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Marmaduke (2010)

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Average Rating: 3.1/10
Reviews Counted: 96
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 87

Dull and unfunny, Marmaduke offers family filmgoers little more than another round of talking animals and scatological humor.

11

Average Rating: 3.5/10
Critic Reviews: 19
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 17

Dull and unfunny, Marmaduke offers family filmgoers little more than another round of talking animals and scatological humor.

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Movie Info

When advertising exec Phil Winslow (Lee Pace) gets an offer to head the account for a California-based dog-food company, he uproots his wife (($Judy Greer}), three kids, and their beloved Great Dane, Marmaduke (voiced by Owen Wilson), from Kansas to the Sunshine State. Once there, the big canine befriends a group of mutts at the local dog park, but after a surfing competition brings Marmaduke celebrity, he turns his back on his new pals. Eventually, a disaster helps the oversized hound and Phil

PG, 1 hr. 28 min.

Comedy, Kids & Family

Vince DiMeglio, Tim Rasmussen

Aug 31, 2010

$33.6M

20th Century Fox

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Critic Reviews for Marmaduke

All Critics (96) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (87) | DVD (6)

I had a Scooby-Doo nightmare flashback.

June 7, 2010 Full Review Source: At the Movies | Comments (2)
Michael Phillips
At the Movies
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This movie is one big dog.

June 7, 2010 Full Review Source: At the Movies | Comment
A.O. Scott
At the Movies
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Scripters Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio have cobbled together a plot from bits and pieces of other family-friendly pics.

June 4, 2010 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
Joe Leydon
Variety
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This is another opus to take that small, well-trodden step from the funny pages to the big screen. But we're in live-action territory here, meaning that real people actors compete for camera time with real dog actors.

June 4, 2010 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | Comment
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
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Bland sitcom romp based on the long-running comic strip features wisecracking canines in a beach-set family story.

June 4, 2010 Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | Comment
Luke Sader
Hollywood Reporter
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The dogs are cute -- I'll say that for it.

June 4, 2010 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comments (4)
Amy Biancolli
San Francisco Chronicle
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full review at Movies for the Masses

September 11, 2010 Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | Comment
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

Marmaduke sinks to Beverly Hills Chihuahua levels of awfulness and only reaffirms that talking animals aren't funny -- they're boring.

September 7, 2010 Full Review Source: Bullz-Eye.com | Comment
Jason Zingale
Bullz-Eye.com

Spectacularly sentimental, full of ridiculous computer-animated action, and makes sure its animals are a good deal less pallid than the humans on view.

August 26, 2010 Full Review Source: This is London | Comment
Derek Malcolm
This is London

There is only so much fun you can have with a talking dog and Marmaduke quickly exhausts the possibilities.

August 23, 2010 Full Review Source: Daily Express | Comment
Daily Express

Better than Cats & Dogs, but praise hardly comes much lower.

August 21, 2010 Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | Comment
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph

Fans of the single-panel cartoon that has run in newspapers since the 1950s will find plenty to disappoint them in this live-action adaptation.

August 20, 2010 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | Comment
Phelim O'Neill
Guardian [UK]

The incoherent, moralising script demeans a number of actors, including William H. Macy, Judy Greer and David Walliams, reduced by a kindly editor to an ineffective cameo.

August 20, 2010 Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK] | Comment
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]

Dogs may be for life but the memory of this film will last about 20 seconds.

August 20, 2010 Comment
Limara Salt
Little White Lies

Oh dear.

August 20, 2010 Full Review Source: Independent | Comment
Anthony Quinn
Independent

Mirthless family romp that hits all the lowest comedy dominators.

August 19, 2010 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | Comment
Helen OHara
Empire Magazine

Once upon a time, there was a promising young acting talent who went by the name of Owen Wilson.

August 19, 2010 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment
Sophie Ivan
Film4 Source: Film4

Generally has its heart in the right place, there's some good slapstick and you have to admire the patience of filmmakers who are prepared to work with this many animals on one set.

August 19, 2010 Full Review Source: Birmingham Post | Comment
Graham Young
Birmingham Post

Although comfortably under 90 minutes, Marmaduke is an epic chore to sit through.

August 19, 2010 Full Review Source: Digital Spy | Comment
Ben Rawson-Jones
Digital Spy

With his eyes goggling and his gob smudging all over the place, he looks like a haunted painting.

August 19, 2010 Full Review Source: News of the World | Comment
Robbie Collin
News of the World

Never veers from The Hollywood Guide To Mid-Budget Family Fare.

August 19, 2010 Full Review Source: Sky Movies | Comment
Elliott Noble
Sky Movies

While not quite as bad as it could have been, this is very much Hollywood-schmaltz-by-numbers.

August 19, 2010 Full Review Source: ViewLondon | Comment
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

You could do worse with young kids, and they'll romp along with Marmaduke's throwaway adventures, it's just there's much better stuff out there that will entertain viewers above the age of 10 too.

August 18, 2010 Full Review Source: Fan The Fire | Comment
Sam Bathe
Fan The Fire

It's as if Pixar never happened.

August 16, 2010 Full Review Source: Scotsman | Comment
Alistair Harkness
Scotsman

The novelty quickly fades since -- you guessed it -- the story's just not there.

August 13, 2010 Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | Comment
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]
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I love the Marmaduke comic strip. My Grandma used to cut it out of the paper every day and we would read them together. This film does resemble that comic strip in the slightest. Not a surprise, if fact, I sat down to watch this film with the understanding that it is a modern interpretation of the character, I was fine

May 24, 2011
SirPant
Anthony Lawrie

Super Reviewer

about as good as a movie about talking dogs can be:-)

December 31, 2010
Everett Johnson
Everett Johnson

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