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Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties (2006) http://www.themoviemark.com/moviereviews/garfield2.asp
PLOT
Jon (Meyer) wants to propose to his girlfriend Liz (Hewitt) despite the fact that he's nowhere close to being in her league. His plans are thrown asunder (it's not THAT big of a word, quit whining) when she announces she has to go to England for a veterinarian seminar. Or something like that. I wasn't paying careful attention, and it doesn't matter anyway.
Determined not to let this opportunity slip past him, Jon decides to fly to England and propose there. Of course, Garfield sneaks into his luggage and accompanies him on his trip. It doesn't take long for Garfield to be mistaken for a royal cat who lives in a huge castle. Billy Connolly wants to get rid of the cat so that he can build all sorts of stuff on the estate. Hijinks targeted towards five year olds ensue.
JOHNNY'S TAKE
Am I really expected to review this? Are there any doubts as to my opinions regarding the film? Seriously? Sigh. All right. Whatever. Here:
If you loved the first one then go see this; otherwise you'll want to avoid it like Kevin Federline avoids work.
I just don't have the energy to tear this to shreds. It'd be the equivalent of beating up a five-year-old - way too easy to be any fun. After all, it's the five-year-old demographic that the film is targeting. Well, plus the old person audience who thinks all forms of talking animals are cute.
Little kids will likely enjoy it. I was in a theater full of 'em, and they cackled at every burp and flatulence joke, and they howled every time Billy Connolly (trying hard to summon John Cleese) got bit in the crotch by a dog or slammed in the head by a household appliance. Meanwhile, I just stared stone-faced at the screen, as if I were at a Paris Hilton poetry reading.
I'm sure some of you parents will enjoy it (it's a slight step up from the original), but the majority will most likely be bored beyond comprehension and should probably start trying to convince the wee one that he needs to see Cars again.
All of you fathers who think Jennifer Love Hewitt's presence will be your saving grace, well, bad news - she's hardly in this at all. She'll provide you a few minutes of solace but will quickly and cruelly be whisked off screen so that we can be entertained by such images as Garfield bathing in a bidet and a weasel climbing up Connolly's trousers.
Yeah.
If that sounds like suitable entertainment to you then by all means, slap those Hamiltons on the counter. It's your retirement savings that you're gambling with, not mine.
THE GIST
Eh. Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties is strictly for those who were fans of the first movie, diehard fans of Garfield, or those two young to form completely coherent sentences.
Rating: 2 (out of 5)
Johnny Betts The Movie Mark http://www.themoviemark.com
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