A young couple navigates life's heartwarming and melancholy moments with their boisterous, beloved retriever.
Nostalgic, with wholesome humor. A family watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Not on a US subscription service as of Oct 26, 2026.
For a PG, this one goes further: some innuendo or implied sex. Beyond that, mild language and nothing scary.
Our estimate: fine from about 10. Rated PG.
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A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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