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Synopsis: After their wedding, newspaper writers John and Jennifer Grogan move to Florida. In an attempt to stall Jennifer's "biological clock", John gives her a puppy. While the puppy Marley grows into a 100 pound dog, he loses none of his puppy energy or rambunctiousness. Meanwhile, Marley gains no self-discipline. Marley's antics give John rich material for his newspaper column. As the Grogans mature and have children of their own, Marley continues to test everyone's patience by acting like the world's most impulsive dog.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Director(s): David Frankel
Production: 20th Century Fox
  2 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
53
Rotten Tomatoes:
62%
PG
Year:
2008
115 min
$143,084,510
Website
3,490 Views


You've had two bowls ofkibble.

You had half a seat belt in the car.

Huh. H-How are you still eating?

I don't understand where

you can put it.

Here's the little box where

Marley's gonna bunk down.

Pretty cozy.

All right. Good night.

You're gonna be okay.

I'm just right inside.

Sleep tight.

All right.

Come on, Marley.

You're killin' me, you know that?

Oh, we got some cleanin' up

to do before the missus gets back.

All right.

I'm off to the airport...

and you're gonna ride out

the rain right in your little box.

It's just a little thunder.

Back in a flash.

- Get in. Here.

- Oh, my God!

- Oh!

- Aaah.

- Hi.

- How are you?

- How's my puppy?

- I'm okay.

A little tired, but trying to stay dry.

- No, really. How is he?

- Waiting for you.

Do you hear that?

Is that- I think that's Marley.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. Look at this!

This is not how I left it.

- How long did you leave him?

- I left him for maybe an hour.

Tops. Did he eat the drywall?

- Oh, that's not right.

- Wow.

That's one little dog did that.

Oh, honey, you're shaking.

Does thunder scare you, mister?

Oh, ho. Sweet boy.

Oh, look at us.

So I'm in this cave and-

and I can feel the machine guns.

There's, like, nine of them around me.

- What, like AK-47 s?

- Kalashnikov.

- And then Escobar comes in and says-

- Escobar?

El Padrino-Yeah. He says,

"I read your piece on Gadhafi...

and I think you captured

his narcissism perfectly. "

- Can you believe that?

- Some of it.

Man, I wish you

could have been there.

But then who's gonna cover the power

struggle down at the Rotary Club in Delray?

Oh, it's been just crazy.

- Your time will come, amigo.

- I'll drink to that.

That was crazy. Oh, my God.

- Oh, my God!

- That is the cutest thing I've ever seen.

- Hey.

- Say hello, Marley.

- Hey, little Marley.

- Can I hold him?

Of course. Here you go.

- He's so cute.

- Oh, I love their puppy breath.

Oh. Have you guys met my buddy Sebastian?

Sebastian. Viviana.

Nice to meet you.

- Hi. I'm Shannon.

- Hey, he's a beauty, isn't he?

- He's adorable.

- I think the "puppy instead of a baby" idea is working.

- Yeah, it's certainly working for me.

- Can I take him home with me?

You're so cute. Yes, you are.

I can't let you have the puppy, but

you might have a shot with the big dog.

- I'm easy.

- Oh, you're easy.

And I do tricks.

I'm paper trained.

Marley! Marley!

- Come back, puppy.

- Marley! Marley!

Marley!

Marley. Marley!

- Marley!

- Puppy!

- Got him. Thanks.

- You have got to be more careful, man.

It's our first week together,

so we're still working out the kinks.

You really shouldn't bring a dog

down to the dog beach until he's trained.

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Scott Frank

A. Scott Frank (born March 10, 1960) is an American screenwriter, film director, and author. He has earned two Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominations, for Out of Sight (1998) and Logan (2017). more…

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