Garfield Gets Real

English speaker

• Frank Welker: Garfield
• Gregg Berger: Odie
• Wally Wingert: Jon Arbuckle
• Jason Marsden: Nermal
• Jennifer Darling: Bonita Stegman
• Greg Eagles: Eli
• Neil Ross: Wally Stegman
• Stephen Stanton: Randy Rabbit
• Fred Tatasciore: Billy Bear
• Audrey Wasilewski: Arlene

Garfield - fat in the Life ( Original Title: Garfield Gets Real) is an American comedy film directed by Mark AZ Dippé from the year 2007 with the cartoon cat Garfield as the main character. The film is an indirect sequel to Garfield 2 from the year 2006. The film is a direct-to- DVD production and appeared on 1 October 2007 in the U.S. on DVD and in Germany on March 3, 2008.

Action

Bored with the everyday life of a comic book heroes Garfield leaves the colorful pages and enters the "real" world. While he experienced the quiet life of a pet, he learns at the same time the inconvenience of the "real " life know. He eventually learns that his Garfield comic is Discontinued, if he does not return in the pages of comic books. Since he also misses his comic friends, he devises a plan to return to the comic world.

Criticism

The film received mostly negative assessments and was particularly criticized by fans of the comic series. The film adaptation lacked wit and creativity. The figures are contrary to those of the Comics " rarely endearing " and from the sarcastic Garfield comics is " a tame cat become ". Also criticized was the animation, the " one-dimensional " am working. In addition, the color scheme is too bright and unnatural. Garfield comic world would hardly differ moreover from the "real" world.

Continuations

To date, turns director Mark A.Z. Dippé Garfield movies this 3D look, such as Garfield - Fun Fest (2008) or Garfield - Animal heroes ( Garfield 's Pet Force, 2009) with Frank Welker. Both films have appeared in November 2011 in Germany on DVD.