'Garfield' review: A bizarre heist movie for the most indoor cat ever

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If you catch the latest Garfield movie, you might not expect to find the famous orange feline at one point running from bad guys on the top of a speeding train. Lasagna eating? Sure. But any sort of cardio? Associated Press critic Mark Kennedy says “The Garfield Movie” is a curious new animated attempt to monetize the comic icon again.

This image released by Sony Pictures shows characters Odie, voiced by Harvey Guillén, from left, Vic, voiced by Samuel L. Jackson, and Garfield, voiced by Chris Pratt, in a scene from the animated film “The Garfield Movie.” This image released by Sony Pictures shows characters Vic, voiced by Samuel L. Jackson, right, and Garfield, voiced by Chris Pratt, in a scene from the animated film “The Garfield Movie.

Sorry, what was that? Garfield is perhaps the most indoor cat in history and seeing him dodge massive chopping blades or boulders onscreen is just plain weird. Making it even weirder is that his partner Odie — traditionally a drooling idiot — is remade here as highly competent, perhaps even a savant. This is not canon.At 83, filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki earns historic Oscar for ‘The Boy and the Heron’

The script — by Paul A. Kaplan, Mark Torgove and David Reynolds— grounds the movie firmly in today, with Garfield using food delivery phone apps and Bluetooth, watching Catflix and characters declaring that they are “self-actualized.” There’s also some pretty awkward product placement, like for Olive Garden, that may not send the message they wanted.

 

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