Although billed as a romantic comedy, this film is neither: it's a drama spanning about two decades in a marriage
CommentJul 7, 2010
Marley & Me (2008)
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Reviews Counted:129
Fresh:80
Rotten:49
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: Pet owners should love it, but Marley and Me is only sporadically successful in wringing drama and laughs from its scenario.
Theatrical Release: Dec 25, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $143.1M
Synopsis: An ambitious young reporter, John Grogan, and his wife, Jenny, also a reporter, move to a Florida, buy a house and adopt a Labrador puppy they name... [More]
Starring: Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane, Alan Arkin
Director: David Frankel
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REVIEWS FOR MARLEY & ME
I'm fairly sure that the book and the film shared a common goal -- to make its audience sit, stay, laugh, cry, then move on -- and at those modest aspirations, the movie succeeds.
Dec 17, 2009
It left me crying like a five year old...
Jul 5, 2009
Even dog skeptics might be surprised how deftly Marley & Me adapts newspaper columnist John Grogan's book...into the equivalent of a kid's movie for adults. [Blu-ray]
Apr 26, 2009
Sometimes, and especially on a crummy afternoon in the middle of March, it's nice to be able to switch off and settle down to enjoying the sight of middle-class families eating well and playing together in sprawling, bucolic gardens.
Apr 23, 2009
...the strength of the finale effectively elevates everything that preceded it...
Apr 17, 2009
Marley & Me is a film of moments and many of them are cute. For anyone who has ever had a dog or a close pet, there's bound to be some connection.
Apr 10, 2009
The conclusion transforms at least this part of the film from sappy romance to beautifully authentic meditation on life, death and a family's love for its long-time loyal dog.
Apr 8, 2009
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Mar 22, 2009
Directed with admirable sensitivity and spot-on populist instincts...
Mar 20, 2009
It is a very positive film, so it won't appeal to cynics, but it should appeal to just about everyone else.
Mar 15, 2009
The idea that this screen dog is so cute and lovable that everything ripped, chewed, swallowed or destroyed can merely be replaced and ignored is more out of a Stephen King reality than the world as we know it.
Mar 15, 2009
In the cinema, all of us tough, cynical critics had tears welling in our eyes, swallowing hard; our lips, so often curled in a cheap sneer, were now trembling, because of the same desperately sad thought: "Owen Wilson used to be really good..."
Mar 13, 2009
There is something wildly odd about a film that measures human happiness with the whims of a dog.
Mar 13, 2009
There's much more to this than just the cute dog.
Mar 13, 2009
Evidently contrived and something of an ungainly hybrid, the film shares its canine protagonist’s facility for wearing down your resistance.
Mar 13, 2009
My Dog Skip for people in mid-life crises, it’s too talky and trouble-laden for tykes but will doubtless prove as critic-proof to dog-lovers and the stars’ fans as it did in the US.
Mar 13, 2009
Belly laughs are few, a sharp script keeps you on your toes. However, Kathleen Turner as a Barbara Woodhouse-style dog trainer, leg-humped by Marley, is a sight you have to see.
Mar 12, 2009
A surprisingly moving portrait of family life over the course of 15 years, enlivened by strong, likeable performances.
Mar 12, 2009
Somehow, I fell in the end for this dog-gone sweet little movie.
Mar 1, 2009
LATEST NEWS FOR MARLEY & ME
January 4, 2009:
Box Office Guru Wrapup: Marley Still #1 and Races Past $100M
Moviegoers caught up on those holiday films they didn't see over Christmas weekend as the top seven films finished in the exact same slots as last weekend with the dog drama Marley & Me leading the...
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December 28, 2008:
Box Office Guru Wrapup: Marley Takes #1, The Spirit Tanks
This weekend people were in the mood for movies over Christmas weekend as multiplexes were jam-packed with customers that powered four different new releases to more than $30M in ticket sales each...
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December 23, 2008:
Critics Consensus: Benjamin Button Rewards the Curious; It's Bedtime for Bedtime Stories
This week at the movies, we've got a full slate of new flicks: Bedtime Stories, starring Adam Sandler and Keri Russell; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett;...
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October 20, 2008:
Trailer Bulletin: Marley & Me
What has Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, and a dog? If you answered "the trailer for 'Marley & Me,'" then give yourself a gold star and head over to see your first two and a half minutes of the...
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