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After their wedding, newspaper writers John and Jennifer Grogan move to Florida. As the Grogans mature and have children of their own, Marley continues to test everyone';s patience by acting like the world';s most impulsive dog.
I'm fairly sure that the book and the film shared a common goal -- to make its audience sit, stay, laugh, cry, then move on -- and at those modest aspirations, the movie succeeds.
Frankel turns the camera toward the canines as frequently as possible, but too often we're stuck with Wilson and Aniston's bland characters. You wonder if it might have been better to let sleeping dogs lie.
December 29, 2008
Salon.com
The movie is ultimately less about the pain of loss than about the way families often take shape around a pet.