The Garfield Movie review

 

Who doesn't love Garfield right?? the lovable organge tabby cat who hates Mondays but loves Lasgange and food in general. The original cartoon series used to be watched by myself a lot when I was a kid so after a rocky set of live action / animated movies back in the 00's could this be a true Garfield movie?? unfortunately it's got to be a no as The Garfield Movie doesn't have any of the charm, hilarity or genuine feeling of the original. Chris Pratt voices Garfield and does a fine job infact he's really good for the most part. It's the rest of the movie where things either don't work or just fall completely apart. 

The Garfield Movie's opening act is one of heartache and abandondemtn as a young kitty Garfield is abandoned by his father who later we learn is a big cat named Vic. Turns out he was a part of a gang of cats who went around robbing places and the like. So when he turns up again he gets his son intertwined in a heist which he has to take part in to repay a debt he owes to a female cat named Jinx. Also along for the ride is Ottie the dog and besides Garfield he is easily the best part about this movie. He's always doing something funny in the background and really it just made it so much more bearable to get through to be honest because mainly it's a bit of a slog which is unfortunate. 

The Garfield Movie is fine, it's nothing terrible or anything but part of me just felt underwhelmed by the whole thing. It's full of classic Garfield cliches and the sort but really the story doesn't feel compacted together in a coherent and sensical way. The second and third acts are definitely better that the first in a movie that tried maybe just a little too hard. Garfield should be simple but this isn't, it's rather bland and left me with an empty feeling unlike the Garfield's stomach. 

★★