I adored Garfield as a youngster, and this movie manages not to tread all over my happy memories – at least! Shame it’s a bit dull otherwise.

I watched this while dog-sitting for a friend. The dog is a huge old black labador. The reaction of our three cats to the interloper helped me make sense of what would otherwise have been a total ZZZ of a movie. Two of the cats disappeared outside for the night, the third hid under the bed till we made up a “guest room” for her.

Clocking in at barely over an hour, Garfield the Movie feels a lot longer than that—and that’s not a good thing. In a time when Pixar and other family movies can tell a great story that entertains kids while keeping the adults amused and setting the bar high for family entertainment, this one sticks out like a sore thumb. For one thing—why’d we render Garfield CGI but not Odie?

Of course, I’m probably putting more thought into this film than the filmmakers did since it appears that this one was made to make a quick buck and be easily forgotten.

About the only good thing is Jennifer Love Hewitt looks pretty adorable and hot in the film. But that is not enough to save it.

Hacete un favor y esperá a que la pasen en TV abierta un domingo a las 2 de la tarde.