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Movie Overview
Cast
• Owen Wilson
• Owen Wilson
• Jennifer Aniston
Director
• David Frankel
• David Frankel
MPAA Rating
PG - for thematic material, some suggestive content and language
Marley & Me (2008)

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OFCS Rating: 58% Rotten
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"Most viewers who love dogs will probably sob their hearts out while watching 'Marley & Me.' I know I did."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Betty Jo Tucker

1.5/5
"90 minutes of mediocrity followed by 10 minutes of the most manipulative, mean-spirited pap ever put into a movie made for families"  Filmcritic.com  Bill Gibron

D+
"Pull back the intense tear-jerking and layers of sitcom filmmaking, and you're left with a movie with amazingly little in the way of dramatic nutrition or organic sentiment."  BrianOrndorf.com  Brian Orndorf

3.5/4
"...the strength of the finale effectively elevates everything that preceded it..."  Reel Film Reviews  David Nusair

3.5/4
"Marley & Me is a terrific film. You don't have to be a dog lover to be touched to tears, you only need to be human."  DustinPutman.com  Dustin Putman

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."  Uruguay Total  Enrique Buchichio

C
"It's an anemic comic-drama about a dull couple searching for happiness, and they happen to have a dog."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

3.5/4
"It left me crying like a five year old..."  Cinema Crazed  Felix Vasquez Jr.

D
"An obnoxiously cute and mawkish man-and-his-mutt story...[with] one of the longest animal death watches in cinematic history."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

4/5
"A comedy about a wild, rambunctious, and playful dog who is a spiritual teacher par excellence of how to live in the present moment."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

3/4
"Want to see a grown man cry? Take him to Marley & Me."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

"Parental Content Review"  Screen It!  Jim Judy

2.5/4
"Relentlessly sentimental tearjerker succeeds solely on the charm of its stars on two and four legs."  Big Picture Big Sound  Joe Lozito

1.5/5
"soy deihnoyn ypodeigmatika kai perissotero ap' tis proigoymenes apopeires toy, pos mporei kaneis na royfiksei entelos ti freskada, tin energeia kai tin idia ti zoi, apo ena biblio poy kseheilizei apo dayta"  Movies for the Masses  Joseph Proimakis

4/5
"Dog lovers will get swept up in the movie's emotion... Cat people... well, you might just want to sit this one out."  7M Pictures  Kevin Carr

B
"...any pet owner is bound to get choked up by the end."  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

B
"The deft touch with which it addresses spouses' and parents' professional and personal trade-offs proves this to be a more substantial and poignant picture than expected."  Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema  Mark Pfeiffer

"[D]oesn't have to force any of its sentiment because all the emotional moments... spring from an honest assessment of how wonderful and upsetting and frustrating and surprising life can be."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

2.5/4
"Wilson and Aniston's dramatic chops would have been better served by a film that did not need to interrupt their characters' story arcs every now and again for a broad bit about the rambunctious family canine."  TheMovieReport.com  Michael Dequina

.5/4
"Hell is Marley & Me."  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

4/5
"A maior surpresa oferecida por Marley & Eu reside na força dramática que o filme revela possuir em seu ato final."  Cinema em Cena  Pablo Villaca

1.5/5
" ... [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."  Film Threat  Pete Vonder Haar

1/5
" if 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."  eFilmCritic.com  Peter Sobczynski

B
"It is a very positive film, so it won't appeal to cynics, but it should appeal to just about everyone else."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

"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."  Movie Views  Ryan Cracknell

B
"David Frankel directs with a modesty and restraint that favors the people over the situations, and he really captures the chemistry of a family dog in the mix."  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  Sean Axmaker
OFCS Rating: 58% Rotten
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