Rating: PG
Genre:
Children's/Family
Theatrical Release: 06/11/2004(USA)
Release Date: 06/06/2006
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 80 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
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
Jon asks of him. Despite this,
Jon loves his cat, but when he decides to expand his animal family,
Garfield is less than enthusiastic about the presence of
Odie, a lovably enthusiastic dog whose only flaw is his extreme stupidity. While
Jon is crazy for
Odie, and especially likes having two pets that necessitate periodic visits to
Dr. Liz Wilson (
Jennifer Love Hewitt), a veterinarian he has a crush on,
Garfield decides to remove
Odie from the picture.
Garfield arranges for
Odie to become the property of
Happy Chapman (
Stephen Tobolowsky), a television host who acts like an animal lover on the round-cornered screen but doesn't much like pets on his own time. While
Garfield at first enjoys ruling the roost again, he soon realizes the error of his ways, and in a rare example of selfless and ambitious behavior, hatches a plan to rescue
Odie from
Chapman.
Garfield also features the voice talents of
Debra Messing,
Brad Garrett,
Jimmy Kimmel, and
Alan Cumming.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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