Chris Pratt is voicing another cartoon character, jumping from The Super Mario Bros. to the beloved character, Garfield.
As reported by Too FabSony Pictures released the first trailer for The Garfield Movie on Monday, a day Garfield is known to despise. Chris Pratt, who recently worked on animated films including Forward and The Lego Movieis to give voice to the famous feline.
Other members of the voice cast include Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Ving Rhames, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Harvey Guillén and Bowen Yang.
The trailer begins by showing Garfield, as a baby, living alone on the street. When Jon sees the stray dog through a restaurant window, he treats him to pizza and takes him home. When the trailer cuts to the present day, after it becomes clear that Garfield’s love of food has taken over him, he quips, “And that’s how I adopted Jon.”
Garfield and his doggy friend, Odie, live comfortable lives, all until the feline’s long-lost father, Vic, re-enters Garlfield’s life.
The film’s official synopsis teases: “Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced to leave their perfectly pampered life to join Vic in a hilarious, high-risk heist.”
Critics respond to Pratt’s role: “There wasn’t even an attempt”
Some critics are not very happy with the voice cast for The Garfield Movie—especially for Chris Pratt’s lead role as Garfield.
“Chris Pratt is definitely not going to pull this off here,” one One Pratt and dubbed it.”
Another user wrote about Pratt: “Keep playing alone..”
“It’s not that he’s ‘bad’… he’s just not ‘garfield-y’ doesn’t he have a lazier voice? Or has that changed over the years? a third user asked.
One reviewer suggested: “I like Chris Pratt, but his voice just doesn’t work. I feel like Kevin James, Craig Robinson, Seth Rogen or even Paul Rudd would be better options.”
The official release date of The Garfield Movie is scheduled for May 24, 2024; Fortunately, it’s not Monday.
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