Movie

Marley & Me

2008 · 115 min

A warm, funny, and ultimately tear-jerking look at family life and the bond with a chaotic dog.

Tagline: Heel the love.
Overview: A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, earnest and light. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Family, parenthood, grief, love
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
parenthood
grief
love
coming-of-age
Places: suburbs
countryside
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild