The best of them, working on this project, hopefully made this to make a child (or the rare Garf fan) happy. This bird’s eye view perspective, however, does not negate how bored I felt during the film. It’s interesting to see this many people interpreting Davis’s cat. On even the worst films (and I’m not saying Garfield runs in this camp), there are probably five or more people who gave up hours of their lives in an attempt to make you smile, to entertain you for a little bit. Film, in this critic’s opinion, is one of the most collaborative mediums of expression out there. Charles Schultz storyboards, Schultz draws, he signs his name in the bottom left corner. Comics and largely comic strips are a medium of sole ownership.

The only redeeming portion of the whole film is the credits. Garfield in front of the Grauman Theatre. You would think that, taking place in L.A., the movie would have taken the golden opportunity to take Garfield to L.A.’s iconic locales. On the freeway, we get a shot of the city skyline and a freeway exit sign-which reads, not Los Angeles, but “The City.” A bus’s destination sign reads “City Center.” The so-called “Los Angeles” looks more like a movie set for a film taking place in New York. There’s a scene towards the end of Act 2 where Garfield has to go to the city to rescue Odie from the clutches of an evil infomercial personailty. things are deliberately edited to obscure that fact.

It’s not even a matter of the camera crew just choosing not to shoot things that screamed L.A. There are no signs anywhere in this film that say “Los Angeles,” no one mentions living in L.A., and there’s just no defining characteristics. What’s interesting, though, is that the movie does everything its power to obscure the actual setting from the viewer. Wikipedia, however, claims that it takes place in Los Angeles of all places. One would assume that it takes place in Garfield creator Jim Davis’ home state of Indiana. With all of this emphasis placed on place, one begins to wonder where exactly the film takes place. Anything beyond the cul de sac, however, is dangerous, unknown, even hostile, and that’s not even mentioning the city. For Garfield, the cul de sac is safe he knows the ins and outs, all of the neighboring cats and dogs, and it’s where he always gets his way. It begins in a cul-de-sac, just a few miles from a large city. AM: There’s an interesting writing choice in Garfield: The Movie regarding the setting.

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