Watched this again last night and it was as good as I remember. Warning: bring tissues.
The story
Boy meets girl. Boy and girl marry. Boy and girl buy dog. Dog goes mental…
John and Jenny Grogan are newly-weds who move to Florida to start a life together in sunnier climes. John is a reporter, Jenny is a feature writer. With successful careers in place, Jenny starts to hint that children are the natural next step for them. In an attempt to delay fatherhood, John buys Jenny a labrador puppy – Marley.
What starts as a cute, cuddly puppy becomes a canine force of destruction annihilating everything that gets in his way. But as the Grogan family grows so does Marley’s loyalty and life without him becomes unimaginable.
The high(s)
Really cute puppy, Jennifer Aniston as a very convincing mother and lots of funny dog-eats-answerphone/furniture/expensive jewellery scenes.
The low(s)
Probably has more impact if you’ve had a family dog.
Worth seeing if you liked:
ET, As Good as it Gets, The Object of My Affection
Not a patch on:
Actually there aren’t many films to compare this one to.
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