Marley & Me (2008)
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Reviews Counted:123
Fresh:75
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:11-03-2009
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
Reviews for Marley & Me
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 1/5 |
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..." Full Review |
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1/5 |
There is something wildly odd about a film that measures human happiness with the whims of a dog. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
There's much more to this than just the cute dog. Full Review |
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3/6 |
Evidently contrived and something of an ungainly hybrid, the film shares its canine protagonist’s facility for wearing down your resistance. Full Review |
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2/5 |
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. Full Review |
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8/10 |
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. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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After its breezy first act the film goes into a second act that's intended to be darker and more dramatic but doesn't convince on either count. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
It left me crying like a five year old... Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
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] Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
...the strength of the finale effectively elevates everything that preceded it... Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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69/100 |
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. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
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3/4 |
Directed with admirable sensitivity and spot-on populist instincts... Full Review |
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B |
It is a very positive film, so it won't appeal to cynics, but it should appeal to just about everyone else. Full Review |
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2/5 |
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. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Somehow, I fell in the end for this dog-gone sweet little movie. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Un pasatiempo divertido y sensible al mismo tiempo, liviano y nada pretencioso. Quien busque una comedia sólo para reír, que busque otra cosa; aquí también encontrará lágrimas. Full Review |
CommentLatest 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:
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... More...
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