Garfield The Movie (DVD)

Garfiled - The large orange cat! Garfield began life as a comic strip by Jim Davis which poked fun at pet owners and their relationships with their cats. On 19th June (Garfield's birthday) 2008 the comic strip will have been running for 30 years. Garfield lives with his downtrodden owner, Jon Arbuckle and the dreaded dog Odie. In 2004 Twentieth Century Fox brought out Garfield: The Movie. The film includes real actors and a computer generated version of Garfield the cat so this is not a cartoon. Garfield is voiced by the brilliant comedic actor Bill Murray who's dry sense of humour and deep voice brings a very real feel to the character ...  Read the complete review

Unlike a lot of people my age I was never really into Garfield as a child. I didn't really watch the cartoons and didn't read the comics or anything. My boyfriend however absolutely loved him and so he was ecstatic when the cartoon came to life in the form of a 76 minute film!! I bought the DVD for him for Christmas a few years ago when it first hit the shelves (because I knew he wouldn't shut up about it until he had it!) I watched it with him and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was very funny and I love watching the silly family films that have animals getting up to antics. Meet the Characters: Garfield With the voice of actor Bill Murray ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room I love Bill Murray. I will watch anything he is in after his brilliant turn in the Ghostbusters franchise, and then his proof that he's not a one-note actor by surprising in a brilliant string of dramatic performances including Lost in Translation and Broken Flowers. I will even watch him when he's simply voicing something, like in the recent Fantastic Mr. Fox, and even in the critically panned Garfield. I love the Garfield comic strip as much as anyone, but it is a film that is nevertheless very difficult to defend outside of its impressive animation work and a solid voice performance by ...  Read the complete review

Little known fact: it's Garfield's brithday the week after next. Uh-huh, it's true. It's on the 19th June. yep, true story. What? You're not interested? Well, okay, that's fair enough, because, to be honest, Garfield probably isn't either, unless he's going to get lots of lasagne as a present! This is because Garfield is the epitome of laziness. The cartoon cat created by Jim Davis that pokes fun at cat owners and their cats is portrayed as a cool customer, quick witted and quite possibly the biggest fan of any flavour lasagne you ever did see, feline OR human! In 2004, Bill Murray provided his vocal talents as the voice of the lazy ginger tom as CGI met real ...  Read the complete review

I’ve never been a lover of cats until recently. Through unforeseen circumstances we now have a cat in our household. First I was afraid, I was petrified. I didn’t want it near me as its innocent claws would seep into my skin at the nearest opportunity. However after many months I’ve now grown to love it even though it does insist on waking me up in the early hours of the morning when it wants to go out. But what does this have to do with Garfield I hear you cry. Well they’re both cats albeit than one is a CGI creation. Your love of Garfield: The Movie will hinge on your love of this kind of movie. The kind that’s aimed squarely at the kids but also the kid ...  Read the complete review