Marley & Me

Release Date: Thursday, December 25, 2008 Nationwide

Haley Bennett, Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Scott Frank, Alan Arkin, David Frankel, Gil Netter, Eric Dane, Don Roos, John Grogan, Joe Carracciolo, Karen Rosenfel

PG Comedy N/A

  • 3.8

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As the snow falls on their wedding night, newlyweds John and Jenny Grogan (Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston) decide to leave behind the harsh winters of Michigan and head south to begin their new lives in West Palm Beach, Florida. They obtain jobs as journalists at competing local newspapers, buy their first home, and begin to make their way through the challenges of a new marriage, new careers and, possibly, the life-changing decision to start a family.

Unsure of his preparedness for raising children, John confesses his fears to his friend and fellow journalist Sebastian, who comes up with the perfect solution: John should get Jenny a puppy. "There's nothing to it," says Sebastian. "You walk 'em. You feed 'em, you let 'em out now and then."

Then came Marley.

The Grogans adopt the cute, twelve pound yellow Labrador, who in no time at all, grows into a 100-pound steamroller of unbridled energy that turns the Grogan home into a disaster area. He flunks obedience school, chews off dry-wall, takes a bite out of the sofa, overturns garbage cans, steals a Thanksgiving turkey, consumes pillows and flowers, drinks toilet water, and chases the UPS guy. Even a newly-purchased, expensive necklace isn't safe from Marley's voracious antics.

Amidst the mayhem he generates through the years, Marley sees the Grogans through the ups and downs of family life, through job and home changes, and most of all, through the myriad challenges of a growing family. As John and Jenny come to realize, Marley - "the world's worst dog" - somehow brings out the best in them.
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The film's director David Frankel last directed Jerry and Marge Go Large and Collateral Beauty. The film's writer Don Roos last wrote Happy Endings and The Governess.

Producers
Gil Netter
Karen Rosenfel

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MPA Rating
PG Parental Guidance Suggested for thematic material, some suggestive content and language
Runtime
N/A
Tagline
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Also known as
Marley and Me

Language
English

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  • Based on the memoir of Philadelphia Inquirer columnist John Grogan's life with his yellow Labrador retriever. The story is a collection of anecdotes about Marley running wild in Grogan's home and looks at the dog's 13-year life (he died two years ago).

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Marley & Me was released in nationwide movie theaters on Thursday, December 25, 2008 . There were 7 other movies released on the same date, including The Spirit, Bedtime Stories and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.



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Tue., May. 24, 2011

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Fri., Jul. 24, 2009

  • Added the Blu-ray release date of March 31, 2009

  • Added the DVD release date of March 31, 2009

  • Added the soundtrack release date of December 16, 2008

  • Set the MPAA rating to PG (for thematic material, some suggestive content and language)

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