Summary
Garfield, voiced by Chris Pratt, is back on the big screen.
So I am a big Garfield fan, I grew up watching the films and have watched every episode of Garfield and Friends many and I mean many times over. As such I was very excited for this film and it was the film I was the most excited to watch this year. Sadly, this wasn’t really a Garfield film.
Yes, you have John and Odie, him liking food and even his teddy, but really that is where it ends. Garfield may get into zany adventures but he is not some sort of heist/action character. Think about the films, in the first he took down someone who wanted to use Odie for evil, but he did it in a very Garfield way, lazy and sarcastic. In the second he saved a manor from being sold off, again he did this by teaching the animals about goofing off and eating. You see in both cases the problem is solved by him being himself, not him being something he isn’t. Here we see Garfield have to become a cat of action and learn to live in the real world and go on heists for some reason. Why is it that every film now must be about a heist.
There are some okay moments here don’t get me wrong I don’t think its awful, I just don’t think its Garfield.
The father and son stuff really for was whatever as we have seen it all before in other films, and you know exactly where each beat is going. They do nothing new with it.
My only positive for the film really is that the beginning stuff with kitten Garfield and how he first met John is adorable and heart-warming. That was a really good way to start the film it is just a shame the rest of it was so very eh.
Overall, fine but this is not a Garfield film.
2/5
Pros.
A few nice moments
A really strong beginning
Cons.
It isn’t Garfield
The father son stuff didn’t work
It was incredibly predictable
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