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Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Metascore
37 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 20 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 20
  3. Negative: 9 out of 20
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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties is actually funnier and more charming than the first film.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    70
    A genuinely clever kidpic that should delight moppets, please parents -- and maybe tickle a few tweens.
  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Jessica Reaves
    63
    When the humans have the sense to keep quiet, and the animals are doing their shtick, there's great fun to be had.
  4. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Jennie Punter
    63
    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.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    50
    To borrow and slightly emend the words of Shakespeare: That cat will mew, but this dog will have the day.
  6. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Stephen Hunter
    50
    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.
  7. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nathan Rabin
    50
    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.
  8. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Scott Brown
    42
    In the ''flesh,'' Garfield himself (voiced by Bill Murray) is once again strikingly unlikable, a bloated, bingeing fascist.
  9. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Michael Rechtshaffen
    40
    This lifeless, talky, family-oriented feature never manages to rise to the occasion of its witty title.
  10. Empire
    Reviewed by: Helen O'Hara
    40
    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.
  11. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Jim Ridley
    40
    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.
  12. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Peter Debruge
    38
    Something about the sequel, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, doesn't seem nearly as obnoxious as the original.
  13. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    38
    In a town as status-conscious as Hollywood, the embarrassment of two "Garfield" movies on your résumé must sting like the Dickens.
  14. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    38
    Kids should see Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties. It'll help prepare them for a lifetime of mediocre entertainment ahead.
  15. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
    38
    It comes off like a coughed-up furball: a wan rehash with too many elements of the hard-to-swallow 2004 original.
  16. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Janice Page
    38
    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.
  17. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Hartlaub
    25
    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.
  18. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    25
    A crass, tedious sequel.
  19. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Chris Kaltenbach
    16
    Tedious almost beyond endurance.
  20. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marrit Ingman
    0
    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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6.1 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 3 out of 11
  1. CritiqueGirl
    7
    It moved slowly but was cute and kids will like the antics. Garfield is CGI while the humans and other animals are non-animated. Very good for families.… Full Review »
  2. MovieLonely94
    7
    an improvement over the first movie
  3. JimD.
    10
    Fun Stuff. I highly recommend it.
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