Heel the love
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane, Kathleen Turner, Alan Arkin, Nathan Gamble, Haley Bennett |
| Director |
David Frankel |
| Screenplay | Scott Frank, Don Roos, from the book by John Grogan |
| Music | Theodore Shapiro |
| Cinematography | Florian Ballhaus |
| Editing | Mark Livoldi |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Made in | 2008 |
| Produced by | Fox 2000 Pictures, Regency Enterprises, Sunswept Entertainment |
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| Genre | Comedy, drama |
| Language | Infrequent mild to moderate language, non-aggressively used |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | Mildly implied |
| Violence | Very brief, mild, implied |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | A good family-orientated movie that upholds family values, loyalty and family bonds. |
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Blood / Gore / Gross |
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Alcohol / Drugs |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Atiyyah Khan | 5 |  |
| Die Burger Jeanne Calitz | 10 |  |
| Cape Times Betsy Sharkey | 5 | |
| iAfrica.com Nils van der Linden  You'd expect more from the director behind the charming, witty and hugely entertaining The Devil Wears Prada. But, as they say, every dog has his day. This isn't it. | 8 | |
| The Citizen Bruce Dennill | 6 | |
| Sunday Times Barry Ronge | 15 |  |
| 24.com Sam Brighton ..touching love letter to canine craziness. | 10 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert This may be the first family film I've seen that will frighten more adults than children. | 15 | |
| eye Weekly Damian Rogers Predictably affirming. | 5 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers Watching the stars try to out-cutesy the mutt is one for the puke bucket. | 8 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs Bland and repetitive until the end. | 9 | |
| Metacritic.com 29 critics | 11 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 105 critics | 12 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Pet owners should love it, but Marley and Me is only sporadically successful in wringing drama and laughs from its scenario. | 12 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 6485 Netizens Surprisingly Watchable | 15 | |
Average .. 49% | 10 | |