but I did!!

I went and saw Marley & Me last night with the girls, and I cried like a two year old.

I was very skeptical about seeing it, it wasn’t on my top 5 list of movies to see.  While I love Jennifer Aniston, let’s face it – her movies generally suck.  I was very disappointed with The Break Up, Rumor Has It, Derailed & Along Came Polly.  The only exception to this is Friends With Money, but she had a supporting role in that movie.  Then, I had a friend tell me that the best actor in the movie was the dog, and so I thought – great – another crappy Jennifer Aniston movie.

But almost immediately I fell in love with this movie.  I instantly connected with Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson – and the story just evolved beautifully.  Unfortunately, I didn’t read the book (something I’m probably going to have to correct here soon) so I wasn’t aware of the ending.  The girl sitting next to us pulled out a wad of tissues before the movie even started, and said “I’ve got my crying tissues!”.  So I knew it was coming.

We hit the same girl up for those very tissues at the end of the movie.  The ending is just so emotional – and moving.  I cried and cried and cried… and had to do a makeup check after the movie was over.

Basically what I’m saying is I loved the movie.  It really was a great film.  Owen Wilson did amazing, Jennifer Aniston was suprisingly good, and the dog just steals the show.

At PG – it’s a film for the whole family, though the ending is pretty intense.

A must see, if you ask me!

Jocelyn