Garfield the Movie: A Failure in Adapted Characters
An analysis on how the Garfield movie fails to represent the characters it is adapting, especially the women, by removing their best characteristics.

A young woman re-visits her past by fixing an old house her father left her after his death. Soon, she will learn not to burry her past, while meeting a little girl called Mariana.
An analysis on how the Garfield movie fails to represent the characters it is adapting, especially the women, by removing their best characteristics.
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