Really looked forward to watching this with the kids but it was very poor. Kids were bored and the dog was just plain annoying.

At 3 months, oh you are so cute! At 2 years, wow, you have so much energy. At 4, did you just pee on the carpet again? At 7, you're my best friend! And sometime after 10, what I'd do to go through all that again. Dogs are a necessary existence for many of people, and from Rin Tin Tin to Lassie to Old Yeller to even Scooby Doo, there's a reason why they are called man's best friend.For Owen Wilson, well, he looks like a dog in human form, sort of dorky, rather clumsy, yet smart and funny without realizing it. He's married to Jennifer Aniston here, an actress I've on occasion found lacking warmth and sort of unpassionate on screen. So it's obvious from the start that she'll be cool to the idea of a puppy, yet in time, it will grow on her no matter what she indicates out of frustration over the years. She does manage to warm up somewhat after tantrum throwing towards Wilson that briefly strains their marriage, and by the end of the film, you realize that this trouble-making mini horse is as important to her as their three children. Puppies are adorable and affectionate on the first meeting, but once they are adopted, their mischievous nature comes out, and Marley is no exception. Puppies also grow, annoy neighbors by howling when they're alone, eat their fill of kibble, and pee and poop at will. But once you've got that first taste of puppy breath, you're hooked, no matter how foul it is. A very funny cameo by Kathleen Turner shows an unsuccessful attempt to train the fast growing pooch. The always likable Alan Arkin plays Wilson's understanding Lou Grant like boss. Alec Mapa has a funny cameo as a rather obnoxious dog owner on the dog beach who judgmentally tries to tell Wilson a thing or two about what's permitted on the beach and what is not. This comedy drama documents all of those emotions, and while it takes time, the puppy is as much a part of the family as the babies they have. Of course, the three children they have see nothing but perfection in this messy but lovable lab, not at all impacted by its largeness as the dog watcher they hire ends up being. Marley isn't a slobbering mess like Beethoven or Turner's "Hooch", just a free spirit you can't help but fall in love with. Grab your Kleenex and go to town balling your eyes out, 'cause you will be crying both from laughing and from exploring many emotions over the circle of life that comes around for all dogs.

A family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog. I though that Hachiko was sad but damn this movie has the saddest ending i've seen in a long time and both Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston were terrific in this movie and although the film is mostly a comedy the ending will break you from the inside out. I love how since Marley was just a little puppy was always a naughty dog and although he always ruined half of their house everyone always loved him because he was such a good and lovely dog and i truly wonder why this movie is so low rated here on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes does the critics hate animals or something? Anyways Marley & Me is truly one hell of a movie!!

First of all, Owen and Jennifer are okay, but nothing more, only well. I haven't liked the first scene of the movie where the two are together, it seemed that not rolled chemistry of the rest of the film, but for luck of the film, it was not repeated during the rest of the film. The director seemed to be in a hurry when he made this film, the book has a lot of information that could be useful to make the film more interesting, but the director forgot a lot, and he chose to cut other, I imagine, to leave the film shortest, which was totally unnecessary. The film is one hour and forty and in my opinion was to have at least two hours. The cut scenes were another problem, the couple's children appeared suddenly. I think it would be nice to show more about the children, as they came, etc. Sometimes trying to be funny but what happens is that Marley runs down the beach or tips a woman, eats his food like crazy and this is totally normal, not funny. At the end lost at least two opportunities to finish the film that would be legal. (the one time the screen goes black and you think you will end up but back). And I think that's it, note 2.