Marley & Me (2008)
Heel the love.
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Marley & Me rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7/10· 174K votes
Rotten Tomatoes63%
Metacritic53%
TMDb7.182/10· 5K votesWith 63% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7/10 on IMDb and 53/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Marley & Me
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.
Cast of Marley & Me
Owen Wilson
as John Grogan
Jennifer Aniston
as Jennifer Grogan
Eric Dane
as Sebastian Tunney
Kathleen Turner
as Ms. Kornblut
Alan Arkin
as Arnie Klein
Nathan Gamble
as Patrick (Age 10)
Haley Bennett
as Lisa
Haley Higgins
as Shannon
Ann Dowd
as Dr. Platt
Clarke Peters
as Editor
Finley Jacobsen
as Conor (Age 8)
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Lucy Merriam
as Colleen (Age 5)
Marley & Me facts
- Budget
- $60M
- Box office
- $255.7M
- Collection
- Marley & Me Collection
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Animal lead character brings genuine emotional authenticity to narrative
- •Family-oriented tone celebrates pet ownership unconditionally throughout
- •Comedy-drama balance provides accessible entertainment for general audiences
What the audience disliked
- •Sentimental manipulation occasionally feels heavy-handed emotionally
- •Domestic narrative lacks conflict complexity for adult engagement
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