The Garfield Movie (2024)

Ide finds this animated Garfield adventure a refreshing step up and worth watching. She praises its frantic Looney Tunes energy and genuinely sharp comedy.

Walsh finds the film formulaic and overly energetic, but cute and irreverent enough to entertain children and adults alike. She praises its illustrated visual style and its playful film-history references, especially the Tom Cruise nods.

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The review calls the film unoriginal but spirited. It criticizes the kid-friendly screenplay for sanding away the original comic strip’s deadpan wit.

Erbland argues the film loses what makes Garfield distinctive and should return to the drawing board. She praises the energetic opening and the training montages, but faults the weak connective story and intrusive product placement.

Monson finds the film a generic, identity-free adaptation that struggles to entertain either children or adults. The review faults its lazy humor and uneven pacing, with little to praise beyond occasional slapstick.

Jenkins finds the film an extremely forgettable, laboured outing. He criticises Chris Pratt’s tired vocal performance and the film’s poorly timed, uninspired animation.

The critic finds the film disappointing, despite its energetic plot and appeal to younger viewers. He criticizes the story for feeling far removed from the Garfield comic strips.

Scheck finds the film tiresome and cynical, with routine action comedy replacing Garfield’s subversive humor. He praises the charming opening origin story but criticizes the rudimentary animation and Chris Pratt’s colorless vocal performance.

Nugent finds the film lazy, over-sentimental, and full of weak jokes and baffling diversions. He singles out Hannah Waddingham’s performance as Jinx as a rare bright spot.

Aguilar pans the film as a generic, product-placement-heavy adventure that loses Garfield’s defining apathy and sarcasm. He praises the animation’s appealing blend of cartoony expressions and realistic fur, but says the film’s high-stakes antics betray the character.

Hassenger finds the film a surprisingly good time, though it is disposable and falls short of Dindal’s best work. He praises the slapstick gags and their split-second comic timing, while finding Chris Pratt’s voice performance generic.

The critic finds it a reasonably enjoyable kids’ film, though it is short on laughs and unlikely to become a family classic. He praises its unexpected tenderness, especially Garfield’s relationship with his father.

Lattila finds the film flawed and unoriginal but strangely comforting, with children likely to enjoy it. She singles out Hannah Waddingham’s lively voice performance and criticizes the animation as stilted and uninspired.

The critic finds the film stodgy, bland and undercooked. They single out its conspicuous product placement and say the brief comic-strip-style montages are among its best moments.