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The Garfield Movie (2024)

 

The Garfield Movie is about a cat and his canine friend who reunite with the cat's long-lost father.

Mark Dindal directed the film. You might remember him from directing Chicken Little and the under-rated The Emperor's New Groove. While he hasn't a ton of directorial films he is better known for his visual effects. The screenplay has three credits, which is surprising since the writing is one of the worst aspects of the film. The lesser writers are Paul A. Kaplan and Mark Targove who wrote the George Lopez TV show. While David Reynolds is much better, having written Finding Nemo and Mulan.

Chris Pratt plays Garfield and this isn't his first rodeo in voiceovers having voiced Mario just last year. Samuel L. Jackson who plays Vic also has done voiceovers before doing Incredibles 1 + 2, and  Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank two years ago. The best voice actor has got to be Cicily Strong who voices Marge Malone. She was great.

The film passed the time but was only above average. Result: B-

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