Average Rating: 3.5/10
Reviews Counted: 134
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 114
When the novelty of the CGI Garfield wears off, what's left is a simplistic kiddie movie.
Average Rating: 3.5/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 29
When the novelty of the CGI Garfield wears off, what's left is a simplistic kiddie movie.
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Jim Davis' famous cartoon cat finally makes his way to the big screen in this adaptation of the popular comic strip Garfield, which combines live action with CGI animation. Jon Arbuckle (Breckin Meyer) is a sweet, if somewhat clueless, man who shares his home with his pet cat, Garfield (voice of Bill Murray). Garfield is not your ordinary tabby -- he's fat, he's smart-mouthed, he's arrogant, he won't do anything he doesn't have to, and would rather stuff himself with lasagna than do something
PG, 1 hr. 20 min.
Jun 11, 2004 Wide
Oct 19, 2004
$75.3M
20th Century Fox
All Critics (136) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (116) | DVD (24)
No one can accuse Garfield: The Movie of infidelity to its source: It faithfully conveys the banality of Jim Davis's cartoon.
... a film without energy and without spirit.
Though Garfield runs barely 80 minutes, it seems a good hour of it involves chases, furniture and luggage collapsing, and grown-up actors madly mugging.
There's nothing to recommend about this film except its sheer innocuousness.
Bland, workmanlike and instantly forgettable.
Only very small children still easily impressed by interaction of human actors and CGI quadrupeds will be amused by Garfield: The Movie.
Cat-astrophic for adults, but kids will love it.
Hewitt's movie isn't without its laughs but it's ultimately a pretty pointless picture.
An innocent way to kill some time.
Garfield is a cool cat with attitude, yet his debut on the big screen falls short by more than a whisker largely due to a script that relies on novelty value rather than fresh ideas.
The comic-strip cat comes to the big screen thanks to some pretty nifty computer animation and -- in a really inspired move -- the voice of Bill Murray
The story is bland and workmanlike--week-old catnip that's lost its bite. What saves it is the animation, which is set amid a live-action world and which is extremely well done.
People who love cats will see their own felines in Garfield. Parents who love neither Garfield nor cats will have a good time nonetheless.
Without Murray, the film would have much less appeal.
Garfield remains one of the most shamelessly marketed properties of all time, so the inevitable feature film is merely the logical climax to a product blitz that already includes bowling balls, oven mitts, and a line of Richard Petty-related products.
It has good laughs, decent writing and is 100% loyal to both the comic and the cartoon, which will leave the diehard fans begging for more.
The strongest messages for adults are that we should purchase and consume...Pepperidge Farm Goldfish and dash off to Petco for all of our kitty's litter and chow needs.
... this is an embarassing family film ...
it wasn't so bad the second time around
In the immortal words of Bob Barker: Remember to have your pets spayed or neutered.
I found nothing endearing, funny, or entertaining about Garfield or the film.
Tolerable. Bill Murray saves Garfield.
November 5, 2011
Super Reviewer
A childhood favourite and a classic!
June 24, 2011
Super Reviewer
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