Director David Frankel gives the movie the aw-shucks feeling of a sitcom with a large sentimental streak.
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12/29/08
Marley & Me (2008)
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Reviews Counted:124
Fresh:76
Rotten:48
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: $143,084,510
Synopsis: The filmmakers behind THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA take on another bestseller in the family film MARLEY AND ME. Based on the hit memoir by John Grogan, MARLEY AND ME chronicles the relationship of John... [More]
Starring: Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane, Alan Arkin
Director: David Frankel
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Reviews for Marley & Me
Dog lovers will get swept up in the movie's emotion... Cat people... well, you might just want to sit this one out.
12/29/08
Utterly delightful, fact-based story of how a loving but unruly yellow Labrador brings joy and occasional tsuris to a young Florida couple and their offspring makes for perfect holiday entertainment. Families, dog lovers and even demanding breeds of filmg
12/29/08
Too cute to resist.
12/28/08
The last time I sobbed this hard at a movie was when I saw 'The Notebook' some years back.
12/28/08
Dump the annoying, opstreperous dog and you've got an entertaining movie about a young marriage with terrific performances by Wilson and Anniston.
12/27/08
The movie is filled with canned situations, sure, but there's heart in this tale, and strong performances by Wilson and Anniston that give the film unexpected weight at the end.
12/27/08
An obnoxiously cute and mawkish man-and-his-mutt story...[with] one of the longest animal death watches in cinematic history.
12/26/08
... [W]hen an animal is endangering your family, inadvertently or not, you either turn the dog into an outdoor pet or you "take a walk" with him and your 20-gauge.
12/26/08
As someone who has actually gone through the procedure depicted with a beloved pet, this reviewer didn't shed a single tear at the end.
12/26/08
A fun, cinematic Currier and Ives experience for the whole family that will leave you hugging on Dad and Grandma%u2014and eager to return home to hug on your own Marley or Rover or Rex.
12/25/08
Marley, the dog at the center of the sweet and winning Marley and Me is the furry chronometer by which the Grogan family gauges the progression and richness of their own lives.
12/25/08
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12/25/08
Ostensibly a story about a mad, bad, dangerous-to-walk dog, Marley & Me has far more to say about the bonds that make up the modern American family.
12/25/08
This is about a marriage and family and all the ups and downs that entails -- and how a beloved pet can be an integral part.
12/25/08
At the end of Marley & Me you don’t leave the theater with a sense that anything much has been learned, only that a fixture in the Grogans’ comfortable suburban lives has been removed.
12/25/08
Top Criticif you do go and see this film, I would urge you to stop off at your local video store on the way home in order to rent "My Dog Skip" and see what a movie of this type looks like when it is done well.
12/25/08
While the movie was fun and entertaining, don't believe the advertisements because the film may have one of the most emotional endings I have ever seen.
12/24/08
I honestly believe you'd have to have a heart of stone not to fall in love with Marley & Me.
12/24/08
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12/24/08
Latest News for Marley & Me
March 17, 2009:
Marley & Me Dominates Foreign Box Office 
The story about a family and their dog takes down Watchmen with a $13.9m haul in its first international weekend. More...
January 04, 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... More...
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... More...
December 23, 2008:
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