Marley & Me: The Terrible 2's

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The other reviewers are right. This movie could be better. For starters it does not have the same tone of the original "Marley" film. OK whatever it is meant for different audience - that of young children. But if you are going to keep to the character of the original "Marley" keep to the character. The whole point of the Marley story is that other for some basic things such as not going to the bathroom in the house he is UNTRAINABLE!!!! To suggest that two 13 year olds who are untrained as dog trainers can train an untrainable dog doesn't even make sense. Then you have two 13 year olds acting like they are five, particularly the boy. A 13 year old boy having to convince his mother that he is old enough and responsible for the responsibility of a dog is laughable. Thirteen year olds are not responsible, but they are not completely irresponsible either. Then you have the evil characters. This is a film not a comic book. Even if this film is meant for children, let's try to be at least somewhat believable. I did like the actor who played the grandfather. He was very likable. :((((

Poor writing and poor jokes. Just a money grab. Total waste of time unless you are five years old.

Marley is the worst puppy in the world. John and Jenny are away on a writing assignment. Carol Grogan is dog-sitting. She leaves her son Bodi with Marley in the care of her father Fred Grogan. Bodi falls for Kaycee Ellis who tells him about the Ultimate Puppy Championship. How does one do a sequel to a dog movie with a well-known heart-breaking ending? This ain't it. This is a silly kiddie movie with dogs akin to Air Bud. This is unworthy of the original and needs to be cut out of history itself. If Marley & Me needs a sequel, maybe it should be the brother of Marley as one of the other puppies in the same litter. This is bad especially for a sequel to a really good movie.

We turned this movie off after watching it for about 3 minutes. I even called Redbox and got a refund on the movie - which I have never done before. It starts off really weird with characters that were not even in the previous movie. Marley is being watched by this neighbor boy and his mom thinks he "her son" is a screw up. Their acting was terrible. Once Marley started "talking" - we turned the movie off. Marley is played by a real dog but his mouth is animated. It looked really cheesy. If Marley's mouth won't have been animated, we would have probably watched it of another 3 minutes or so. This movie is meant for kids ages 4-8.

The problem is not that the title indicates the original movie continuance, but I really think it should have another title because the movie structure is completely different from the original, so why maintain the same title? Just to have more viewers? Unnecessary. Well, I don't like when real animals talk. We can see that it is not requirement, because of the success of other movies, and I think it's to force too much. And the history was very normal, it wasn't interesting. Even for kids! Don't underestimate their intelligence, a movie don't need to be silly when it can teach something, or just have more creativity and smart aspects. Of course, the dogs are really cute, and my star goes to them!!

Seriously? A sequel to Marley & Me would have to be written by God to make any sense.. not some bad writers. This movie is absolutely awful: awful script; awful actors; awful plot.. And a Talking dog with sunglasses??? wth.. i watched 15 min (if i had watched more I probably would be flying to US to kill the producers) and can't do It anymore... If you liked Marley & Me, DON'T watch this one.. Thanks for trying to destroy one of my favorites movies, Hollywood.. again.

For everyone who has came on here and wrote a horrible review for this movie... I don't think you understand that this is a Children's movie!! If you enjoyed the original 'Marley & Me' thats great, but this is NOT a sequel to it. This is the "puppy years" which shares ONLY the name, "Marley." Which is for kids.. I read the original "Marley" book and enjoyed the original movie. Before renting "The puppy years" I knew it was for children, so I was not surprised nor disappointed.. All I did was read a review for it before I rented for my DAUGHTER! My 4 year old liked it. She also likes the "Buddies" movies. If your CHILD likes the buddy movies then they'll probably like Marley & Me- the puppy years!!"

Let me begin with an apology to the people reading this. I am only giving this 1 star because you can not give it any lower. I also wish to apologize from the American people to the Author of Marley and Me, we are sorry that Hollywood has done this to your story. Now with that said, why why why why why why..... why would you take a wonderful heartfelt movie like Marley & Me and try to milk it like a cash cow. This movie, which I sat through because my wife rented it for our children, was the worst thing I have seen in my life, and to date I have viewed about 7,000 movies, 5,240 of which we own. (okay we have no life) Marley is not a talking dog movie, you want a talking dog, go watch Scooby Doo, Marmaduke or the 1 million Air Bud movies and puppy sequels. I sincerely wish Hollywood would stop doing this to movies, making useless sequels after sequel trying to get a buck. Yes, this was a direct to video movie, but it should have been freebie for walking into Wal-Mart. I can see the greeter, "Hi welcome to Wal-Mart, here's your free crappy movie, and a fork to gouge your eyes out after viewing it." I know they will never make any money to cover the coast of this movie, I am sure it is headed straight to the dollar store in a few weeks. I admit I watched it, we rented it from Family video (no way was I buying it, or even considering buying it at 15.99 at Wal-Mart, we had a free rental and the only thing it cost me was my time. Of which I am considering suing the studio for reparations for that. When even my 5yr old says 'dad this movie sucks can I go play" you know it is bad, this kid made me sit through Rango... twice which for all of the ways it annoyed me, she loved it. Regardless, if you are considering seeing this, please do not... you will beg for a mercy killing before it is over... This movie is definitely one of the ten signs of the Apocalypse. If this is any sign of the rest of the crap to come out of Hollywood in the near future, I am praying that the world will end like the crazy preacher guy was saying earlier this year in November... at least that way, we can not be tortured anymore with this kind of garbage. Really who gave this movie the okay... who said let's waste money and time, and all the respect our studio may still have... let's make a nonsensical kiddie version of Marley and me and call it the puppy years... That person was on some serious drugs... as were the people who said okay let's do it... here's your money...

Every review I've read for this movie has failed to actually review the movie and just complains that its not the original Marley and Me. To clarify, this movie is NOT supposed to be connected to the original other than the fact that it contains a puppy version of Marley as the main character. The acting is decent, but don't expect Hollywood star grade acting (which you shouldn't because the film contains no-named actors). The story is cute and is sure to sit well with your kids. The film and audio quality are good, but there's no fancy special effects or anything flashy to make it stand out. There are a couple scenes that will be funny and enjoyable to people of any age, but for the most part this is directed towards children. Overall, this would be a great movie to rent for your kids if you need to keep them occupied for a while, but definitely isn't worth buying!