Garfield Goes Home

Garfield Goes Home is a 2023 American 3D animated comedy-drama film produced and animated by Blue Sky Stuidos and Paws Inc. and based on Jim Davis' famous comic strip character Garfield.

Summary
Garfield is a lazy tabby cat who has an obsession for lasagna and a strong dislike of Mondays. He spends his time booting his canine roommate Odie off the table, showing very little sympathy over his nerdy owner Jon's failures, hanging around with his mouse friend Squeak, abusing the cute kitten Nermal, and trying to impress his pink-furred girlfriend Arlene, whilst keeping a far distance away from his stalking but lovable Penelope Pussycat. Life is just perfect for Garfield...

Or is it? Garfield's dorky owner Jon Arbuckle gets married to his newly beloved wife Liz Wilson former vet. And he tries his hardest to please her the most trying not to mess things up. Being the dork he is.

Garfield and Odie on the other hand question what might happen to them when Jon might have a kid, and plan to move to The "U.S. Acres", in case their remaining Feline and Canine years will be nothing but a bloodbath for them.

However they end up in the Big City, where Garfield reunites with his mom again, and while Odie meets a new breed of dogs, who happen to look just like him and are more smarter than he is.

Plot
The cat is created. The manner of the cat's creation, with a higher being dictating instructions to his staff and the language used by the staff while 'designing' the cat, is strongly similar to the manner in which products are designed in modern corporations. The staff wonders why the creator sees fit to give cat nine lives opposed to the usual one, prompting the creator to reply that he likes cats, revealing that he has feline features. It is strongly suggested that Garfield himself is the first cat.

God orders that the cat be created according to His specifications, the angels question why God gives cats nine lives. He simply states that it might make a "great plot for a life story".

In the official opening, Garfield wakes up and decides to do the only thing he does everyday, antagonize his owner Jon for lasagna and kick his dumb canine for a roommate Odie off the table. Garfield maintains an unlikely friendship with a helpful mouse Squeak, who also lives in the house. He also socializes with his fellow neighborhood cats, including Garfield's kitten Nermal and girlfriend Arlene.

Garfield and Odie are outside harassing a neighbor's dog for waking them up in the middle of the night, when the owner, Hubert, calls the pound to capture them. The dogcatcher however, has more brown than brains as he kidnaps the neighbor's dog, instead of Odie.

That night, Jon becomes concerned about Garfield's behavior after he hears the news, and scolds him about it. Garfield however argues with him that the dog was the one who was barking in the first place, so the fault was on her. But Jon, not being able to understand Garfield decides to take him and Odie to the vet.

Dr. Liz Wilson is there and face palms when she sees Jon's car, park in the driveway. When he enters the room, Liz examines the two animals, and sees nothing wrong with them. Jon explains that they have had a very sudden shift in behavior over the past few days, especially Garfield.

Liz explains that it's because of how board they're getting, doing the same thing and that they need something to keep them excited.

Cast

 * Nick Bakay as Garfield
 * Jim Cummings as Odie
 * Justin Timberlake as Squeak
 * Will Ferrell as Jon Arbuckle
 * Jenifer Aniston as Liz Wilson
 * Amy Poehler as Arlene
 * Kath Soucie as Nermal
 * Liliana Mumy as Penelope Pussycat
 * Julia Roberts as Annie (Garfield's Mother)
 * Josh Cooley as Binky the Clown

Trivia

 * The movie serves as being a theatrical sequel to the Television Specials from 1982 to 1991. Having the same tone and music genre.
 * Compared to the cheap CGI seen in Garfield Gets Real, Garfield's Fun Fest, Garfield's Pet Force and The Garfield Show, the CGI in the movie looks more realistic, however the characters look the same as they were in the direct to DVD movies, but without the clay-ish looks and with colored pupils, similar to Smurfs: The Lost Village.