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Movie Review - Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
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(What this rating means)
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| Director: |
Tim Hill |
| Starring: |
Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Billy Connolly, and Bill Murray's voice |
| Rated: |
PG (for some off-color elements) |
| Length: |
80 minutes |
| Genre: |
Animation/Family/Comedy |
| Tagline: |
None |
| Studio: |
20th Century Fox |
| Website: |
Garfield 2 |
| Release: |
June 16, 2006 |
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PLOT
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Jon (Meyer) wants to propose to his girlfriend Liz (Hewitt) despite the fact that he's nowhere close to being in her
league. His plans are thrown asunder (it's not THAT big of a word, quit whining) when she announces she has to go
to England for a veterinarian seminar. Or something like that. I wasn't paying careful attention, and it doesn't
matter anyway.
Determined not to let this opportunity slip past him, Jon decides to fly to England and propose there. Of course,
Garfield sneaks into his luggage and accompanies him on his trip. It doesn't take long for Garfield to be mistaken
for a royal cat who lives in a huge castle. Billy Connolly wants to get rid of the cat so that he can build all
sorts of stuff on the estate. Hijinks targeted towards five year olds ensue.
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JOHNNY'S TAKE
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Am I really expected to review this? Are there any doubts as to my opinions regarding the film? Seriously? Sigh.
All right. Whatever. Here:
If you loved the first one then go see this; otherwise you'll want to avoid it like Kevin Federline avoids work.
I just don't have the energy to tear this to shreds. It'd be the equivalent of beating up a five-year-old - way too
easy to be any fun. After all, it's the five-year-old demographic that the film is targeting. Well, plus the old
person audience who thinks all forms of talking animals are cute.
Little kids will likely enjoy it. I was in a theater full of 'em, and they cackled at every burp and flatulence
joke, and they howled every time Billy Connolly (trying hard to summon John Cleese) got bit in the crotch by
a dog or slammed in the head by a household appliance. Meanwhile, I just stared stone-faced at the screen, as if I
were at a Paris Hilton poetry reading.
I'm sure some of you parents will enjoy it (it's a slight step up from the original), but the majority will most
likely be bored beyond comprehension and should probably start trying to convince the wee one that he needs to
see Cars again.
All of you fathers who think Jennifer Love Hewitt's presence will be your saving grace, well, bad news - she's hardly
in this at all. She'll provide you a few minutes of solace but will quickly be whisked off screen so
that we can be entertained by such images as Garfield bathing in a bidet and a weasel climbing up Connolly's
trousers.
Yeah.
If that sounds like suitable entertainment to you then by all means, slap those Hamiltons on the counter. It's your
retirement savings that you're gambling with, not mine.
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ODDS & ENDS
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- The first Garfield grossed $75,367,693 against a $50,000,000 budget.
- Jennifer Love Hewitt was delighted to reprise her Garfield role. "I grew up watching the Garfield
cartoon series, and even got a big orange cat," she says. "I tried Garfield's favorite dish, lasagna, for the first
time when I was making the movie. But what I now love most about Garfield is his sarcasm. I'm very sarcastic too,
so I appreciate that kind of humor."
- She had never eaten lasagna before filming the movie???? What kind of deprived childhood did her parents force
upon her? Sheesh.
- Juggling schedules on Garfield 2 and The Ghost Whisperer was challenging for Hewitt. She worked
on the series Monday through Friday night; on Sundays, shed report to the film set.
- That is indeed Vinnie "Juggernaut" Jones' voice you hear as Rommel.
- TM and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
- Jennifer Love Hewitt was in Heartbreakers with Ray Liotta who was in The Last Shot with Toni
Collette who is in the upcoming The Dead Girl with Josh Brolin who was in Hollow Man with Kevin Bacon.
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MAMA'S APPROVAL
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It might not entertain the whole family, but at least it is safe for them.
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TRAILER COMPARISON
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If you like the trailer then more power to you. I got about what I expected.
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THE GIST
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Eh. Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties is strictly for those who were fans of the first movie, diehard fans
of Garfield, or those too young to form completely coherent sentences.
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