Fridae

From the director of The Devil Wears Prada comes this family drama about a couple (Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson) who adopt a puppy named Marley and learn several lessons about life.

Now here's the catch. Although the trailers seem to suggest this is a cute and happy film, it actually isn't always. Instead, it gets fairly serious somewhere past the first act when Jennifer and Owen have to deal with marriage issues, career issues, housing issues, parenting issues, stay-home-mom vs career-mom issues, adjusting-to-the-new-neighborhood issues, and so on.

Meanwhile, the dog is the only one in the family that stays happy - chewing the furniture, playing with the kids, chasing pigeons on the beach, and all the other things that dogs are supposed to do.

lthough Marley may be cute enough to get audiences going oooh and aaahh over every little thing he does, the human characters aren't always that charming. As they try desperately to juggle the demands of modern living, their problems are too real and familiar to be laughed off. Based on the non-fiction bestseller by John Grogan, Marley & Me delivers some laughs, some tears and some painfully sobering perspectives