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| Fat, lasagna-loving Garfield (the voice of Bill Murray) is annoyed when his human, Jon (Breckin Meyer), brings home an innocent, not-too-bright dog named Odie. But when Odie is dog-napped, it's Garfield to the rescue. If that sounds like a slim premise, it is - and quite beside the point. The real reason this movie exists is to pump up the revenue stream of a comic-strip character who's seen more popular days, and if audiences are mildly entertained in the process that's just gravy. | |
| Thank goodness, then, for Bill Murray, who gives the CGI cat a much-needed shot of new personality. His voice performance is frequently witty and probably largely improvised, bearing more than a passing resemblance to his old Saturday Night Live lounge-singer routine. In other words, it's something he can do in his sleep that will keep adults who wind up taking kids to see the movie from dozing off. |
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Gay Interest: LittleThere's a passing, Garfield-delivered reference to "alternative lifestyles" as Odie winds up in a pair of lederhosen. Queer actor Alan Cumming voices a fey cat named Persnikitty, and Will & Grace's Debra Messing voices Garfield's feline girlfriend, Arlene. |
