This is a very sweet, touching, and humorous story. I recommend this to older teens due to the adult main characters and their mannerisms. There are some sex scenes and some nudity. Overall a great story, but might be something worth waiting for, adults will enjoy this more than teens.
Marley & Me
(2008, Rated PG, Comedy, Starring Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson, Eric Dane)Ratings at a Glance
| 79% | of parents say the sexual behavior isn't age appropriate |
| 39% | of parents say it has language their kids can't use |
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Parent & Educator Reviewers Say | Kid Reviewers Say
- I rate this title on for age 16 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Better As An Adult Movie
- I rate this title on for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Extremely emotional film best suited to older teens and adults
This movie is not at all for the younger set. It is a movie about real life and, although there's nothing wrong with that, most younger kids don't need to be exposed to those things quite yet. There are hard lessons in this movie....coming to grips with a life that didn't turn out the way you wanted it to, the difficulties in raising children, and the emotional aspects of living with a pet who becomes a member of your family. There were a lot of positive things here.....a husband and wife who truly seem to be in a loving relationship where they both do things to help make the other one happy, showing the realities of being frustrated with a pet and yet still loving and caring for it as part of the family, and children who really seem to get along as siblings. The sexual aspects of the film are not explicit, and they could open a conversation with older children about where babies come from, etc., but it is not something that children younger than 8 or 9 need to even have an inkling of, I think. Overall, this is not a "for the whole family" type of movie. If anything, it is a movie that is best enjoyed by adults, although there would be little worry for teenagers watching it. It is, however, very highly emotional and could really upset more sensitive children and youths.
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
Should have been PG-13--Parents of young children Beware!
Watched this movie alone one evening and could not BELIEVE how much sexual content it contained for a PG rating. I had to check the the rating twice because I thought I read it wrong. It was more than 'implied' sex. The word itself was used at least 4 times in reference to what the couple needed to do in order to "make a baby". I understand they are a married couple but my husband and I surely don't excuse ourselves from the room and tell our kids we are going 'to go make a baby', or have sex for that matter. Should most definitely been rated PG-13. I did not get to the sad ending so I cannot comment on the emotional impact it may have on your kids.
- I rate this title off for age 9 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
- My highlights are:
- I rate this title off for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
ok but deseptive
an ok movie. very sad and very unexspected. but it was deseptive. the trailer said it would be a happy fun movie but the movie sure didnt.
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
Good movie, with sad ending
I enjoyed this movie. It does have some content that may not be appropriate to viewers. It is heart-warming, and is a must see.
- I rate this title off for age 12 and give it
Not a kid movie
I can't believe this movie got a PG rating. What a terrible surprise I got watching with my 8 year old and his friend. I was totally unprepared for the bad language and even worse, the awful heart-rending scene when the dog is put to sleep. They could have handled that so much better, knowing the movie had been marketed to kids.
- I rate this title off for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
This is not PG
This movie should have been PG13. Innappropriate sexual content for kids.
- I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
mature 10 and Up---- VERY TOUCHING
My 10 year old brother and I (12) watched this together. Although this is a PG movie we ttly think that some part were pushing the PG rating such as some of the sexual content and the brief (well actually not so brief) scene where the teenage neighbor gets stabbed. Overall, the movie was extremally touching, but I do think that if you are seeing this with kids, no one under 10 should see this movie, and only extremally mature 10 year olds should watch this. (maybe younger if you fastforward?)
Lives in ColoradoI rate this title iffy for age 16 and give itMy concerns are:- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
Iffy !
It is not suitable for young kids because of the dialog. Boring and have a lot of extra scenes that are not necessary.
- I rate this title off for age 4 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
I should have read the reviews before sitting down to watch this movie with my 4 year old. It is not a movie for young children...parents be warned! There are inaprropriate love scenes, a doctor's office visit. There are some crass scenes where the dog is shown, pardon me, "humping" a lady's leg, pooping in the water at the beach, etc. There is also the issue of language such as when the owner called the dog a "son of a @#$%^" --Among other words such a "d@#$."--- And then the ending was horrible...the dog dies! Never would I let my child watch this. We were lured in by the cute picture of the puppy on the cover of the DVD, thinking it would be a sweet movie about a dog.....WRONG!
- I rate this title off for age 6 and give it
Not for the little ones...
Rented the video to watch with my Kindergartener. It was a mistake - the dying dog wrecked her! My husband gave my parenting a very sarcastic "two thumbs up!"
- I rate this title off for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
Good movie.....but not for the faint-of-heart!!
Okay...my children (ages 11 & 7) begged me to see this movie when it was released on Christmas. Having read the book (and knowing the end) coupled with the fact that we have a 14 year old yellow lab, resulted in my decision to steer them toward another movie. I rented it the day it came out and upon watching it (alone), was a bit frustrated with the implied sexual content. I found it a bit too frequent for my children. The miscarriage was very sad, and of course, so was the end; in fact, I cried on and off for a good 20 minutes after the movie was over. Upon returning it, I jokingly mentioned to the cashier how much it "traumatized me" and she informed me of the angry parents coming in and complaining about how upset they and their children were. I would say that this is not a movie for the sensitive types (like me), and should be carefully considered when children will be watching it.
- I rate this title off for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
"Family movie" that is NOT for kids!!!
My 13 year old daughter rented this--and since it came with a PG rating I had no concerns....WOW was I wrong. Sexual content and language regarding sex was VERY inappropriate for kids under 14. Honestly, how this movie received a PG rating is beyond me. Although billed as a family movie--this one definitely is NOT for the below 14 age group.
- I rate this title off for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
This movie is terrible and should be rated PG13
This was the worst movie we have seen in a long time. It was totally inappropriate and many families walked out of the theater. This should NOT have been rated PG it should have been PG 13.
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
Good Core Values but too much "content"
The movie would have been a wonderful family values postive , all ages film, if they had not put in the sexual content. we felt there was way too much kissing (and yes I understand they are married) implied sex and the nudity. none of it was neccessary. with out those it would have been a VERY strong statement to the value of commitment,marriage,family...I was very dissappointed by the content and trying desperately to understand how it got a straight pg rating
- I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
:'( This is a sad but great movie.
This is one of the saddest movies i have ever seen. The dog dies, a woman gets stabbed, Jennifer Anniston's baby dies in the womb. Don't get me wrong, i love this movie, but the emotional impact it causes might be too much for kids to take. What really stinx is that it was advertised as a really cute, kids movie but was really mature and sad. My rating: PG-13 for sexual content, language, a drug reference, and brief vioelnce.
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
should have been rated PG-13
it was a little awkward watching with my 6yr old, i kept waiting for him to ask me what was "sex", it was mentioned throughout the movie.
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
I think Jen said "Oh my God" at least 10 times in the first 10 minutes which turned me off...terrible script writing! Otherwise I didn't find anything offensive for my 8-yr old son, but he didn't really get into the movie.
- I rate this title off for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
okay movie, horrible book
Haven't seen the movie so I'll just add a comment here because there is no place to rate the book. And parents should be aware that if they think the book is similar to the movie, as far as being appropriate, they would be wrong. When reading the book, there was a passage that went into great detail about how the male lead was turned on by the religious statues in the room because it made him feel like it was sexier because he would be being "bad." Not exactly what you want to teach your preteen to think that that's what sex is about. He also went into great detail explaining how he was feeling sexually. NOT the same as the movie, so kids and parents should be aware.
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
Great movie! Not appropriate for the very little.
I rented this movie for my small children, thinking it was going to be similar to the Beethoven movies. I watched it first and although I adored it, I think they are much too young to understand the mature themes in it. I do want to purchase this movie and let them watch it when they're older.
- I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
Hollywood Conspiracy?...One never knows.
Definitely an adult movie. I'm glad I didn't watch this with my kids and I'm very disappointed that this was marketed as a "for the whole family" movie. For people who want their kids to have some standards, this movie had far too much sketchy content to just dish up to kids and parents as a cute movie about a funny dog. The movie itself wasn't even that great, just more of Hollywood trying to influence everyone else by exposing kids to crazy stuff way too young.
- I rate this title iffy for age 9 and give it
My kids would watch it.
I enjoyed it as an adult. It took me back to my first dog as a young married woman myself. We are now on our second dog as a family and it reminds me of how important it is to give the dog time to mature and grow with the family for it to be truely a part of the family. No, it's not a kids movie; I agree there are too many adult themes, but it wouldn't hurt a child of 8 or nine to see it.
- I rate this title off for age 9 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
Should be PG-13
I just rented this to watch with my 9-year-old daughter. The language and sexual references were out of control. We watched 40 minutes of the movie, then turned it off. In addition to the language and sex issues, the movie was plain old boring. Not at all impressed based all the commercials we had seen.
Parent & Educator Reviewers Say | Kid Reviewers Say
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Good for tweens, not little kids
I really love this movie, but don't see it with really little kids because it has sexy stuff, like REALLY sexy stuff... and really bad language. Also, it is soo sad when marley died
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
I watch the movie and it was the best movie ever even better than the book. It was just hilarious all the trouble that Marley caused. When I saw that Marley was getting the sleeping needle I broke into tears. I had three dogs and so far two of them past away and I have a 2 and a half year old one but anyways I think I cried just as much for Marley than I did for my other dogs. Anyways other than the End best Movie ever.(P.S. There is some brief nudity so I thik maybe you should only take 13 and older to that movie).
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
Great for young teens ages 13+
Great Movie! but don't be fooled! it is NOT for the WHOLE family, although nothing sexual is shown there are some refferences, As for the violence there really is none that is shown but a girl is stabbed in the driveway offscreen, There are some emotional scenes such as when Jenny and John are screaming at eachother and Marley is refferred to as a "Horrible Animal", there is at least one scene shown where John drives up and watches what's going on in the house from his car, showing that he's a little hesitant to go inside, the ending scene when Marley dies can be pretty traumatic for kids who can't deal with loss, because (for those of you who saw the movie) as you remember, Marley's stoumach twists and has to be "put to sleep" But overall a good comedy for kids ages 13+
- I rate this title off for age 2 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
Not a movie for the whole family
The commercials make Marley and Me look a movie for the whole family. Don't be fooled. It should be at least rated PG-13. The movie is barely about Marley, but I still cried when he died, even though I hated the movie. Nothing inappropriate is shown, but it's talked about.
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
HORRIBLE MOVIE!!!!!
Ok first, Marley humps a lady, Second, Jenny and John roll around on the bed kissing, and if they are doing what I think they are doing thats horrible, and ontop of all that A DOG DIES ?!?! The book is way better. The movie does not relate and should be called My Wife & Me.
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
I DON'T GET IT! THEY CALL THAT A KIDS MOVIE AND ALL IT IS BORING WITH A DOG THAT DIES ON TOP OF IT!?!?!?!?
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
Too much sexual references in this movie for a PG one. Other than that, a loving story about a dog. Its too sad at the end when SPOILER: marley died.
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Negative role models
ok movie
I liked the movie but there was a little sexuality in the movie and there is a very sad ending i think it is an ok movie but not very appropriate for younger kids
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
Sad, but a great family film.
This movie is really funny, but also really sad.Still, it is great for kids ages 11+. There is some suggestive content. There is some mild language including poop, crap,and some other bad words.I would recommend this movie to kids who love dog films.Remember this movie is really sad and emotional . This movie is something the whole family will enjoy, laugh and even cry. I gave this movie a 3 1/2 out of 4 stars.
- I rate this title iffy for age 17 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Since it clearly shows close-ups of people having it.....and the dog is stabbed with medicine by an evil doctor.....and a girl is stabbed/raped in a neighborhood.....and "@$$", "8!+C#", and "$#!+" are repeated every other scene!
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
good
SHOULD HAVE BEEN RATE PG-13. But still good nobody under ten should see it.
- I rate this title iffy for age 9 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
toching,i cried
really good but it should have been pg-13 in sexual content
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
I loved this movie but I thought they focused too much on the people than Marley. It was really sad when Marley died, so if you have kids that are really sensitive you might not want them to see it.
- I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
good for kids
the sexual humur is mild, this is a movie that kids should enjoy. its only PG for a reson
- I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
Okay, so I thought that this movie would be fine to watch. Well, I was WRONG! There are at least three sex scenes, some innuendo, and a fair amount of language for a PG. I would never let my siblings watch this.
- I rate this title iffy for age 9 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- My highlights are:
A Little 'Iffy' for 9 and Under But Overall GREAT MOVIE!!!
My 9 year old sister saw it, I don't think it was THAT bad. I was a bit surprised it was PG because I've seen PG-13 movies that were even milder than this!! But overall it was a great movie pretty much just about life. :)))
- I rate this title iffy for age 7 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
know your kids
Yes, this movie had too much sex in it for a PG movie, but kids will have to grow up. Don't let your kids watch this movie if they are sensitive and would breakdown after the dog dies. If they aren't to sensitive to that it's okay for 7 and up.
- I rate this title off for age 8 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
GREAT MOVIE, BUT SHOULD BE PG-13
The writer that the movie focused on (John Grogan) was a very good role model, but my sister saw the movie when she was barely 7 and I didn't like the idea of my mom letting my sister see it for two reasons. One, the profanity included throughout the whole film was outrageous for a PG-rated movie. Two, the sex stuff should've made it PG-13.
- I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
Don't waste your time
This movie is very dumb, and is very explicit. Sex is discussed, and almost shown! Dog lovers will adore this movie (just because it's about a dog). Oh, and by the way, the dog on the front is a completely different dog than in the movie! We didn't even finish it.
- I rate this title on for age 7 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
an awesome movie
a really good movie. the only thing i would say is that there are some inappropriate scenes in ireland.., but alot of kids know what it is and if they're young they won't know. it is a good movie though really sad so if your kid likes happy endings this movie is probably not good for them.
- I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give itMy concerns are:
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
good
i thought this film was great, it had a seriously funny storyline. this film contains sad scenes and made my cry... still a good film
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
- My highlights are:
A Pretty Average Memoir Adaption
Let me start off by saying that I haven't read the book. Well, that wasn't so hard, was it? Phew. Anyway, in short, I don't think that this story made the best possible transition to screen. There is just SO much information that I think the movie could have been 20 minutes longer, just to patch up the jumpiness of it. HOWEVER...Marley and Me is already a lengthy 120 minutes, and any more than that would be rather inappropriate for this movie genre. Like I said, the story was probably not the best-fit for the silver screen in the first place. That aside, Marley and Me tells a fun and enjoyable tale of an ever-playful Yellow Lab, his life, and his family. The two leads (Wilson and Aniston) deliver a believable performance, and their chemistry was decent. There were a few sexual innuendos, perhaps a FEW profanities, but anyone above the age of nine or ten should be good while watching this! This film could potentially be a tear-jerker for those who haven't experienced life with pets. I feel rather heartless in saying this, but I DIDN'T feel sad (rather, I felt the family's pain, having gone through this several times myself), as they had to make some tough decisions at the end of the film regarding their dog. I praise this movie for the promotion of family relationships and overcoming the odds.
- I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
I cried!
Well, I liked it until... the scene where a girl gets stabbed next to a car. There was the baby crying and I worried that Mom and Dad won't spend time with me and when it will be over it will be 9:00 (bedtime)! It was a long movie. And there was a scene at the end where Marley dies. SIGH!
