Wisdom of Nuggets

Opens at the Nugget on Friday, Jan 23 at 5:30 and 8 PM nightly

Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson, Eric Dane, Alan Arkin, Kathleen Turner, Haley Bennett, Ann Dowd and Clark Peters.
Director: David Frankel
Screenplay: Scott Franks and Don Roos from John Grogan’s book
Length: 2:00
Rated: PG for thematic material, some suggestive content and language
Subtitles: none

What’s MARLEY AND ME about? As snow is falling on their wedding night, newlyweds John and Jenny Grogan (Wilson and Aniston) decide to leave the bitter winters of Michigan for a new life in the warm climes of West Palm Beach, Fla. They take jobs at competing local newspapers, buy a home, and tackle the challenges of their new marriage, new careers and decide to start a family. Unsure that he is prepared for all this a friend convinces John to get Jenny a dog. (!) So they adopt a small, seemingly cute and gentle Labrador puppy who quickly grows into a 100 pounds of trouble and turns the Grogan home into a disaster zone. Named Marley, the canine fails dog-obedience school, chews the walls and doors, eats the sofa, scrounges garbage cans, gobbles the Thanksgiving turkey, despoils pillows and flowers, slurps toilet water, and chases the UPS driver. But Marley is one of the family and he sees them through the many challenges of growing their lives. Marley may be “the world’s worst dog,” but he brings out the best in the Grogans.

Who is MARLEY AND ME for? Fans of comedy and family films, dog lovers, those who like good characters and writing and are looking for a complete emotional story. All ages really like this movie.

Quote from MARLEY AND ME: “A dog doesn’t care if you’re rich or poor, educated or illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart and he will give you his.” John Grogan

What’s being said about MARLEY AND ME? “Anyone who’s ever had a dog knows the feeling. You come home to a completely wrecked house, things are destroyed, turned upside down and there sitting in the midst of this chaos is your very best friend staring up at you with those perfect little brown eyes and pink tongue hanging out of his mouth looking absolutely pleased with himself and more than anything is just elated to see you again. You get angry and try to stay that way but the latter never happens. You might be able to muster an initial burst of outrage but it never lasts. Within minutes he’s forgiven and you just go about picking up the pieces.” Dan Deevy from thecinemasource.com and “Never has the phrase ‘you’ll laugh, you’ll cry’ been more truthful. Families looking for an old fashioned, all-purpose, comedy with heart will flock to this offering that’s best described as a canine TERMS OF ENDEARMENT.” Pete Hammond from boxoffice.com