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Hugely Disappointing. The Book Was So Much Better.
Katrina from ,
13th March, 2009
A hyped up movie, which is a let down when you see it. if you've seen the trailers, then you've seen all the best bits. I felt a lot of it was edited out to fit within the film time scale (there were hardly any scenes of when Marley was a puppy for instance), and there was not enough humour in it, like there was in the book. The only funny parts were the parts advertised in the trailers, which I'd already seen. The story begins with young newly weds Josh & Jen Grogan who are just starting their married life together. Jen has a step by step plan to their lives, you get a career, get married, you have children, and so on. Unfortunately not all goes to plan, and they end up getting a happy, but naughty puppy who they name Marley, and so the story goes.... And remember, this is the LIFE story of Marley - all the adults in the audience had tears in their eyes by the end of the film. As a result I maybe should warn you, it may upset younger children who have not yet experienced pet bereavement. On the other hand you may think this will help them, if you have elderly pets that don't have much time left. If you want films about dogs the best ones are still K-9, K9-11, K-9 P.I, Beethoven, Beethoven's 2nd, Eight Below, Snow Dogs, Homeward Bound, Homeward Bound 2.