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The Garfield Movie is a 2024 American animated comedy film based on the comic strip Garfield created by Jim Davis. Directed by Mark Dindal from a screenplay by Paul A. Kaplan, Mark Torgove, and David Reynolds, the film stars Chris Pratt as the voice of the titular character, alongside the voices of Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Harvey Guillén, Brett Goldstein, Bowen Yang, and Snoop Dogg. In the film, Garfield is reunited with his long-lost father, a street cat named Vic, before being forced into joining him on a high-stakes adventure. It is the sixth Garfield film adaptation and the first since Garfield's Pet Force, which was released fifteen years prior.

The Garfield Movie

Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Mark Dindal
Screenplay by
Paul A. Kaplan
Mark Torgove
David Reynolds
Based on
Garfield
by Jim Davis
Produced by
John Cohen
Broderick Johnson
Andrew A. Kosove
Steven P. Wegner
Craig Sost
Namit Malhotra
Starring
Chris Pratt
Samuel L. Jackson
Hannah Waddingham
Ving Rhames
Nicholas Hoult
Cecily Strong
Harvey Guillén
Brett Goldstein
Bowen Yang
Snoop Dogg
Edited by
Mark Keefer
Music by
John Debney
Production
companies
Columbia Pictures[1]
Alcon Entertainment
DNEG Animation
Prime Focus
Wayfarer Studios
One Cool Films
Stage 6 Films[2]
John Cohen Productions[2]
Andrews McMeel Entertainment[2]
Distributed by
Sony Pictures Releasing
Release dates
May 19, 2024 (Grauman's Chinese Theatre)
May 24, 2024 (United States)
Running time
101 minutes[3]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$60 million[4]
Box office
$254.9 million[2][5]
Development on The Garfield Movie started at Alcon Entertainment in May 2016. Dindal was announced as the film's director in November 2018, and pre-production began the following month. By 2021, Sony Pictures had already purchased the film rights for global distribution and Pratt was cast as Garfield, with the rest of the cast joining the following year. The film was animated by DNEG Animation, while John Debney, a frequent collaborator of Dindal, composed the score.

The Garfield Movie premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on May 19, 2024, and was released in the United States by Columbia Pictures through Sony Pictures Releasing on May 24, 2024. Upon release, the film received generally negative reviews from critics who criticized its unfaithfulness to the source material although the animation and voice acting were praised. It was a box-office success, grossing $254.9 million worldwide against a $60 million budget.

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Chris Pratt as Garfield, an overweight, sarcastic and lazy orange tabby cat[6]
Samuel L. Jackson as Vic, Garfield's estranged biological father[6]
Hannah Waddingham as Jinx, a ruthless white Persian cat and one of Vic's former crewmembers[6]
Ving Rhames as Otto, a purple Highland bull and the former mascot of Lactose Farms[6]
Nicholas Hoult as Jon Arbuckle, Garfield and Odie's owner[6]
Cecily Strong as Marge Malone, the dedicated Animal Control officer of Lactose Farms[6]
Harvey Guillén as Odie, a yellow beagle and Garfield's best friend[6]
Brett Goldstein as Roland, a large Shar Pei and one of Jinx's henchmen[6]
Bowen Yang as Nolan, a small whippet and one of Jinx's henchmen[6]
Snoop Dogg as Maurice, a blue Maine Coon with an eyepatch and another of Vic's former crewmembers
Janelle James as Olivia, a green cat and another of Vic's former crewmembers[7]
Angus Cloud as Snickers, a small purple cat and another of Vic's former crewmembers. Cloud completed his voicework prior to his death on July 31, 2023, and the film was dedicated to his memory.
Jeff Foxworthy as a bird who was electrocuted on a Lactose Farms fence
Eugenia Caruso as Maria
Dev Joshi as Liz, a veterinarian and Jon's love interest
Cameron Bernard Jones as Barry, an Western bluebird and one of Jinx's henchmen
Alicia Grace Turrell as Ethel, a cow at Lactose Farms and Otto's love interest
Turrell also voices a Lactose Farms Phone Operator
Eric Loren as Roadkill, a Virginia Opossum
Loren also voices a busboy