Marley & Me is pretty typical family-friendly fare for a quiet night in with the kids. The plot follows Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston as John and Jenny Grogan, a newly-married couple who both write for a living. John, not yet wanting kids but wanting to satisfy his wife's desire to take care of something, decides to take the advice of his friend and get a puppy. That puppy grows into the "world's worst dog," as they like to refer to him, but his endearing antics and (literal) puppy dog face make it impossible to hate him. Marley simultaneously enriches and ruins their lives as they start a family, work past marital disputes, and deal with the stresses of parenthood and work. It's all a very simple story that takes few risks and reaps few rewards. There are no bad guys and no mistakes in their near-perfect, sugar-coated life, but they do experience some ups and downs thrown their way by random chance. Although it is unrealistically portrayed, there were a few key humorous and emotional moments that kept my attention and helped this movie stand out from all the other entries into the "family pet" genre. If you were interested in it, it will not disappoint you; but if you weren't interested in it, it will fail to surprise you.IMDb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0822832/