

Garfield, the fat, lazy, lasagna lover, has everything a cat could want. But when Jon, in an effort to impress the Liz - the vet and an old high-school crush - adopts a dog named Odie and brings him home, Garfield gets the one thing he doesn't want. Competition.
Acting
Bill Murray's deadpan delivery elevating garbage material.
Visual Effects
Garfield's unsettling plastic fur haunts dreams.

Director
Peter Hewitt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bill Murray only took the role because he confused screenwriter Joel Cohen with Joel Coen of the Coen Brothers. He found out too late.
This film represents peak early-2000s CGI-live action desperation—the era that also birthed Scooby-Doo and Alvin and the Chipmunks. Hollywood had no shame.