~Starring Owen Wilson, Jennifer AnistonMy Rating - **
So here's a movie based on John Grogan's Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog . Don't know about the book but the movie is anything but interesting. Anyway, here's the story if I may call it that...
John (Owen Wilson) & Jenny (Jennifer Aniston) Grogan, golden-fleeced journalists, adopt a yellow Lab that John names Marley. Marley happens to be so obnoxious that he earns the moniker of the world's worst dog. Right from the start of the movie, Marley causes mayhem wherever he goes. He's got the habit of ruining whatever he sets his eyes on...the sofa, carpet, answering machine etc etc...the list goes on. John thinks of enrolling him in a training school but the whole idea of training school goes haywire when Marley proves to the trainer and the spectators alike that he's just indocile! The scene where the poor trainer has to bear the brunt is funny!
As days pass by, Mrs. Grogan delivers a baby....fast forward...baby no.2...again fast forward and finally baby no.3...she quits her job (thanks to the chaos and stress due to 3 babies n a Marley)...add to it a tiff between John and Jenny which is quite obvious given the circumstances... Jenny gets so upset that she asks John to abandon Marley. John takes Marley to his friend's place only to realize that life without Marley is incomplete. Even Jenny feels the same. That brings Marley back into their lives.
All's well until Marley is found to be suffering from a stomach ailment to which he succumbs later. And that's the end of the movie :O :O :O
Honestly, I kept searching for a story while watching the movie...pet lovers might be able to relate to the movie in a better way but hey, what about people like us? The start is good but then clearly, the movie drags...In short, you wouldn't lose a thing if you don't watch this movie...n I guess that's indicative of how the movie is!!
John (Owen Wilson) & Jenny (Jennifer Aniston) Grogan, golden-fleeced journalists, adopt a yellow Lab that John names Marley. Marley happens to be so obnoxious that he earns the moniker of the world's worst dog. Right from the start of the movie, Marley causes mayhem wherever he goes. He's got the habit of ruining whatever he sets his eyes on...the sofa, carpet, answering machine etc etc...the list goes on. John thinks of enrolling him in a training school but the whole idea of training school goes haywire when Marley proves to the trainer and the spectators alike that he's just indocile! The scene where the poor trainer has to bear the brunt is funny!
As days pass by, Mrs. Grogan delivers a baby....fast forward...baby no.2...again fast forward and finally baby no.3...she quits her job (thanks to the chaos and stress due to 3 babies n a Marley)...add to it a tiff between John and Jenny which is quite obvious given the circumstances... Jenny gets so upset that she asks John to abandon Marley. John takes Marley to his friend's place only to realize that life without Marley is incomplete. Even Jenny feels the same. That brings Marley back into their lives.
All's well until Marley is found to be suffering from a stomach ailment to which he succumbs later. And that's the end of the movie :O :O :O
Honestly, I kept searching for a story while watching the movie...pet lovers might be able to relate to the movie in a better way but hey, what about people like us? The start is good but then clearly, the movie drags...In short, you wouldn't lose a thing if you don't watch this movie...n I guess that's indicative of how the movie is!!
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