The film "Garfield": actors, plot, reviews
In 2004, a cheerful, fat, cheerful catGarfield, created by writer Jim Davis, moved from comics and animated series to the feature film "Garfield". Actors Jennifer Love Hewitt and Breckin Meyer performed the main roles, and Bill Murray, star of the paintings "Ghostbusters" and "Groundhog Day", voiced the cat Garfield.
The creators of the film
American actor, producer and musician BrekinMeyer, known to the public in the roles of the second plan in the paintings "stupid," "Keith and Leo," "Rat Running," was selected by the production team for the role of John Arbuckle - a naive and kind guy, sometimes joked by his own pet Garfield. Actors Jim Carrey, Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler were auditioned for this role, but the producers considered that any of these Hollywood actors would distract viewers from the main character of the picture - Garfield.
Jennifer Garner was going to play Liz, the girl's protagonist, but dropped out of the project.
After successful trials, Jennifer Love Hewittapproved for the main female role in the film "Garfield." Actors Brad Dourif and Michael Ironside were auditioned for the role of the main villain - Happy Chapman, but the role eventually got Stephen Tobolovsky.
The question with Garfield's scoring was decided when the famous actor Bill Murray showed interest in the project. He voiced an amusing red cat in both this film and the sequel, which was released two years later.
In the director's chair was Peter Hewitt, inThe career of which was not deafeningly famous paintings. The largest and most famous of his projects at the time was the painting "The Daughter of Robin Hood" with Keira Knightley in the title role.
Plot
The life of the lazy red cat of Garfield is easy andcarefree - he watches TV all day, eats all sorts of goodies, sometimes steals milk from neighbors and teases Doberman Luka. John, the owner of Garfield, does not like a soul in his pet.
But the habitual way of life Garfield destroys the appearance of Oddi - a puppy, which John took at the request of the girl-veterinarian Liz, to please her.
Garfield was at first very pleased with himself. But John is very worried about Oddi, to whom he managed to get very attached, and Garfield begins to torment his conscience. Forgetting about his jealousy and contempt, he goes in search of a puppy. In the big city of Garfield there are many dangers and amusing adventures that he never dreamed before.
Reviews
The film was not highly rated by critics. It was noted that the picture turned out to be rather boring, and its only advantage is that it is absolutely harmless for children.
The actors who played in the movie "Garfield" were not awarded any awards, which is not surprising with such a negative reaction of critics.
However, as is often the case, viewers do notdivided opinions of critics - they liked the film. Anyway, on the site Rotten Tomatoes the film "Garfield" got a rating above the average, as well as on the sites of most other online theaters. The plot of the film is really quite simple, sometimes naive, which is why it is great for relaxing after a hard day or watching along with the children.
The way the actors and roles were selected for the movie "Garfield" was also appreciated by the audience positively.
Sequel
Crushing reviews of critics did not prevent the pictureto collect at the box office 200 million dollars with a budget of 50 million, which made it one of the most successful cash projects of the year. In 2006, Tom Hill took on the sequel - "Garfield 2: The Story of Two Kitties." Already in the middle of June a new film "Garfield" was released, the main roles, as in the prequel, were performed by Breken Meyer and Jennifer Love Hewitt.
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