"There's not a whole lot we know about Garfield." ... There's like 40 years worth of daily comics from the original creator. Several Tv shows. Movies. Games.

Walt Disney famously said “I don’t make kids ‘ movies. I make movies. Because the kids don’t buy the tickets. The parents do”. The worst movies, like Golden Films or Goodtimes, tend to underestimate kids and make crap like this.

This just felt like this was going to be some generic kids film featuring other animals, but the producers got the rights to Garfield last minute so they edited him into it in post.

The movie has broke Phelous and Allison to the point where they'd rather goof off with the Bootleg Garfield toys than continue to talk about the Garfield 2024 film.

This proves that the science of adapting classic characters has gotten "eeeven laazier..."

'Catflix' Bruh, was 'Petflix' too hard for these writers?

The weirdest part is that the whole "orange cat reunites with their long-lost criminal father" thing is taken from... Heathcliff. Yeah. The only one of Garfield's parents I remember being mentioned in the original comic was his mom.

Who asked for garfield to have a long lost dad plot?

At least this movie has the ballsy and original storyline of Garfield getting separated from Jon! ...Well, except for these: -Here Comes Garfield -That episode of Garfield and Friends where he gets kicked out of the house and goes with a little girl -Garfield On The Town -That comic arc where Garfield and Odie get lost and end up in the circus -The first Garfield movie -Garfield Gets Real -Garfield's Fun Fest

Lorenzo Music will always be Garfield.

This feels more like a Heathcliff movie than Garfield.

The way Garfield says "Jon's gonna put me on a diet now and I don't want to go on a diet" in that game really cracks me up

The worst promo they did for this movie was a whole Jeopardy category, hosted by Chris Pratt, about US President James Garfield. You could just feel how flimsy the justification for this every time Pratt read out a clue.

From the description, it’s like making a Peanuts movie, except Snoopy is a regular dog, Lucy is nice to everyone and Charlie Brown never worries about anything.

The fact that the film has a farm in it and it isn't the farm from U.S. Acres is such a missed opportunity

Phelous and Allison, thank you for reviewing the second movie to feature a Chris Pratt character dealing with a father who abandoned him.

More evidence that I NEED a series of Phelan just performing skits with his toys.

"We changed a bunch of Garfield's personality traits because it's 2024. On a related note, I like pasta because my house is made of bricks."

How did they get it THIS WRONG? How did they misunderstand the point of the character THIS BADLY? Like, the Bill Murray movies are Oscar worthy by comparison, and they were not that great to begin with.

To quote a certain man, the writing for this Garfield movie is “eeeveennn laaaziiieerrr”…

Chris Pratt, a heist, lost father? Star Lord? Garfield of the Galaxy?

Fun Fact: it took them YEARS before they FINALLY gave Garfield an Olive Garden ad! Like, HOW?! GARFIELD AND LESGUANA GOES WELL TOGETHER! HOWS WE NEVER HAD AN PROMOTION OF GARFIELD WITH OLIVIA GARDEN UNTIL NOW?! 🍝

It’s just a generic animated pet movie with a main character that just so happens to look like Garfield.

I love how the review morphed into Phealous and Allison playing with Garfield toys!

Phelous should have been Garfield's voice

Chris Pratt would have played a better John than Garfield, but the most insulting casting choice to me is Odie not being voiced by Gregg Berger and instead yet another big celebrity name. That would've been a nice cameo for the diehard fans and it really shows where their priorities where while making this film.

I feel like I committed blasphemy because I bought a Baby Garfield plushie at Walmart. I just couldn't resist how cute it was. He's sitting next to the drunken Garfield knockoff plushie I got from Amazon.

Phelan does a better Garfield voice than Pratt.

The worst part, to me, is that I KNOW Chris Pratt knows better. He grew up with the Lorenzo Music version of Garfield! He knows what Garfield is supposed to be. Like, he doesn't have to be Frank Welker and do a Lorenzo Music impression, but he has to know the character. And I know he can do voices. He did voices in The LEGO Movies and Super Mario Bros. Say what you will about the performances, but they weren't just Chris Pratt walking into a booth and talking as himself. Maybe THAT is him being Garfield: Not giving a single fuck about his performance...

Your plush toy battle is more accurate.

I'm of the opinion that if you have a story to tell with an established franchise, then there shouldn't be a problem with making it. But soulless movies like this, The Smurfs and Alvin and the Chipmunks, have no story to tell. They're just a recognizable IP that the studio can try to cash in on.

You think Chris Pratt will voice a certain ghostbuster in animated form after this?

Even during the trailer I thought “Why not just bring the mom back? That’s a character that’s at least been established”

I love how Chris Prat didn’t even try with his voice 😂😂😂

Since the trailer dropped I was basically convinced that maybe I just hated Garfield now, because the people around me were like “oh wow it’s an animated Garfield Movie! Look how cute he is! This is how you do a Garfield movie!” and I thought the trailer was painfully generic and corporate. It had been awhile since I had watched or read anything Garfield, so I remember thinking “was Garfield always like this?” After watching this video I’ve realized that I didn’t actually hate Garfield, I just hate this “new and improved” Garfield that’s barely anything like the actual Garfield.

"There’s no a lot whole we know about Garfield." -he loves to eat, lasagna is his favorite -he loves to sleep -he hates mondays -he loves his stuffed bear Pookie -he likes to abuse odie -he finds Nermal incredibly annoying -he tends to be nasty to Jon -deep down, he does truly love the above three That's just off the top of my head. I didn’t even go into specific comics or arcs. WE HAVE OVER FORTY YEARS OF COMICS

You said it Phelan: Pratt was a terrible choice for Garfield. He was likely only cast because he voiced another famous character last year in the 2nd highest grossing movie of 2023.

Real sad day when the live-action Bill Murray movies appear to be more faithful to the source material than an animated adaptation released 20 years after the fact.

Well he's a bad pratt, a tool pratt, everybody's fool pratt, Well look out, 'cause here comes Lamefield!

From watching this movie and especially seeing you play with the garfield plushies, I essentially just realized that Wabuu was basically a character variant of Garfield all along.

Phelan's exasperation over the idea that it is okay for children's entertainment to be garbage means he will be a great father(should he choose to pursue that route). Also, they both have Garfield themed clothes. That is pretty awesome.

“AS JOHN AS MY WITNESS!!!”

Jimmy Davis finally had a chance to cast Jack Nicholson as Garfield and he let the opportunity slip through his fingers. What a shame. It will probably never happen now.

The main problem is that studios just don't seem to get the appeal of Garfield. They see that this property is a cartoon, so they try to force Garfield into the "standard kids' movie" box, when Garfield has never really been made strictly for kids. Even the most iconic "I hate Mondays, I love lasagna," jokes were more aimed at eliciting chuckles from adults than appealing to children. Also, the Garfield strips have never been particularly plot-driven; their character-based humor has always been about one-liners and quick sight gags. The setting almost never leaves Jon's house, and the humor is found in simple day-to-day interactions, not wacky adventures. Also also, it seems they want to avoid the fact that Garfield is, actually, kind of a jerk. I mean, he is basically a self-centered, egotistical character at heart. And if they don't understand how a character can be lovable while also being kind of a jerk... Well then, it's clear that they've never had a cat like Garfield.

The only thing interesting about this movie is that it was directed by the same guy who directed Cat's Don't Dance, The Emperor's New Groove, and Chicken Little.

I can't wait to go to Walmart and pick up a deluxe copy of "Garfield teaches you the Carlyse Jig."

How am I just finding out now that this *_wasn’t_* an Illumination movie 🧍🏾‍♂️

Not me getting an add for the movie claiming it's the number one movie right in the middle of this roast...

This movie was doomed from the start when they announced Chris was voicing him.

I remember once someone said that there was a big missed opportunity with this movie, where instead of Chris Pratt it should’ve been Jon H. Benjamin as Garfield. I never been more upset at such a horrible miscasting and such a missed opportunity…

Ironically a Garfield Minus Garfield movie would be closer to Garfield than this.

How in the world are we still getting kids movies tarnished by out-of-touch execs when they involve properties more than old enough to have decision-makers who actually grew up with the properties call the shots?

sounds like they tried copying the Mario Movie with Garfield but missed the plot because they didn't have enough Garfield and likely forget it was supposed to be one

Oh, we’re the ants who ruined your movie. We’re always here to mess up any joy. When we’re around everything feels like a cash-grab. Our only motivation is to sell… crappy toys!

My cat Mew Mew (named after the cat from Lion & the King) just had babies this morning, & now this review,… sweet lol

In the “Garfield Loves Everything” comics, I imagined him voiced by Dave Coulier.

Love that this became a Bootleg Zones sketch post-credits

"Eeeeven laaazier" isn't going to be as memetic as "stomping.... koopas," but its more versatile. We'll definitely see it in all subsequent Chris Pratt movie reviews.

You want to say it's not a trend of "Here's this recognizable thing you loved, only everything you liked about it was actually bad and wrong, and you're wrong for having liked it, now buy this new thing and forget your values", and then they go and make Garfield nice. I was out as soon as he said he and Odie were always best friends, and it wasn't a joke that he's just using him as a stepstool to get food for himself.

Those two offbrand plushies are my new enemies-to-lovers otp.

I hope someone somewhere shouted "YOU'RE NOT THE VOICE OF GARFIELD! LORENZO MUSIC IS THE VOICE OF GARFIELD!"

How am I going to reconcile my desire to never know anything about the new Garfield movie out of spite, and my desire to see Allison and Phelan riff on another bad cartoon? Probably by watching the video.

So this Garfield is basically furry Starlord (especially with the mannerisms and apparent daddy issues?)

Arbuckle got his hands on a time travelling toaster this is how this incarnation of Garfield was so odd.

This is reminding me how much I loved the animated specials as a kid. The Halloween one especially

The animation is the only saving grace for this movie. It actually looks like the comic strip. Too bad this movie was "even lazier" than the Bill Murray films.

Crisp Rat needs to stop getting voice acting roles. I swear he's as interesting as tap water

Out of all the product placements associated with this movie, the Pop Chips is by far the most bizarre to me. The biggest selling point for Pop Chips is that it has 50% less fat compared to potato chips. And as we all know, Garfield is definitely the kind of character who is very concerned with his calorie intake.

The plot of the movie alone didn’t feel like Garfield and I don’t know if they were hoping it will get sequels but it didn’t really seem first movie material.

The whole stuffed animal segment killed me. I love you guys so much. 😂

When Gazorpazorpfield is more accurate to Garfield than this movie, that's a problem.

To this day I still question what is the point of this new Garfield movie in 2024. Like just because you have Chris Pratt voice Garfield does not mean that he fits the character. Seriously at this point I'd rather have either Lorenzo musics when he voiced Garfield or Bill Murray when he voiced Garfield. Hell I'd rather take also that guy who voiced him in that 1 new series that was on TV because at least he did a good job at being Garfield. All I hear from Chris Pratt is literally Star lord and nothing more with this movie just being unneeded.

If it's not Lorenzo Music voicing him, it's not Garfield. Sad thing is, even if Lorenzo was still with us, Chris Pratt would still get the role because... he's a celebrity. RIP Mr. Lorenzo Music.

I feel the only reason they casted Chris Pratt for this is because he is big right now, so they put him in the Mario movie they put him Garfield. Jim Carrey as Eggman thats good casting.

High af Garfield plushie's thoughts on the movie: "👌IT STINKS."

There was a "we replaced your regular coffee.." reference on "Garfield and Friends." (Roy replaced Lanolin's regular coffee with Fernman's crystals...Fernman's makes soap crystals.)

They should have just focused on Jon and Garfield and just how difficult Jon's life really is just like the comic rather than doing another garfield goes missing again. Or they could have just not made a movie 🤷

I think the problem is that the more they try to add to Garfield, the less "Garfield" he becomes, he's not a Snoopy or a Heathcliff type of character. And original cartoon and specials aside, I think he's always been funnier in the flat, 2d comic strip format.

I got an ad in the middle of this video. For Garfield. The "Number 1 movie in America" (I don't recall if it actually cited any metric as part of that claim). And I'm one of those people who don't get Garfield on most days. But Geeze. Phelan, I am so sorry.

Can't believe they didn't bring in Dave Coulier to voice Garfield. He's got tenure replacing Lorenzo Music and/or imitating Bill Murray, after all.

Watching you two sit there playing with plushies and genuinely having a blast is so wholesome. Reminds me a lot of myself and my husband. We sometimes do stupid bits with my plushies, and end up cracking up over our antics. 😆

There's something about this video that's so orange, it's like, how much more orange could this be? And the answer is none. None more orange.

I’d love to see some light content showcasing collections of stuff you have like these Garfields.

Phelan and Allison playing with stuffed Garfield toys is a better movie.

I don’t have an issue with the ”Garfield is jealous about Jon” thing from the 2004 movie, Garfield’s kinda just taking Jon for granted and probably would react that way if Jon started being less attention to him

Took my 9 year old nephew to the movie, as we both love Garfield. Even he was disappointed. Let me repeat. A member of the "target audience" thought this movie was a letdown.

As a Garfield fan, yeah I'm skipping this movie. The father plot confused me - I thought maybe if they did that kind of story they use the mother instead since she actually made an appearance before. And being told there's a huge lack of Jon in the movie... heck no, this guy is my favorite! There needed to be more Jon and Garfield interactions, those are fun. And while I do like the rare heartwarming bond between the two - yeah, that needs to be done better than making Garfield some happy go lucky, loving cat. I'll stick to Garfield and Friends show...

An odd thing thar bugged me was the whole thing they do when even as an adult they will make a character shorter than their parent. Like hey made Garfield way shorter than his dad like how huge is the dad and Garfield in like a middle age cat so he should be the same size as his dad.

I am so tired of Chris Pratt at this point, the man can only play the charming rogue, nothing else.

Dave Coulier would have been a better Garfield.

The only Garfield review you can trust.

I was having a rough time and knew this video would cheer me up. Thanks, you two 💕

The critics of this Garfiled movie could literally do a better job of voicing Garfield.

What bothers me the most about generic kids movies is that they don't feel like they were made with today's children in mind. Instead, it's just nostalgia bait for adults like me. Make kid movies for kids dammit! And ffs stop hiring Chris Pratt! He's not the only celebrity in Hollywood. Of course, it would be better if they hired actual voice actors or celebrities with range. But "it's just a kid's movie so we can blow our money on marketing and ads instead of hiring real talent."

And I also agree; an adaptation of 'Garfield on the Town' would have been a MUCH better idea! =)

When I read the title I was like “Didn’t you already review thi-Oh I already forgot about the new one”

I love how the review turned into Bootleg Zones in the middle.

The verdict: this movie is completely useless now.

Everything about this just comes off as the most embarrassing thing. The casting of Chris Pratt, you just know they were thinking of the mario movie. They're trying to appeal to a new generation of kids by making garfield more generic, when ironically, he would have appealed to them more by being his real sarcastic/grouchy self

Zordon: Too much orange energy is dangerous.