Garfield 2 DVD Review

"Garfield - A Tale Of Two Kitties" reviews

DVD

Garfield - A Tale Of Two Kitties

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anonymous

Date reviewed

2006-12-06 16:00:29

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DVD Review

Despite the title's allusion to Charles Dickens, this has nothing in common with the French Revolution. Which is hardly a surprise given that the first Garfield film revolved around the Bill Murray-voiced cat's penchant for torturing a dog, Odie, and gulping down lasagne.

Its follow-up has the Garfield touch down in England, where his hapless owner, Jon Arbuckle (Breckin Meyer) is intent on proposing to Jennifer Love Hewitt's veterinarian, Liz. Alas, they find themselves embroiled in a case of mistaken identity when a pampered royal cat called Prince – who looks exactly like Garfield – is targeted for extinction by a horrible and envious would-be heir, Mr Dervish.

Love Hewitt and Meyer's performances are competent, while the villainous Billy Connolly (the aforementioned evil heir) wrings the odd funny moment out of a script that relies on Garfield's attitude and wordplay for laughs. There's a nice musical moment when Garfield constructs a rock ode to the making of lasagne, but really, unless you are three or four years old, there's nothing here that hasn't been seen before.

What's not been seen before, however, are the multitude of special features: The Nine Lives of Garfield, Drawing with Jim Davis, Pen & Ink: Creating A Garfield Comic Strip, an exclusive Garfield comic strip called working With Hot Dogs And Cool Kitties. Then there's On The Town With Garfield, the Come & Get It music video, a Garfield Maze Game and Odie's Photo Album Game.