Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9765 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-12-11
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 82 minutes

Synopsis
While tagging along to England with his lovely vet girlfriend (Jennifer Love Hewitt), Garfield's owner John Arbuckle (Breckin Meyer) inadvertently brings Garfield (voiced by Bill Murray) along, where he winds up being mistaken for Prince (voiced by Tim Curry), the royal cat of a lordly estate. There's a plot afoot to steal Prince's lands and title, orchestrated by the nefarious Dargis (Billy Connolly) and it's up to Garfield to save the day, that is if he can get his face out of the lasagne long enough. This sequel to the 2004 hit GARFIELD - THE MOVIE maintains that film's clever intermingling of live action supporting cast with a CGI-animated Garfield, that self-centred, lasagne-quaffing feline, famed of newspaper comic strips by Jim Davis. Though the title is a riff from Dickens, the story here is actually copped from Mark Twain's THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER. Billy Connolly brings a sense of malicious fun to his role as the bad guy, and Bill Murray fans will be licking their whiskers over his droll take on Garfield's lazy anti-heroics. A roster of top British actors lends their voices to some animals on the estate, including Bob Hoskins, Richard E. Grant, and Jane Horrocks. Fluffy and friendly overall, this is fine family fare.

Customer Reviews

3 1/2 Stars Really. Garfield 2 certainly entertains but doesn't live up to the classic first one.
So come on everyone knows in terms of film quality Garfield isn't very good. However if you watch the first two films in the right view you will love them. Garfield 2 isn't quite the laughter and classic as Garfield 1 was but it still gives you that chuckle the whole way through.

Jon Arbuckle (Meyer) travels to the United Kingdom, and he brings his cat, Garfield (voiced by Murray), along for the trip. A case of mistaken cat identity finds Garfield ruling over a castle, but his reign is soon jeopardized by the nefarious Lord Dargis (Connolly), who has designs on the estate.

So yes this time Garfield, Odie & about a million other animals are in England, meeting Royal guards, the Queen herself and lots of other minor characters, the plot isn't as strong as the first ones and at times is dippens, for example the millions of animals around just tend to annoy you with the "who voices who" game, however Odie still is legendary and when he wears the police hat you've got to laugh.

Acting again mediocre (but who cares), Bill Murray once again plays the sarcastic toned cat with absolute hilarity so everything the first film had in this category is pretty much sameish.

Basically if you liked the first one you're bound to love this and if you didnt like the first film then you shouldn't even bother seeing the film becuase its frankly the same old Garfield all over again and for Garfield fans proves a winner but doesnt meet up to the standards of Garfield number 1.

What a shame
The first movie got some of the worst reviews a family film has ever recieved which was a shame as I thought it was fun and exciting throughout and kept me entertained from the opening titles to the credits. So when I heard the reviews for Garfield 2 I chose to ignore them after seeing how wrong they were about the first one. Sadly, the critics were right this time. This was terrible. There were to many animals speaking and trying to be funny and it just didn't work. Bob Hoskins and Bill Murray were on top form but Billy Connoly was just rubbish as the 'villian' if that's what you could call him. The English accents were so over the top it was ridiculous and when Breckin Meyer is driving through London they're playing the beatles song in the background. Sorry America, you're about 40 years to late. Why do the americans think we are these over the top, posh, beatle hippies fans. Don't get me wrong, I love the beatles. But it seems whenever the americans do a scene in London they're playing all these songs from the 1960s. I don't think this film will even keep the kids entertained. After about half hour into the film kids were becoming really fidgety and chatty and actually not interested in the film at all. I think I heard a few little kids laugh twice throughout the whole movie. So for those of you who didn't enjoy the first movie, best to stick away from this. And for those of you who did, all I can say is that this is Garfield at his very worst and what a shame that is.

It's the old switcheroo!
Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties is what it is, a thoroughly predictable, light-hearted comedy constructed around the old switcheroo, one of the oldest story tricks in the book. It has no aims whatsoever beyond merely entertaining the reader for the relatively short running time of 76 or minutes. So, yes, it's all pretty stupid, but it's also quite entertaining, and I imagine most kids would certainly love it. I mean, who doesn't love talking animals? And even good old Odie gets a chance to shine before all is said and done.

Here's the story in a nutshell. Jon (Breckin Meyer) takes off to England to surprise his girlfriend Liz (Jennifer Love Hewitt), who is speaking at a conference there, and finally ask her to marry him. Garfield and Odie manage to stow away for the ride, as Garfield is determined to put the kibosh on any wedding plans Jon might have. As a result of some bizarre circumstances causing a case of mistaken identity, Garfield soon finds himself living as Prince, the lord and heir of Carlisle Castle. The real Prince, meanwhile, finds his way to Jon's hands, having survived an assassination attempt by Lord Dargis (Billy Connolly), who is in line to inherit the castle after Prince's death. Knowing that their fates are sealed if Lord Dargis takes over the castle, all the animals on the estate work to keep the charade going, just hoping that the real prince, who really is much easier to live with, can somehow make his way back to them. Plenty of animal hijinx ensue.

I only watched this movie because of Jennifer Love Hewitt, who doesn't get all that much screen time, so I was certainly happy to discover that the film itself isn't half-bad. The animation of Garfield is quite good, another saving grace of the film, but I much preferred watching the acting of bonafide animal performers such as the bulldog Winston (Bob Hoskins). Still, the cast as a whole is quite good, with Tim Curry supplying the voice for Prince and Bill Murray once again standing in as the voice behind Garfield.

The film will definitely appeal more to youngsters than adults, but I don't think many adults will begrudge the time they spend watching it. Garfield: A Tale of Two Cities is basically just fluff, but it does succeed in being entertaining fluff.