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Garfield: The Movie

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Garfield: The Movie

PG

Released Jun 11, 2004

1h 20m

Kids & Family

Comedy

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Based on the popular comic strip, this live-action comedy follows the exploits of Garfield (Bill Murray), the large, lazy and wisecracking cat owned by hapless Jon Arbuckle (Breckin Meyer). Jon's other housemate, Odie, is a dim but sweet dog who frequently annoys Garfield. When the conniving orange feline gets fed up with Odie, he devises a way to get rid of the pooch. However, after Garfield has a change of heart about Odie, he must find a way to get his fellow pet back.

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Critics Consensus

When the novelty of the CGI Garfield wears off, what's left is a simplistic kiddie movie.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Cat-astrophic for adults, but kids will love it.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 24, 2010

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Dave Calhoun

Time Out

Without Murray, the film would have much less appeal.

Jun 24, 2006

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Neil Smith

BBC.com

The result is not so much catnip as catnap.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 7, 2004

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

A nice, safe family film.

Rated: 2.5/4.0

Sep 8, 2020

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Kaleem Aftab

The List

Even Bill Murray, who provides the cantankerous cat's voice, can do little with the material at his disposal and when he bursts into song, Lost in Translation seems like nine lifetimes ago.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 22, 2019

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Kevin Carr

Fat Guys at the Movies

I felt the same misery, despair, offense and nausea while watching this film as I did The Cat in the Hat.

Rated: 1/5

Jan 17, 2016

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Emma F

The movie adaptation of Garfield seems to have missed some of the humor and charm that come from the original comics.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/07/25

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Natacha G

absolutely love this movie. its an all time favorite in this house!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/16/25

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Khalan C

I simply can't recommend this AT ALL, everything just went wrong in this movie, from the CGI to the premise of the movie. Only reason I'm giving this a one star is because that the sequel is much much more worse and even more unneeded, also the cast isn't the worst but it's not saying much. Avoid this movie if you love Garfield and Bill Murray.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/10/25

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William B

This is one of the best Garfield movies. Recommended

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/25

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Zachary M

The finest form of cinema we as humans have ever curated. Garfield lives inside of us and it’s important and necessary that we all embrace such divine power. Thank you to the creators of such fine work for opening my eyes.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/02/25

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This movie itself can be enjoyable and entertaining for some. It has many problems for being an adaptation of the work of Jim Davis. First of all, there are the physiques of the characters. They don't look like those in the original comics. Especially Nermal and Arlene. These 2 are very different from the original version, another problem is Garfield, since he is less serious and more infantilized, when in the comics he is represented as someone who hates Mondays, he annoys Hate and jon, and take naps. The script also has problems, in itself. Despite being based on "Here Comes Garfield", it has too many changes that almost make it not faithful to the original version, in itself it is not bad but it is not good either.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/30/24

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Synopsis

Based on the popular comic strip, this live-action comedy follows the exploits of Garfield (Bill Murray), the large, lazy and wisecracking cat owned by hapless Jon Arbuckle (Breckin Meyer). Jon's other housemate, Odie, is a dim but sweet dog who frequently annoys Garfield. When the conniving orange feline gets fed up with Odie, he devises a way to get rid of the pooch. However, after Garfield has a change of heart about Odie, he must find a way to get his fellow pet back.

Director: Peter Hewitt
Producer: John Davis
Screenwriter: Joel Cohen, Jim Davis, Alec Sokolow
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: 20th Century Fox, Davis Entertainment Classics
Rating: PG (Brief Mild Language)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 11, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $75.4M
Runtime: 1h 20m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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