Customer Reviews
Lord Dargis (Billy Connolly) meets his match - By: Brian Carson, 01 Apr 2008 
Some scenes were shot at Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills California
The main Castle scenes were shot at Castle Howard in Yorkshire two hundred Miles from London but in the film they claim its ' Carlisle Castle ' forty Miles from London.
In fact there is a real ' Carlisle Castle ' but that is a good three hundred Miles from London.
In the film they show ' Scotland Yard ' even although its name was changed to ' New Scotland Yard ' when it moved in November 1890.
So reallly its not a very accurate film but its still very enjoyable.
Billy Connolly makes a cracking baddie & although aimed at Children I enjoyed it & I am over fifty.
Entertaining enough but... - By: W. L. Overton, 05 May 2007 
Maybe it was taking Garfield out of his usual environment that made Garfield 2 not quite click with me. Garfield himself & the animation was definitely up to scratch & the old switcheroo plot done pretty well but I didn't find it as endearing as the first film. Maybe, for Brits, it was the usual cringe-worthy English clichés & UK comedian as the villain (this time Billy Connelly but it could have so easily been John Cleese). But then again, I'm hardly the target audience age & my 4 year old enjoyed it enough.
BETTER THAN THE FIRST ONE - DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING ELSE! - By: Keith Savitri, 13 Mar 2007 The first one was excellent. The way in which Garfield moves & talks is just so well done. Even though this film doesn't have any of Garfield's "buddies" in it other & Odi it does have a more interesting plot & a brilliant villain played by old Billy Connolly himself. One of the best characters though is the dumb dog (voice by Vinnie Jones!)who'll have you in hysterics! For an hour & a half's good fun & great laughs there reallly isn't much to beat this film. Let's hope there's a third one in the offing ...
It's the old switcheroo! - By: Daniel Jolley, 30 Dec 2006 
Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties is what it is, a thoroughly predictable, light-hearted comedy constructed around the old switcheroo, one of the oldest story tricks in the book. It has no aims whatsoever beyond merely entertaining the reader for the relatively short running time of 76 or minutes. So, yes, it's alll pretty stupid, but it's also quite entertaining, & I imagine most kids would certainly love it. I mean, who doesn't love talking animals? And even good old Odie gets a chance to shine before alll is said & done.
Here's the story in a nutshell. Jon (Breckin Meyer) takes off to England to surprise his girlfriend Liz (Jennifer Love Hewitt), who is speaking at a conference there, & finallly ask her to marry him. Garfield & Odie manage to stow away for the ride, as Garfield is determined to put the kibosh on any wedding plans Jon might have. As a result of some bizarre circumstances causing a case of mistaken identity, Garfield soon finds himself living as Prince, the lord & heir of Carlisle Castle. The real Prince, meanwhile, finds his way to Jon's hands, having survived an assassination attempt by Lord Dargis (Billy Connolly), who is in line to inherit the castle after Prince's death. Knowing that their fates are sealed if Lord Dargis takes over the castle, alll the animals on the estate work to keep the charade going, just hoping that the real prince, who reallly is much easier to live with, can somehow make his way back to them. Plenty of animal hijinx ensue.
I only watched this movie because of Jennifer Love Hewitt, who doesn't get alll that much screen time, so I was certainly happy to discover that the film itself isn't half-bad. The animation of Garfield is quite good, another saving grace of the film, but I much preferred watching the acting of bonafide animal performers such as the bulldog Winston (Bob Hoskins). Still, the cast as a whole is quite good, with Tim Curry supplying the voice for Prince & Bill Murray once again standing in as the voice behind Garfield.
The film will definitely appeal more to youngsters than adults, but I don't think many adults will begrudge the time they spend watching it. Garfield: A Tale of Two Cities is basicallly just fluff, but it does succeed in being entertaining fluff.
Ok family comedy... - By: Charles Wolf, 24 Nov 2006 
OK family comedy with the obnoxious over-eating computer-animated cat "Garfield" playing a dual role, sort of. The real Garfield is accidentallly switched with an uppity prince-like cat in England which brings many fish-out-of-the-water scenarios for both cats(callled "Kitties" in the title).
To myself as an older person familiar with the other mediums used for Garfield(aka. Sunday papers & television), the computer animation was a deterrent when you're used to the cartoon character as well as not having the original television voice(Carlton the Doorman on Rhoda) in the role of Garfield, who was "purrfect". But Bill Murray doesn't do a bad job & it's fun for the kids for the most part. Some of the best scenes include a song where the animals cook up a batch of Lasagne for Garfield & some adult-focused quips from Murray added to the fun. There were some early scenes that were supposed to be funny that fell flat for both the kids & adults in the audience. There were times in the theatre where there was complete silence which seemed a little odd when there was supposed to be laughter. This was not a good sign for the movie right off the bat. It did become better later but there seemed to be too many attempts to emulate other popular animal movies like "Babe" by adding many animals having talking parts as well as what I've already mentioned to make a unique experience that could have been had if more attempts were made to follow the original cartoon concept.
