Reviews

Gorgeous animation, great script ( I cried). Fun, family movie. A bit too much product placement. Easily edit out a couple of the final scenes. Chris Pratt was okay, and the voice of a new generation's Garfield. Garfield's (Sam Jackson) was great as his dad. Lot's of pop culture references for the adults. Jon.(Nick Hoult) is sadly under used, in favour of bigger named actors in smaller roles. With the release of this movie , Garfield merchandise will be much easier to find for his North American fans. Will there be a Garfield 2? I don't know, but I am definitely going again, and I am taking my dad.

Measure of a Man is based on the novel One Fat Summer. The book looks at a young man who overeats and has little focus through his life. When he gets a job and learns to face adversity he learns to be a man. The movie follows the novel for the most part, but loses the humor, and misses the whole point of learning independence and self worth through work and effort. The movie seems to have him sitting around the cabin bored far more often than the book did. I may have liked the movie more if I had not read the book, but I think most people will come to this movie hoping to see the book brought to life.

The series has a high bar to jump, but the third season feels like the characters are finally starting to be developed