'The Garfield Movie' review: A heist flick with daddy issues

The orange cat at the center of CG-animated The Garfield Movie (not to be confused with 2004’s Garfield: The Movie) certainly looks like the Garfield we know and love. Sure, he adores lasagna (of course) and hates Mondays (of course), but that’s where the similarities with the classic Jim Davis creation end. 

Voiced by Chris Pratt, this Garfield is engineered to be blandly appealing. All the characteristics that made him interesting, like his reliable grumpiness and trademark snark, are gone...