Garfield gets to live the life of a
look-alike British feline who’s also just inherited a castle. Okay, but Garfield: The Movie had a better story.
I expected to hate Garfield: The Movie but found it
unexpectedly amusing, thanks in part to Bill Murray’s surly rendering of the
title character’s voice. (The cat and some other animals are computer-animated;
the dog Odie, other animals, and the humans are real.) Breckin Meyer, who is
plaid personified, returns as Garfield’s mild-mannered owner, Jon. Perky
Jennifer Love Hewitt returns as his perky girlfriend Liz. Notwithstanding the
Dickensian title, Mark Twain, specifically The Prince and the Pauper, is
the inspiration for the sequel. Even if you don’t know Twain from Grisham,
you’ve seen this mistaken-identity plot before. True, the British prince that
Garfield switches places with is a cat. But, although I liked Billy Connolly as
a villainous usurper, I was less engaged than in the first film, which
presented better opportunities for Murray to do his curmudgeon act. And the
scene where Garfield teaches the other animals to make lasagna is tedious and,
well, cheesy.
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