Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: June 16, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
7
Negative:
9
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties is actually funnier and more charming than the first film. Read full review
70
VarietyJoe Leydon
A genuinely clever kidpic that should delight moppets, please parents -- and maybe tickle a few tweens. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jennie Punter
The stellar array of British talent (voicing the various farm animals) and Murray (whom one suspects has rewritten Garfield's lines to be Murray-esque) give Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties all its energy and make the human actors -- even comedian Connolly -- look and sound like square panels in a two-dimensional comic strip. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneJessica Reaves
When the humans have the sense to keep quiet, and the animals are doing their shtick, there's great fun to be had. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Two Kitties marks a considerable improvement over its predecessor. It's faster paced and the filmmakers wisely shift the focus away from bland owner Breckin Meyer and onto a menagerie of chattering animals. Read full review
50
Washington PostStephen Hunter
The movie is intermittently amusing, particularly when the American human part of the cast (Breckin Meyer and Jennifer Love Hewitt) are off-screen, the longer and farther the better. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
To borrow and slightly emend the words of Shakespeare: That cat will mew, but this dog will have the day. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyScott Brown
In the ''flesh,'' Garfield himself (voiced by Bill Murray) is once again strikingly unlikable, a bloated, bingeing fascist. Read full review
40
EmpireHelen O'Hara
The predictable plot and gags make you feel like you’re watching it in cat-years, but there are a few successfully silly set-pieces that will delight kids. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyJim Ridley
Murray's gift for imperious indifference is the only reason to sit through a second for-kids-only movie about Garfield the lasagna-loving cat. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
This lifeless, talky, family-oriented feature never manages to rise to the occasion of its witty title. Read full review
38
New York PostKyle Smith
Kids should see Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties. It'll help prepare them for a lifetime of mediocre entertainment ahead. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeJanice Page
Though Murray and Curry gamely deliver some chuckle-worthy one-liners along the way, they're mostly leashed to material as moldy and uninspired as the "Jeffersons" theme song. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
In a town as status-conscious as Hollywood, the embarrassment of two "Garfield" movies on your résumé must sting like the Dickens. Read full review
38
Miami HeraldPeter Debruge
Something about the sequel, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, doesn't seem nearly as obnoxious as the original. Read full review
38
USA TodayClaudia Puig
It comes off like a coughed-up furball: a wan rehash with too many elements of the hard-to-swallow 2004 original. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
Children will enjoy the physical humor, but discerning adults are advised to pawn their sons and daughters off on some other unsuspecting chaperone -- preferably one who doesn't read movie reviews. Read full review
25
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
A crass, tedious sequel. Read full review
16
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
Tedious almost beyond endurance. Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleMarrit Ingman
A Tail of Two Kitties couldn't care less about its human principals, and all it wants its animals to do is air-guitar to "Cat Scratch Fever" and wear silly sunglasses. Read full review
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