Cast: Owen Wilson (as John Grogen), Jennifer Aniston (as Jennifer Grogen), Alan Arkin (as Arnie Klein), Woodson, Jonah and Clyde (as Puppy Marley, Young Marley and old Marley)

Plot: A family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog. (courtesy IMDB)

Review: Marley & Me is a narrative of a Journey that a young couple takes in their married life, with a dog they adopted from the pound and who was sold to them as a “Clearance Puppy”, as he was the slowest of the litter! Named after the last name of “Bob Marley”, who’s song he seemed to stay still to in the moving car!  In time the family expands with two sons and daughter, yet the movie’s main character “Marley” controls the tempo!

Marley & Me, is an excellent movie for a “dog lover” and everyone else, who care enough to open themselves to “unconditional love” which only a dog can guarantee. Nothing in this world, claim to be even close. I love this movie, for everything, for reliving the past with my own four dogs, that I have been with since my birth, and the ones I miss everyday!

My wife, who’s literally “afraid” of dogs watched the movie with me, and cried with me, through the ending of the movie. There was a sense of loss, which only people, who have or had a dog can understand. I consider myself to be a very practical and emotionally detached person, yet I couldn’t control my tears. My wife who’s also a borderline OCD about cleanliness, was also thrown off by all the mess that Marley makes in the early and middle of the movie.

The closing lines of the movie are the most moving!

Rating: 5 of 5 (must see)