Marley & Me
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- Kategoria: Recenzje filmowe z Guardiana
Philip French
Guardian
This romantic comedy without jokes is one of a current crop of American movies involving dogs. (Do they think Percy Lubbock's classic 1921 study of the modern novel was called The Cruft of Fiction?). Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston star as successful Florida journalists who postpone becoming parents and instead buy a Labrador puppy, about which he writes a popular weekly column. This dog, a monster of happy mischief, grows into a hound that might put the wind up the Baskervilles. When he's neutered the couple have three cute children, and after a decade of happy problems Marley (as the dog is named after the Rastafarian reggae musician) dies. It's a sentimental affair and once again Aniston appears to be at a loss outside of the Friends format. The one redeeming feature is the presence as Wilson's editor of that great deadpan, put-on artist Alan Arkin, a comedian who can do a double-take without moving his head.
be at a loss - być zagubionym, być w kłopocie
crop - plon, zbiór
deadpan - pozorna powaga; śmiertelna powaga
mischief - szkoda; niezgoda, intryga
neutered - wysterylizowany
postpone - odkładać, przekładać
redeeming - zbawienny