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Garfield's Halloween Adventure

Garfield's Halloween Adventure

Animation · Family · 1985

Garfield and his pup pal Odie go trick-or-treating, only to wind up in a house haunted by ghostly pirates.

Movie details

Garfield's Halloween Adventure

“The world's favourite cat in his fourth spectacular TV SPECIAL!”

1985 Animation · Family 25m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.5 / 10

Community rating

Garfield and his pup pal Odie go trick-or-treating, only to wind up in a house haunted by ghostly pirates.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Phil Roman

Written by

Jim Davis

L

Lorenzo Music

Garfield (voice)

T

Thom Huge

Jon Arbuckle / Binky the Clown (voice)

Gregg Berger

Gregg Berger

Odie / TV Announcer (voice)

C. Lindsay Workman

C. Lindsay Workman

Old Man (voice)

Desiree Goyette

Desiree Goyette

Woman at Door (voice)

Lou Rawls

Lou Rawls

Garfield [singing voice for "This is the Night (Trick or Treat)"]

Court is in session

Put Garfield's Halloween Adventure on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.