![]() Director David Frankel ( The Devil Wears Prada) leaps back and forth in blandly episodic fashion between the incorrigible Marley doing wacky, destructive things and his owners, journalists John (Owen Wilson) and Jenny (Jennifer Aniston), furthering their lives as a married couple and, ultimately, as parents. If you're a little kid expecting a happy puppy movie, Marley & Me could cause serious trauma requiring hours of therapy and many scoops of ice cream to repair.So yes, it's effective in its ability to evoke emotion - having said that, it's not a particularly good movie. ![]() Watching all those heart-tugging stories play out before your eyes on a giant screen, though, we're not talking about just a tear or two welling up - we're talking grown men and women snuffling and sobbing uncontrollably, then dashing from the theater before the lights come up to avoid making eye contact with all the other blubbering saps.Seeing the ending, in all its horrifically sad detail, is bad enough if you're a grown-up (and a dog person). It almost makes you think you're in for a feel-good comedy about a rambunctious yellow Lab and the family who loves him no matter what chaos he causes.Well, Marley & Me is all that, but if you've read the best-selling memoir by John Grogan that inspired the movie, you also know that it has more than its share of hanky moments. Aww, look at that cute, fluffy puppy in those Marley & Me ads.He's so sweet and innocent with those pleading eyes and that shiny, red bow around his neck. ![]()
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