Marmaduke is a well-meaning, lovable Great Dane trying to make friends in a new neighbourhood when his owners move from Kansas to California. Just like his owner, who is trying to impress his new boss, Marmaduke gets caught up trying to impress all the cool dogs in the neighbourhood.\u00a0 With a hilarious depiction of the dog park as a microcosm of a typical high school complete with geek dogs, drama dogs, jock dogs and bimbo dogs (Afghans), the script is clever and fresh with a huge cast of memorable doggy characters. Voiced by Owen Wilson, you can just imagine Marmaduke\u2019s big goofy grin as he talks.\u00a0 There are some corny, over the top moments, but on the whole it\u2019s a good family movie with a sweet, down to earth message about friendship and family. Oh and the surfing scene is great fun \u2013 my children could not stop laughing and they all refer to Marmaduke as the surfing dog movie, even though it\u2019s just a small part of the overall action.<\/p>\n
There have been a couple of children\u2019s movies out during the holidays but it\u2019s not always easy to find one that is perfect for a range of children, especially ones under 10.\u00a0 Marmaduke is my top dog, if you\u2019ll pardon the pun.\u00a0 My children aged 4, 6 and 9 all enjoyed it.\u00a0 While Joe (4) really loves the slush puppy and popcorn most, he laughed and thought the dogs were funny.\u00a0 I found myself laughing out loud at times, so you won\u2019t mind having to take the children for an outing either.<\/p>\n
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