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Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

EMAILPRINT20th Century Fox Pictures

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties reviews
37
6.4 User Score:

Generally unfavorable reviews

Based on 20 critic reviews
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Based on 22 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Action  |  Animation  |  Comedy  |  Family/Kids

Written by: Joel Cohen
Alec Sokolow
Jim Davis (comic strip)

Directed by: Tim Hill

Release Date:
Theatrical: June 16, 2006
DVD: October 10, 2006

Running Time: 90 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: PG for some off-color elements

Starring Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Billy Connolly, Bill Murray, Ian Abercrombie, Roger Rees, Lucy Davis, and Oliver Muirhead

Garfield, America's favorite cat, is going continental. He's traveling across the pond (with canine sidekick Odie) to surprise his master, Jon Arbuckle (Meyer), who is in London to propose to his girlfriend, veterinarian Liz Wilson (Hewitt). (20th Century Fox)

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

75

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties is actually funnier and more charming than the first film.

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70

Variety Joe Leydon

A genuinely clever kidpic that should delight moppets, please parents -- and maybe tickle a few tweens.

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63

Chicago Tribune Jessica Reaves

When the humans have the sense to keep quiet, and the animals are doing their shtick, there's great fun to be had.

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63

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jennie Punter

The stellar array of British talent (voicing the various farm animals) and Murray (whom one suspects has rewritten Garfield's lines to be Murray-esque) give Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties all its energy and make the human actors -- even comedian Connolly -- look and sound like square panels in a two-dimensional comic strip.

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50

The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin

Two Kitties marks a considerable improvement over its predecessor. It's faster paced and the filmmakers wisely shift the focus away from bland owner Breckin Meyer and onto a menagerie of chattering animals.

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50

Washington Post Stephen Hunter

The movie is intermittently amusing, particularly when the American human part of the cast (Breckin Meyer and Jennifer Love Hewitt) are off-screen, the longer and farther the better.

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50

The New York Times Manohla Dargis

To borrow and slightly emend the words of Shakespeare: That cat will mew, but this dog will have the day.

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42

Entertainment Weekly Scott Brown

In the ''flesh,'' Garfield himself (voiced by Bill Murray) is once again strikingly unlikable, a bloated, bingeing fascist.

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40

LA Weekly Jim Ridley

Murray's gift for imperious indifference is the only reason to sit through a second for-kids-only movie about Garfield the lasagna-loving cat.

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40

The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen

This lifeless, talky, family-oriented feature never manages to rise to the occasion of its witty title.

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40

Empire Helen O'Hara

The predictable plot and gags make you feel like you’re watching it in cat-years, but there are a few successfully silly set-pieces that will delight kids.

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38

Miami Herald Peter Debruge

Something about the sequel, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, doesn't seem nearly as obnoxious as the original.

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38

New York Post Kyle Smith

Kids should see Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties. It'll help prepare them for a lifetime of mediocre entertainment ahead.

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38

Boston Globe Janice Page

Though Murray and Curry gamely deliver some chuckle-worthy one-liners along the way, they're mostly leashed to material as moldy and uninspired as the "Jeffersons" theme song.

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38

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

In a town as status-conscious as Hollywood, the embarrassment of two "Garfield" movies on your résumé must sting like the Dickens.

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38

USA Today Claudia Puig

It comes off like a coughed-up furball: a wan rehash with too many elements of the hard-to-swallow 2004 original.

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25

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

A crass, tedious sequel.

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25

San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub

Children will enjoy the physical humor, but discerning adults are advised to pawn their sons and daughters off on some other unsuspecting chaperone -- preferably one who doesn't read movie reviews.

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16

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

Tedious almost beyond endurance.

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0

Austin Chronicle Marrit Ingman

A Tail of Two Kitties couldn't care less about its human principals, and all it wants its animals to do is air-guitar to "Cat Scratch Fever" and wear silly sunglasses.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 6.4 (out of 10) based on 22 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Jim D. gave it a10:
Fun Stuff. I highly recommend it.

David E. gave it a7:
It was a lot better than the first I think. Was it great? No. But it was alright and I found myself actually enjoying it.

Jaclyn W. gave it a0:
Okay, so the first Garfield movie already sucked enough, so they come back with a second one to make the audiences feel like committing suicide even more? Urgh! If I can say anything about this movie to the people who feel like seeing it, you have to be 4-10 to actually enjoy it.

Gerron K. gave it a5:
"A Tail Of Two Kitties" surprised me. It was actually a tolerable movie. The jokes are barely there, and the performances are all wooden, but I seemed to somewhat enjoy this comedy. Garfield moves and looks a bit better than the first movie. I won't say it was a good movie, but it was a pleasant surprise.

Frederick S. gave it a2:
Someone obviously used a bunch of false names to spam the votes and give this movie three 10's in a row. BTW this movie is rubbish.

Hexen M. gave it a0:
This movie made me nearly go insane.I wouldn't dare touch this crap! There should be laws to stop junk like this from going through the system.You might just have noticed that it is still voiced by the cheap Bill Murry.

Nick E. gave it a10:
The greatest film of all time.

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