sábado, 4 de enero de 2014

MARLEY & ME (DAVID FRANKEL, 2008)

As the snow falls on their wedding night, newlyweds John and Jenny Grogan decide to leave behind the harsh winters of Michigan and head south to begin their new lives in West Palm Beach, Fla. 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. The Grogans adopt the cute, 12-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.

PRO REVIEWS:

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"Easy to watch, easy to forget. (...) Marley & Me is still reasonably entertaining and perfectly suited for the whole family. (...)" (Claudia Puig: USA Today)
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"A cheerful family movie (...) When Marley is not on the screen, Wilson and Aniston demonstrate why they are gifted comic actors. They have a relationship that's not too sitcomish, not too sentimental, mostly smart and realistic. (...)" (Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times)
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"A sweet, occasionally sticky romp (...) an imperfect, messy and sometimes trying film that has moments of genuine sweetness and humor sprinkled in between the saccharine and the sadness." (Betsy Sharkey: Los Angeles Times)
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I saw this film in English with Spanish subtittles,  it´s an entertaining movie.
Anina

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Los recién casados John y Jenny Grogan deciden dejar atrás los duros inviernos de Michigan para instalarse en la soleada West Palm Beach (Florida). Los dos consiguen empleo en dos periódicos rivales, compran su primera casa y afrontan los retos del matrimonio. Cuando John le confiesa a su amigo y colega Sebastian que aún no se siente preparado para ser padre, éste le sugiere que le regale a Jenny un perro. Los Grogan adoptan un bonito cachorro de Labrador que, poco después, se convierte en una mole de 45 kilos que transforma la casa en una verdadera catástrofe. (FILMAFFINITY)

CRÍTICA:

"Marley & Me puede que sea fácil de ver, pero -incluso para los amantes de los perros- también es fácil de olvidar. (...) razonablemente entretenida y pensada perfectamente para toda la familia. (...)"Claudia Puig: USA Today 

"Una alegre película familiar (...) Cuando Marley no sale en pantalla, Wilson y Aniston demuestran su talento para la comedia. Tienen una relación que no es ni en plan telecomedia, ni en plan sentimental, sino básicamente inteligente y realista (...)"
Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times

"Una imperfecta, desordenada y a ratos cansina película que tiene momentos de genuina dulzura y algunas gotas de humor entre la sacarina y la tristeza."
Betsy Sharkey: Los Angeles Times

"Parece un 'totum revolutum' infumable, pero en manos de David Frankel y sus nada desdeñables guionistas, adquiere un raro atractivo a pesar de sus desperfectos neoconservadores. (...) el relato funciona a la perfección (incluido su regodeo en el dolor)"
Javier Ocaña: Diario El País

"Frinkel (...) añade a su cogollo capas de melodrama familiar generacional, costumbrismo laboralista y hasta ladridos de cine-peluche para todos los públicos, contaminando fatalmente el guiso (...)
Javier Cortijo: Diario ABC 

Vi esta película en la tele, en inglés y con subtítulos en español, es entretenida y hasta me ha dado penilla el perrín, en fin...
Anina

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