After “Garfield: The Movie” was critically panned and made money at the box office, Bill Murray reprised his role as the titular fat cat in “Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties.” As I’ve mentioned on my previous review on the first movie, Bill regrets his involvement in Garfield. He thought Joel Coen wrote the script. Turns out it’s Joel Cohen. Same guy who wrote “Toy Story,” “Money Talks” & “Cheaper by the Dozen.” He mentioned his boo boo in “Zombieland.”
Released in 2006, (same year Eureka Seven aired on Adult Swim) the sequel was critically panned by critics, fans and movie goers alike. Although a financial success, it made less money than its predecessor. A third movie was scrapped. I haven’t seen anything Garfield related since A Tail of Two Kitties. Anyway, an animated reboot with Chris Pratt as Garfield, will be released on May 24, 2024. I’m not hyped for it. I’d rather see Bill Murray coming back in “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.” It’ll be released on March 29, 2024.
I don’t care about SPOILERS. This movie’s one big pile of kitty excrement.
Full & Empty Aspects
Full: Bill Murray did a great job for his voiceover performance as the titular character.
Other Cast Members such as Breckin Mayer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Bob Hoskins, Richard E. Grant, Rhys Ifans & Tim Curry all did a good job for their respective performances.
Cinematography wasn’t a problem.
Fun Fact: Roger Ebert wrote a review of the sequel in first-person as Garfield.
A fart scene made me laugh when Garfield farts in front of a dog’s face. Two other movies in 2006, “The Benchwarmers” & “Click” also did the same joke. Never gets old.
Empty: Tim Hill (The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie) did a horrible job directing.
Like the first movie, C.G.I. looks obviously fake.
Jokes weren’t funny. Except for that fart scene.
Garfield ruins Jon’s proposal to Liz. It’s outta character. He only acts selfish unless something important gets in his way. For instance, Nermal becomes the center of attention. So, Garfield tries to kick him out.
Billy Connolly’s performance is a bit off. He sounds like John Cleese.
Running Time’s 77 minutes long. It doesn’t qualify as a full length live-action movie. It has to be 90 minutes. Animated movies get a pass if it’s barely a close to a 90-minute movie.
The bad guy’s plot to dump a wealthy cat in a lake so he can get a huge fortune for himself. A rip-off of “The Aristocats.” Another scheme is to replace the farm into a spa. Wait a minute? That’s the plot from “Max Keeble’s Big Move.”
How come the other animals don’t recognize Garfield’s American accent? They ignore the fact he’s posing as Prince. Doesn’t make sense.
When Garfield’s taken by a chauffeur, he doesn’t miss Jon & Odie. What does he do? Pretends to be Prince. All he does is slack off.
A random Musical Number when Garfield sings the theme song from “The Jeffersons.” “Tropic Thunder” did it ten times better.
Somehow, Garfield’s an expert dancer. He’s lazy not athletic.
Garfield twerks in front of a British guard. Seriously? Now I get why this movie encouraged Miley Cyrus to twerk at the MTV Music Awards 2013.
Garfield & Prince mimic each other’s work like Groucho Marx and a body double. However, you can copy and paste C.G.I. characters. It’s not groundbreaking like Groucho’s infamous mirror scene. Because two people rehearsed non-stop in order to be precise in unison.
The Climax’s just a pale imitation of “Home Alone.” A lot of slapstick family comedies made similar ones in an attempt to capitalize on the success of the highest-grossing comedy of 1990.
- 3 Ninjas
- Dennis the Menace
- Blank Check
- Baby’s Day Out
- Camp Nowhere
- Richie Rich
- Flubber
The Final Verdict: F, FOR FAKER!
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties is much worse than the first movie. When I was a kid, I used to like both live-action movies. Nowadays, they’re really bad. If you wanna introduce your kids to Garfield, perhaps the cartoon, “Garfield and Friends.” If you wanna show them the aforementioned movies, so be it.
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