Not sure why anyone would really rush of to see Garfield or Garfield 2.  Perhaps this large and lazy cat does have a following but I am not sure the two movies are going to enhance his reputation. 

He is a sarcastic, indolent fat cat who confides his self-absorbed feelings to the audience while playing non-verbal ‘look at me’ games with his beyond-kindness-and-tolerance master (Breckin Meyer).  Garfield shows no basis for his immodesty and self-opinionated progress through life. (All reviewers have to admit that Bill Murray does voice this kind of Garfield perfectly.)

There is a play on words in the title as action takes place mainly in London rather than in the US, which does bring a host of British actors (Bob Hoskins, Jane Leeves, Jane Horrocks, Vinnie Jones, Rhys Ifans and others) entertainingly voicing the range of animals Garfield encounters in a country mansion.  The literary connections continue as the plot is taken from The Prince and the Pauper (the ads playing on the Prince and the Paw-per).  Prince, a regal cat (the image of Garfield but voiced by Tim Curry) is left an estate and is abducted by the mean Lord Dargis (Billy Connolly bringing enjoyable menace to the film).

The mistaken identity takes up a lot of the plot which ends happily (well, not for Dargis) and Liz proposing to John for a happy ever after until the next sequel.

It is short enough with perhaps enough hijinks to entertain the youngies.

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