The Garfield Movie

"Indoor cat. Outdoor adventure."

2024 1h 41m EN

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★6.9TMDB · 1,517

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Synopsis

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Garfield, the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat Vic – Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist.

“Indoor cat. Outdoor adventure.”

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Cast

Chris Pratt
Garfield (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson
Vic (voice)
Hannah Waddingham
Jinx (voice)
Ving Rhames
Otto (voice)
Nicholas Hoult
Jon (voice)
Cecily Strong
Marge Malone (voice)
Harvey Guillén
Odie (voice)
Brett Goldstein
Roland (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mark Dindal
Writers: Mark Torgove, Paul A. Kaplan, David Reynolds
Languages: English
Countries: Hong Kong, United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $60M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.2× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Hong Kong, United Kingdom, United States of America.

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5 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Garfield Movie Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Debney. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Mark Keefer shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Chris Pratt and Samuel L. Jackson and Hannah Waddingham carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Mark Dindal directs. John Debney scores. Mark Keefer cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Hong Kong, United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $60M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 4.2× over at the box office.
3Released 2 years ago.
4International production across 3 countries: Hong Kong, United Kingdom, United States of America.
5Part of the "The Garfield Movie Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Original score by John Debney. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Mark Keefer shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Chris Pratt and Samuel L. Jackson and Hannah Waddingham carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Indoor cat. Outdoor adventure.".
10IMDB entry: tt5779228 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 14 themes, including "friendship", "cat", "villain", "based on comic".

The technical file

Original score: John Debney
Editing: Mark Keefer
Production design: Pete Oswald
VFX supervisor: Freddy Chaleur
Sound: Luke Gentry
Runtime: 101 min · 1h 41m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $60,000,000
Box office: $254,907,482
Return: 425% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: The Garfield Movie (2024)

Part of

The Garfield Movie Collection

An animated film series based on the iconic lasagna-loving, Monday-hating orange cat, Garfield, and his friends.

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Mark Dindal

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CinemaSerf2024-05-20
★ 6/10
Seemingly abandoned by his dad in an alleyway in the rain, poor little "Garfield" espies the unsuspecting and lonely looking "Jon" having a pizza across the road. In a shot he's looking all sad and bedraggled at the windows, next he's demolished the man's dinner and finally coaxed him from his comfortable flat to a new house that they share with the dog "Odie". His life is just one idyllic round of snoozing, eating and watching "Catflix" until he and "Odie" are kidnapped. Why? Well it's only when they are rescued by a caped hero - who turns out to be his dad "Vic", and we then are introduced to the criminal mastermind that is "Jinx" who has an axe to grind, that we start to get to the bottom things. She spent ages in the pound and is looking for her pint of milk! Now "Garfield", "Odie" and "Vic" have to come up with plan to rob a well defended dairy to settle scores. Even if they succeed, can they trust the duplicitous "Jinx" and her two sinister hench-creatures? It's an amiable enough adventure movie, this, with plenty of daft escapades for the cats, a menacing security officer and even an old lovelorn bull ("Otto") who's seen better days. I found the story reminded me a bit of the "Wallace and Gromit" kind of mishap-ridden narrative and though it's probably twenty minutes too long to sustain a film that doesn't seem to ever want to end, it's got the usual messages to team-playing, family and loyalty and has some quite witty one-liners now and again.
dorran2024-05-23
★ 3/10
First off, I did like the father-son dynamic that was present here, it's just that I didn't care about what was happening on screen since it's nonsensical majority of the time. But there's only real development between those two by the end, nobody else. And the casting is quite bad as well because none of the actors really sell me on their performance, just seems they're phoning it in. The villain doesn't have a great performance either but that's mostly due to poor writing, they could've done something far greater than her. But the creativity that's present is short lived if it's constantly followed by a villain saying a poor landing joke, or even a main character. How can a Garfield movie truly be done? After seeing this I have little hope for Garfield movies in the future. But the idea of Garfield being in a movie is outlandish and quite hard to make a feasible plot without introducing lame characters. This franchise is hard to make acceptable for fans since it will never live up to what Garfield truly is. But to give us an hour and a half of our time with him for a outlandish, out of this world, story is enough regardless of how bad it might be, because it will never work out.
Manuel São Bento2024-05-29
★ 7/10
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://movieswetextedabout.com/the-garfield-movie-review-simple-light-hearted-fun-for-the-whole-family/ "The Garfield Movie may not be an animated masterwork or a film that provokes deep reflections, but it effectively fulfills its purpose of entertaining with a story that’s generic yet packed with fun moments. Boasting the classic sarcastic humor of the titular cat, a light plot, and well-executed action set pieces, it’s an ideal choice for families seeking an enjoyable experience with plenty of laughs. It serves as a reminder that sometimes a film can be appreciated just for what it always wanted to be – a simple, unpretentious form of entertainment, perfect for a session alongside the little ones." Rating: B