Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties

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08 Jul 2006 10:53 AM

When I was growing up Garfield was always one of my favorite cartoons. Now years later the lasagna eating feline is still kicking releasing a second live action movie "Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties" June 16th.

While I do truly love Garfield, I have to say I was pretty shocked when I found out the second Garfield movie was being released. When the first movie came out I thought "Awww...it was worth a try, but that was pretty awful". Awful really doesn't begin to describe the sequel.

When his owner John (Breckin Meyer) decides to go to England to propose to his girlfriend Liz (Jennifer Love Hewitt), Garfield and Odie decide to stow away in Johns' luggage and see the UK themselves in this second Garfield movie installment.

While in London, Garfield finds a pampered cat named Prince that looks remarkably just like him. The two cats decide to switch places. Princes' owner attempts to kill Prince (who is really Garfield) in order to inherit his estate, and hilarity ensues.

I think this movie is pretty awkward. It's a cartoon cat, a real dog and some mismatched stars all basically reenacting the Prince and the Pauper, except the movie is named like A Tale of Two Cities.

For the most part Garfield is pretty kid friendly. The movie has some mild violence, some potty humor, and a man gets bitten in the groin by a dog. You should be fairly safe taking children 7 and up, younger depending on the child.

If you're looking for some mindless entertainment this summer this could be a good flick to go see with younger children. For older children and adults, you may want to see something different.

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties is rated PG and runs an hour and twenty minutes.

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