is faithful to "Garfield" the comic strip in that both are benign, obvious and unfunny. D---Eric D. Snider (EricDSnider.com)
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| Directed by |
Peter Hewitt
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, The Borrowers, Tom and Huck |
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| Written by |
Jim Davis
A Garfield Christmas, Here Comes Garfield, Garfield in Paradise | Joel Cohen
Money Talks, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, Sister, Sister |
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 | Jennifer Love Hewitt
I Know What You Did Last Summer, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Heartbreakers |
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 | Bill Murray
Lost in Translation, Groundhog Day, The Royal Tenenbaums |
 | Evan Arnold
The Willies, Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers, Perfect Game | | | |
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