GARFIELD: A TAIL OF TWO KITTIES
Garfield gets the royal treatment in a playful family comedy.
Should You Watch It?
GARFIELD: A TAIL OF TWO KITTIES is a pleasant family comedy that improves slightly on the first movie. Younger children get talking animals and physical humor. Teenagers and adults get Bill Murray’s wisecracks as Garfield, while the romance between Jon and Liz is sweet.
The movie does not aim to deliver great moral messages, but it does offer a good message about standing up to bullies. Garfield is sarcastic, demanding, and disobedient, yet he eventually does the right thing. The tradeoff is a little light foul language and a few jokes about urination, passing gas, and burping.
If your family can handle those mild elements, this is worth watching together.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESGarfield and Odie travel to London to surprise their master, Jon, who plans to propose to his girlfriend, Liz. Garfield wants to remain the center of Jon’s attention, but an unexpected encounter with a look-alike cat named Prince changes everything.
Prince has inherited a castle, and Garfield suddenly receives the royal treatment. But Lord Dargis wants the estate for himself. Garfield must work with the other animals while Odie helps Jon find him.
Is It Any Good?
Three stars means this is a solid, enjoyable family comedy rather than an exceptional one. It is bigger and slightly better than the first GARFIELD movie, with enough appeal for different age groups.
The talking animals and physical humor should please younger children. Bill Murray’s wisecracks give teenagers and adults something to enjoy, while Billy Connolly is fun as the villainous Lord Dargis. The romance between Breckin Meyer and Jennifer Love Hewitt as Jon and Liz is sweet.
The Worldview
The film presents a light moral worldview. It does not focus on delivering major moral messages, but it does affirm standing up to bullies. Garfield begins as a sarcastic, demanding, and disobedient cat who dislikes losing attention. Still, he ends up doing the right thing most of the time.
The story also treats loyalty and cooperation positively. Garfield joins the other animals to oppose Lord Dargis, while Odie helps Jon find Garfield. The film’s moral perspective is simple rather than deeply developed: selfishness and bullying are wrong, and doing what is right matters.
That message aligns with Scripture’s call to resist evil and pursue what is good: “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good” (Romans 12:21).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Content Summary
Light moral worldview with a message about standing up to bullies; two uses of the word "butt," three uses of "Good Lord," one use of "My God," two uses of "what the devil," one use of "what the heck," dog urinates on soldier's shoe, and a couple jokes about passing gas and burping; light slapstick violence such as dog bites man's pants in crotch area, man tumbles down stairs, animals make a mess of kitchen, bull chases man, man tries to kill cats, man punches another man, and man's clothes are tattered; no sex scenes but a couple kisses and man flirts with women; upper male nudity on a statue or two; no alcohol use; no smoking; and, villain lies, cat disobeys master and woman leaves estate to her cat.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
Garfield wants to remain the center of Jon’s attention. When does wanting attention become selfishness, and how can we put others first?
Philippians 2:3–4The film offers a message about standing up to bullies. What is the difference between courage, revenge, and protecting someone who is being mistreated?
Proverbs 31:8–9 · Romans 12:21Garfield disobeys his master but eventually does the right thing. Why does doing right matter even when nobody is forcing us?
Galatians 6:9–10Jon and Liz’s romance is described as sweet. What qualities help relationships grow in a healthy direction?
1 Corinthians 13:4–7The Final Word
This is a bigger, slightly better Garfield movie with humor for younger children and wisecracks for adults. Its mild language and scatological jokes may bother some families, but its simple message about standing up to bullies is worthwhile. For most families, the answer is WORTH THE TRIP.
