Movie · 2024 · Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family · 1h 41m · PG · English
Curator score: 0.6/10 (197K ratings)
Indoor cat. Outdoor adventure.
Overview
Garfield, the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat Vic – Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist.
Ratings
Curator score: 0.6/10
IMDb: 5.7/10
Letterboxd: 2.53/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 36%
Metacritic: 31
TMDB: 7.0/10
Director
Mark Dindal
Production
Alcon Entertainment, DNEG, Wayfarer Studios, One Cool Group, Stage 6 Films, Andrews McMeel Entertainment
Cast
Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Harvey Guillén, Brett Goldstein, Bowen Yang, Snoop Dogg, Janelle James, Angus Cloud, Jeff Foxworthy, Eugenia Caruso, Luke Cinque-White, Dev Joshi, Chana Keefer, Mark Keefer, Edward Montgomery, Mark Dindal
Where to watch
Hulu, fuboTV
Curator Review
Verdict
A bright, kid-friendly animated caper with enough energy and visual polish to keep younger viewers engaged, but it leans heavily on familiar franchise jokes and broad comedy. The emotional father-son angle and heist setup give it some shape, though it’s unlikely to win over adults looking for wit or freshness.
Best for
families with young kids
viewers who like colorful animated adventure-comedies
Garfield fans looking for a lightweight reboot
parents wanting an easy streaming-style crowd-pleaser
Skip if
you want sharp, character-driven comedy
you’re tired of celebrity voice casting
you prefer animation with more visual invention or emotional depth
you dislike obvious brand-friendly, joke-a-minute family films
Overview
The Garfield Movie is built to be harmless, fast-moving, and broadly accessible. It takes the familiar lazy-cat premise and stretches it into an outdoor adventure with a father-son reunion and a heist plot, which gives the movie a little more momentum than a simple gag reel would have. The animation is polished and the pacing is aimed squarely at younger audiences.
Worth noting
What holds it back is how safe and manufactured it feels. The jokes are often obvious, the emotional beats are predictable, and the whole thing has the glossy, corporate sheen of a movie designed to be consumed rather than remembered. For kids, that may be enough; for adults, it can feel thin very quickly.
Bottom line
Still, there’s a certain competence to the package. If you’re in the mood for something colorful, uncomplicated, and easy to watch with a family, it does the job. Just don’t expect the kind of personality or bite that made Garfield a stronger comic character in other forms.
Top Letterboxd reviews
brice_mo · 6213 likes
2004: Garfield: The Movie
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this is the smartest film criticism I will ever contribute to public discourse.
jonathan fujii (1★) · 4276 likes
i hate the way that you walk the way that you talk i hate the way that you eat i hate the way that you
cob (2.5★) · 3380 likes
baby garfield is superior because he’s cute and you don’t have to listen to chris pratt’s god awful voice acting
YI JIAN (1★) · 2159 likes
Freaking epic movie like who doesn't like cat videos and pizza and cheese and lasagna, who doesn't order food on they little cell phones ha-ha I do that, hey kids, ask your mom and dad to buy that Sony headphones for ya through online purchasing corporations such as Walmart and make sure it is delivered via FedEx and if you ever feel like hating mondays then why not watch some Netflix and Chillax- pst, listen, listen, Garfield wants to order… more Freaking epic movie like who doesn't like cat videos and pizza and cheese and lasagna, who doesn't order food on they little cell phones ha-ha I do that, hey kids, ask your mom and dad to buy that Sony headphones for ya through online purchasing corporations such as Walmart and make sure it is delivered via FedEx and if you ever feel like hating mondays then why not watch some Netflix and Chillax- pst, listen, listen, Garfield wants to order… more
Joe (2.5★) · 1796 likes
There is a Tinder and Bumble ad 10 minutes into the movie