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The Garfield Movie starring Chris Pratt PANNED by critics in scathing reviews: Animated film described as 'distinctly lackluster' and littered with 'shameless' product placement

A number of professional film critics published on the outlet Rotten Tomatoes Monday presented a less-than-favorable impression of the film.

IGN Movies critic A.A. Dowd said that while the film 'promisingly echoes the simple art work of its comic-strip inspiration ... what it really takes from the Jim Davis material is a shameless cynicism, evident in the corporate product placement and pandering pop-culture references.' LaBonte had a more positive take on the vocal performances, saying that Jackson proved to be 'reliable' and Pratt 'isn't bad as Garfield,' as 'he knows how to find the humor in certain lines and injects some vulnerability into the occasional heavier emotional beat.' The Hollywood Reporter's Frank Scheck said that a number of meta references written into the film fail to land with either 'the very young target audience' or 'their adult chaperones.

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