Garfield 2 [ RECOMMENDED ◉ ]

Five-year-olds who like talking animals and don't care about plot holes. Anyone else—including die-hard Jim Davis comic strip fans—will find it a bland, reheated plate of leftovers.

The plot is pure cartoon logic: After following Jon to London, Garfield accidentally gets mistaken for a royal look-alike cat named Prince, who has just inherited a massive, crumbling castle. Cue the obligatory "trading places" shtick, complete with a mustache-twirling villain (Billy Connolly, sleepwalking) who wants to turn the estate into a luxury spa. garfield 2

A Lasagna-Sized Letdown: More Filler Than Thriller Five-year-olds who like talking animals and don't care

The biggest sin? It isn't very funny. The slapstick is tired, the animal CGI hasn’t aged well (the lip-sync on Garfield is distractingly stiff), and the “British” humor boils down to stuffy butlers and golf jokes. Even the climactic chase sequence involving a dozen angry animals feels more like a theme park filler ride than a proper finale. Cue the obligatory "trading places" shtick, complete with