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This time we join Garfield (Bill Murray) and his clueless, dorky, but deeply loving of Garfield, owner Jon (Breckin Meyer) as he is about to pop the big question to his girlfriend Liz (Jennifer Love Hewitt). Garfield being well Garfield puts the kibosh on Jon's proposal and romantic opportunity. Jon is persistent and won't let this opportunity pass him up. I mean, after all, he is dorky and clueless, and he has a chance to marry lovely and body is a wonderland, Jennifer Love Hewitt. He should be thanking his lucky starts, she even considers him. Don't expect any pu**y cat jokes in reference to Garfield or Jennifer Love, I'm above that. He rashly flies out to London to surprise his girlfriend who is attending the Royal Animal Conservatory conference, and he figures, if you at first you don't succeed, try, try again. This time, leaving Garfield at home. Or so he thinks. Not to be denied, Garfield, sneaks in Jon's suitcase with Ode, and comes along for the trip to London. Did he really think he could leave Garfield behind? While in London, Garfield magically ends up switching places with a look-a-like named Prince (Tim Curry). Think of him as the Paris Hilton of cats. He is spoiled, rude, and inherited quite a large chunk of cash. They essitanly switch places. Prince gets stuck with Liz and Jon. Where Garfield lives it up with a butler (Ian Abercrombie), who pampers Garfield at his every whim, and he also gets Winston (Bob Hoskins), a bulldog. But this is not as nice as it seems for Mr. Garfield. Next in line to get the money Lord Dargis (Billy Connolly), is plotting doom for Mr. Garfield or should I say Prince. GARFIELD: A TAIL OF TWO KITTIES is strongest in it's scenes that involve the animals, and weakest in it's scenes that involve humans. Jennifer Love Hewitt is never really used to her full potential and that's a shame. Jon is a one note, stumbling idiot. But there is more then enough scenes of Garfield mischief and nonsense to make up for the uninteresting humans. Murray is perfectly casted as the voice of Garfield. He gets across the laziness, dull, and relaxed nature of Garfield with relative ease. Tim Curry had me laughing out a lot a lot of times with his delivery. Hoskins was also quite enjoyable as the dog, as he plays this straight up and evokes laughs out of just saying the simplest of things. All of the voice actors were dead on. They say casting is not that important in these types of films, but I believe it is everything. The film is also similar in the first one in that Garfield is a cartoon and CGI and the humans are humans. Which makes for some interesting visuals. The film has a lot of British voice actors, and British humor in it. It evokes a lot of scenes of Garfield being Garfield and them playing it straight. No one winks at the camera in this one. They are not saying "I'm in a CGI film." They play it straight up. By allowing Garfield to go out to London, they allow more opportunities for humor. More people for Garfield to interact with. More laughs. The first film I felt had Garfield back a little bit, but this one allows him to be Garfield and shine in all his kitty glory. When I heard there was another Garfield coming out, I rushed to the theaters to see it. I was the first in the cinema today at 11am to see Garfield. I was alone in enthusiasm among my friends. As I sat ALONE in the theater viewing Garfield, I noticed I was not alone in my age group seeing this movie. There were numerous other 18-22 year olds taking in the Garfield love. By themselves of course. What cruddy friends we have, they won't come to see Garfield with us. Even after I posted a bulletin asking nicely! But I digress, as I laughed quite a few times out loud at Garfield. If you have a heart, and are kind, you'll be hard pressed not to like this film. If you are too old, and too jaded for Garfield, you are missing out on a lot of fun. GARFIELD: A TAIL OF TWO KITTIES knows what it wants to be. It is short, to the point, lets Garfield loose, lets the humans stand back while the cats do their thing, and picks pitch perfect voice actors to get across their point. Now I don't want anyone writing to me again and saying: "I saw Garfield because you told me to, and I hated it." I'm telling you this movie is silly, it's contrived, it's over the top, and it's goofy. If you don't have the heart or the childlike wonder to sit back, relax, and have fun with this, you won't enjoy it. If you are like me and think you are never too old to see Garfield eat lasagna and cause chaos, you are a good kitty! MEOW Tony Farinella Grade: B email this review to a friend
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