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Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
- Review Date: October 10, 2006
- PG
- Genre: Family and Kids
- 2006
Common Sense Media says
Tedious Garfield sequel with crude jokes.
Parents say
QUALITY
Kids say
QUALITY
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that film includes crude humor. The villain makes rude comments about female bodies, and behaves in a predatory fashion. He also tries to drown the (animated) cat, trains his Rottweiler to attack the cat, and schemes to gain control of an inherited estate; he wields crossbow and an old-fashioned gun. The cat teases and abuses a smaller dog repeatedly, then draws the big dog into a trap by calling him a "girly dog." The dog bites a man in the crotch and the butt on separate occasions; a man is ravaged by animal-orchestrated hijinks. Animals take over and trash a kitchen (a ferret gets drunk). Some potty humor.
What's the story?
As Jon (Breckin Meyer) tries to propose to Liz (Jennifer Love Hewitt), she's distracted by a prestigious professional speaking engagement in London. Jon follows her to England, hoping to make his move, with Garfield (voiced by Bill Murray) and the non-speaking wirehaired dachshund Odie (whom Garfield bullies mercilessly). Across the pond, they discover a second animated cat, Prince (Tim Curry), who has just inherited his dead owner's estate, leading the next-in-line human relative, Dargis (Billy Connolly) fiercely determined to gain hold of it. His efforts to kill Prince lead the other animals -- barnyard and household, voiced by estimable talents like Bob Hoskins (bulldog), Vinnie Jones (Rottweiler), Jane Horrocks (mouse), and Richard E. Grant (parrot) -- to revolt.
Is it any good?
Smarmy and smug, GARFIELD: A TAIL OF TWO KITTIES is the unwanted, unnecessary sequel to 2004's Garfield. Though the script includes some ostensibly clever references to literature (for plot, Twain's Prince and the Pauper, for title only, Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities), the majority of the film consists of dopey jokes about Garfield's insatiable appetites, selfishness, and laziness.
Garfield is quite brilliantly animated, nearly three-dimensional. Breckin Meyer's admirable effort to act opposite an animated creature is to be commended. Dargis, meanwhile, is so creepy he appears to deserve the Home Alone-ish violence directed at him, but the storyline is so unimaginative, it's hard to keep still even for the short running time of 80-some minutes. While kids at one screening laughed at the couple of fart jokes and Dargis' falling down and whimpering, for the most part, the movie left them cold as well.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about Garfield's laziness and selfishness: How does his stint as a pretend "prince" teach him to appreciate his generous owner Jon? They could also talk about why Garfield is so likeable despite his many bad qualities.
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Kid, 11 years old
October 23, 2010
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perfect for any kid 7+
i love it
it is a brillant movie but he can convine kids to be lazy
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Kid, 12 years old
April 13, 2011
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Pretty Boring
The First Garfield is way funnier than this one!
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Lots of fun.
This movie is tons of fun for everyone. And it's better than Garfield 1.
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Pretty Good
It was OK, I thought the parts that were ment to be funny were funny but it was still kind of cruel when the bad guy tried to shoot the ducks, when he tride to have the guard dog sick Garfield, and when he picked up a crossbow and aimed it at a group but it was good otherwise:)
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STUPID
i really dislike it jnust because the cat is too lazy and i would not want the chrildren being laszy
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Pretty bad.
Not as bad as the first film, but only slightly better. More crude than the first film.
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Kid, 12 years old
April 9, 2008
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good
garfield was good!!!
kids would love it!!!
it was awesome!!!
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Garfield should take this film to the litter box!!!
The film was slightly better than the first, but was still disappointing.
Big Mistakes:
* The whole thing about a prince cat looking like Garfield and them accidently switching lives is too bouring.
* Jon's funny, because he's a weirdo who doesn't get the girl, but in the film he and Liz get married.
* Ian Abercombie (Mr. Pitt on Seinfeld) shows up, but doesn't get anyting funny to do.
On the positive side Billy Connolly was the bad guy, and Bill Murray voiced Garfield again.
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I loved this movie. It was much better than the first one. The jokes were really funny. I also really love the extended version on the DVD even more. There were just some crude parts. And one thing to point out is that the movie is only 79 minutes but the extended version extends it way longer. 7+
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| Studio: | Twentieth Century Fox |
| Director: | Tim Hill |
| Cast: | Bill Murray, Billy Collins, Breckin Meyer |
| Genre: | Family and Kids |
| Run time: | 80 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | June 16, 2006 |
| DVD release date: | October 10, 2006 |
| MPAA rating: | PG |
| MPAA explanation: | some off-color elements |
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