Rotten
Without Murray, the film would have much less appeal.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Overview
Garfield, the fat, lazy, lasagna lover, has everything a cat could want. But when Jon, in an effort to impress the Liz - the vet and an old high-school crush - adopts a dog named Odie and brings him home, Garfield gets the one thing he doesn't want. Competition.
Director and cast
- Peter Hewitt Director
- Bill Murray as Garfield (voice)
- Breckin Meyer as Jon
- Jennifer Love Hewitt as Liz
- Stephen Tobolowsky as Happy Chapman
- Evan Arnold as Wendell
- Mark Christopher Lawrence as Christopher Mello
- Jimmy Kimmel as Spanky (voice)
- Debra Messing as Arlene (voice)
- Nick Cannon as Louis (voice)
- Alan Cumming as Persnikitty (voice)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
14%
Tomatometer
Rotten
No one can accuse Garfield: The Movie of infidelity to its source: It faithfully conveys the banality of Jim Davis's cartoon.
Ben Kenigsberg, Village Voice
Rotten
... a film without energy and without spirit.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
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.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Rotten
There's nothing to recommend about this film except its sheer innocuousness.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
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