The Garfield Movie is a 2024 American animated comedy film based on Jim Davis's comic strip Garfield, produced by Alcon Entertainment (in the latter's first animated film), animated by DNEG Animation, and distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Plot[]
Garfield is an overweight, lazy, orange cat who lives a pampered lifestyle with his best friends; beagle dog, Odie, and their owner, Jon Arbuckle. One night, while getting a midnight snack, Garfield and Odie are kidnapped by two dogs named Roland and Nolan, who take them to an abandoned mall as hostages. Garfield and Odie are soon rescued by Vic, Garfield's biological and estranged father. Garfield resents him for abandoning him in an alley when he was just a kitten. The dogs' boss Jinx, an overweight Persian cat, arrives to exact revenge on Vic for leaving her behind during a milk heist at Lactose Farms before she was caught and imprisoned. She agrees to let Vic go free if Garfield, Odie, and Vic break in Lactose Farms to steal a large quantity of milk as repayment for her imprisonment, which they reluctantly agree. Garfield, Odie and Vic board a train to Lactose Farms; Vic attempts to bond with Garfield to no avail. The three reach Lactose Farms, which is heavily guarded by an advanced security system. They meet Otto, a bull and former mascot for the farm, forced out after a corporation took over the farm, separating him from his lover Ethel. They agree to help get Ethel out of the farm if Otto helps them get in. While working on a break-in plan, Vic reveals that he was getting food for Garfield when he saw him being taken care of by Jon. He decided to let Jon adopt Garfield, and kept his distance from him, watching from afar. Meanwhile, Jinx, unwilling to let go of her grudge against Vic, secretly calls the farm's animal control officer, Marge Malone, to inform her about the heist, with the intention of selling the three out. Garfield, Odie, and Vic successfully infiltrate the farm, but Marge intercepts them and captures Garfield and Odie. Vic reluctantly leaves them behind, stealing the milk truck. Garfield and Odie are taken to the pound, where they meet Vic's old heist crew. However, they have long distanced themselves from Vic as they claim he was constantly checking on Garfield. Jon soon arrives and takes Garfield and Odie back home. Garfield finds Vic's markings on a tree across the house whenever he visits him, realizing that Vic only left his gang behind to keep them safe, and he really does love them. Garfield decides to go back and save him from Jinx. Vic, meanwhile, is betrayed by Jinx, intending to throw him off a bridge from a train. Garfield and Odie arrive to rescue him with Otto's help. Seeing Vic's love for his son, Roland and Nolan turn on Jinx. Outraged, Jinx pushes them off the train, but she herself gets knocked off by an overpass. Otto swings a rope to save them and safely lands them on a net set up by Odie. They bring in Jinx to Marge. Ethel is released, reuniting back with Otto, and Roland and Nolan begin working as guard dogs for Marge. At Jon's house, Garfield reconciles with Vic, and Vic promises to visit him often whenever they have dinner. Meanwhile, Jinx ends up working community service for Marge.
Voice cast[]
- Chris Pratt as Garfield, a cynical and lazy orange tabby cat who loves lasagna and hates Mondays
- Samuel L. Jackson as Vic, Garfield's biological father*
- Hannah Waddingham as Jinx
- Ving Rhames as Otto
- Nicholas Hoult as Jon Arbuckle, Garfield and Odie’s owner
- Cecily Strong as Marge Malone
- Harvey Guillén provides vocal effects for Odie, a dim-witted yellow dog and Garfield's best friend
- Brett Goldstein as Roland
- Bowen Yang as Nolan
- Snoop Dogg as Snoop Catt
- Angus Cloud as Snickers
- Cameron Bernard Jones as Barry
- Dev Joshi as Liz Wilson, Garfield's vet