Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Everyone was disappointed when the live-action Garfield movies came out. Well, 90% of people are disappointed whenever any live-action adaptation comes out. Anyway, it seems like it would be much more suitable to make actual cartoon movies with Garfield. We got our wish with this film and a couple others. A pity some people view this as even worse. Looking back, I used to love "Garfield" when I was a kid. It's weird, because now I just don't associate with it at all anymore. I guess you could say I just outgrew it, but it's more than that. I can look back at stuff like "Peanuts" or "Sesame Street" and be impressed at how it holds up as an adult.Garfield just comes off as boring to me nowadays. So the fact that this film was lacking in laughs in every way imaginable made it seem like a pretty faithful adaptation. Most of this story is dumb. There's a couple good moments, but it's mostly spoiled by terrible CGI. These characters are just plain ugly to look at. The biggest saving grace is Frank Welker as superhero Garfield. He reuses the Nibbler voice from "Futurama". It is so much fun to listen to him! This film just isn't funny and it makes little sense within the world it creates. If you're still into Garfield, good for you, but I just want to avoid it. *1/2

it is a great 3D movie that it should come out in the USA in Theaters that is how good this movie is i think you will enjoy this wonderful piece of art and it is a masterpiece you may want to go to the stores and buy this wonderful movie i hope you enjoy this piece of art that is in 3D i never saw a movie that had this much 3D in it if you are really looking for a movie that has a lot of 3D in it than this is the movie that you are looking for i rally think that you and your kids will enjoy this wonderful 2D and 3D family flick it is a fun filled ride you really have to watch this wonderful movie that will blow your mind away that is how good this movie is i just hope you like it as much as i do i never saw anything this good before in my whole life i think this movie will be a huge hit in a few years i think this is the perfect family film in the whole earth i just hope you like it as much as i do if you like 3D movies than you will enjoy this 3D hit that will blow your mind away i know that for sure

In response to the reviewer above me, this is a little kids movie!Anywho, my boy just loves this film. We watch it on Netflix at least once or twice a week. It is a great silly film. It doesn't hold much educational value, but I could care less- it's Garfield, it's cool. I highly recommend this film for 3-9 year old children. The best part: Parents, this isn't one of those types that make you want to put a drill to your temple. Get it, let your kids have something to laugh at. It is still the good ole' lazy cat that would rather eat lasagna than get off his bum and his dorky and gullible owner.

A little context: I, 22 year old, go to movies all the time with both my parents. There's few movies I can't get anything good out of, so I enjoy watching most. Even more so knowing my parents are happy in my company.My feelings: Going in the theater with a cheery attitude for this 3D Computer Generated movie, from the moment it started I hoped for it to get better than the awkwardly innocent silliness that kept accumulating in both the movie play and in my unprepared mind. I felt so dumb for letting my parents decide to see this rather than the other option (my would-be 3rd viewing of Thor), and also for having the trailer -shown to me some months earlier- purposely forgotten.My review: The plot summary is true, so I don't need to tell you anything more about it. What one could -wrongly- expect is that the way the plot unravels or is presented has some quality that redeems it for being merely a kid's movie cashing on the Garfield license. However this pic has nothing special going for it, just the dumb by-the- numbers approach. Sure, they put some effort into making it, they made a single slightly amusing scene with jumping out 3D stuff, whatever. By all that's good, this pic isn't worth the time spent on any part of the movie process, not the producing, not the animating,{...}, and very specially not experiencing it. There are a ton of better things a child could (and should) be doing, and you would be a bad parent if you force this upon your child.Closing: Me and my parents? Why, we endured the whole of it thinking maybe each other would feel offended if any of us walked out and kept hoping it would get any better at any time soon; in retrospective we were a bunch of good-meaning fools. Except my dad who mercifully fell asleep.