Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Marley & Me (2008)
Warm film based on author John Grogan’s memoir of his beloved lug of a dog Marley. One must admire the straight forward simplicity, and good natured sentimental honesty of this movie. While it breaks no new ground, it does tell a simple story well, and seems to purposively evoke memories of any viewers own beloved pets of yesteryear; for me that was an expectationly kind Shetland sheep dog named Kirby (1995-2007). Grade: B.
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I agree with your ranking on this film. I think I would also give it a B (Don't tell my wife that, she fell hard for the sentimentality.).
My primary issue with this film was the extremely predictable nature of the sentimentality. Almost anyone who has had a dog they really got along with could relate to much of that movie. That is probably part of why it was so popular, but also made it very predictable.
At the end of the day it was a good movie that I have watched several times and I am sure I will watch several more times.
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