First of all, I want to apologize to anyone who is a really huge fan of this movie or of Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston. Because I think they are two of the most annoying people in Hollywood and "Marley and Me" (yep...that's Marley, the rascal pulling at the leash) is an awful movie. It's based off a book and the theory is that books are usually better than their movie adaption, but come on! How interesting can a married couple and their dog and their kids getting into shenanigans possibly be? It's ridiculous to think that someone thought it was a good idea to turn the book into a movie. So we have Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston play a newly married couple who are apparently very fertile because a couple kids do pop out during the 115 minutes. Dogs are always annoying in movies...always. There is no exception except maybe Lassie...but come on, Timmy needed a friend. All the emotions are so forced in the movie. Nothing at all is convincing...nothing. I didn't care about any of the main characters. The only part of the movie that wasn't awful was Alan Arkin. He is a great actor and extremely funny. Arkin got the best lines and his scenes were actually enjoyable. That's about all I have...except I gotta say I am ashamed of the director...he could have had a better follow-up to "The Devil Wears Prada" (which was actually a pretty good movie) of course I would have never watched it if not for Meryl Streep being in it, but that's just a technicality.
-Joseph Sbrilli
yes. and yeah Alan Arkin was the only good part of this.
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