Garfield (2004)
I have to admit, I wasn’t expecting much when I finally got around to renting the real-people movie of Garfield. I’m not normally a Bill Murray fan, and I figured nothing would live up to the daily comic strip my brother and I adored all through our childhoods. While my assumption proved true, the movie was still very entertaining and mostly very cute.
As the lasagna-loving, perpetually lazy, prankster cat, Bill Murray’s voice was a pretty good choice. In the plot of the movie, we get to see his everyday life with Jon (played by Breckin Meyer), his routines and interactions with other neighborhood pets, and of course, his love of food and television. When he gets taken to the vet for the umpteenth time because Jon has a crush on the veterinarian (Jennifer Love Hewitt), they both get a life-changing surprise. Jennifer asks Jon to foster an abandoned dog, Odie. As we know from the comic strips, Garfield leads Odie through countless pranks and tries to maintain the number one place in Jon’s heart.
Obviously there are tons of computer graphics in this movie. I love seeing how flawlessly Garfield fits in to his real costars and surroundings. Tons of real dogs and cats are in the movie, and Garfield is always interacting with real furniture or props – usually with disastrous consequences. My favorite part is when he accidentally knocks down Jon’s desk; I can only imagine how much fun the guys in the lab had creating the scene! If you missed this one twenty years ago in the theaters, rent it with your kids for a fun, family-friendly evening. Just remember to tell them that cats have nine lives and nothing bad happens to Garfield; he does get into quite a few scrapes and tumbles in this movie.
DLM Warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie might not be your friend. When Garfield gets stuck in the air duct system of the office building and tumbles down the flights of stairs, the camera spins in a circle, and that will make you sick. In other words, "Don't Look, Mom!"
More Jennifer Love Hewitt movies here!
As the lasagna-loving, perpetually lazy, prankster cat, Bill Murray’s voice was a pretty good choice. In the plot of the movie, we get to see his everyday life with Jon (played by Breckin Meyer), his routines and interactions with other neighborhood pets, and of course, his love of food and television. When he gets taken to the vet for the umpteenth time because Jon has a crush on the veterinarian (Jennifer Love Hewitt), they both get a life-changing surprise. Jennifer asks Jon to foster an abandoned dog, Odie. As we know from the comic strips, Garfield leads Odie through countless pranks and tries to maintain the number one place in Jon’s heart.
Obviously there are tons of computer graphics in this movie. I love seeing how flawlessly Garfield fits in to his real costars and surroundings. Tons of real dogs and cats are in the movie, and Garfield is always interacting with real furniture or props – usually with disastrous consequences. My favorite part is when he accidentally knocks down Jon’s desk; I can only imagine how much fun the guys in the lab had creating the scene! If you missed this one twenty years ago in the theaters, rent it with your kids for a fun, family-friendly evening. Just remember to tell them that cats have nine lives and nothing bad happens to Garfield; he does get into quite a few scrapes and tumbles in this movie.
DLM Warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie might not be your friend. When Garfield gets stuck in the air duct system of the office building and tumbles down the flights of stairs, the camera spins in a circle, and that will make you sick. In other words, "Don't Look, Mom!"
More Jennifer Love Hewitt movies here!