Marmaduke (film)

Marmaduke
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Tom Dey
Produced by John Davis
Written by
  • Tim Rasmussen
  • Vince Di Meglio
Based on Marmaduke
by Brad Anderson, Paul Anderson
Michael Devito & Phil Leeming
Starring
Music by Christopher Lennertz
Cinematography Greg Gardiner
Edited by Don Zimmerman
Production
company
Distributed by 20th Century Fox[1]
Release date
  • June 4, 2010 (2010-06-04) (United States)
Running time
 86 minutes[2]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $50 million[3][4]
Box office $83.8 million[4]

Marmaduke is a 2010 American family comedy film adaptation of Brad Anderson's comic strip of the same name. The film is directed by Tom Dey, produced by John Davis, and written by Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio. It stars Owen Wilson, George Lopez, Emma Stone, Lee Pace, Judy Greer, William H. Macy, Steve Coogan, Sam Elliott, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kiefer Sutherland and Fergie. The film was released on June 4, 2010, to 3,213 theaters nationwide and grossed $83.8 million on a $50 million budget. Marmaduke was released on August 31, 2010, on DVD and Blu-ray, two and a half months after its release in theaters.

Plot

Marmaduke, a Great Dane, lives in rural Kansas with his best friend, a cat named Carlos. His owners, Phil and Debbie Winslow, work for Bark Organic dog food. Phil is very strict, from Marmaduke's perspective. Phil is transferred to Orange County, California. Phil's boss, Don Twombly, wants to sell Bark Organic in nation-wide Petco stores. Phil and Don meet at the dog park to discuss Phil's assignment, an ad campaign to win over Petco. There, Marmaduke meets Mazie, who develops a crush on Marmaduke. He also meets Giuseppe, a Chinese Crested dog who is afraid of everything, and Raisin, a very smart but minute Dachshund.

Later, Marmaduke meets a Rough Collie named Jezebel, whose boyfriend is Bosco, a violent Beauceron with two Miniature Pinscher minions named Thunder and Lightning. Bosco intimidates Marmaduke, who does not want to fight. Marmaduke and the mutts get together at night and crash Bosco's pedigrees-only party, only to be scared away. Marmaduke asks Mazie to help him get a girl, whom she presumes is herself but is Jezebel.

Marmaduke has Carlos pretend to be lost in the dog park, and the two stage a fight in front of all the dogs to boost Marmaduke's popularity. Marmaduke enters a dog surfing contest put together as a promotional stunt by Phil to sway Petco and beats Bosco, who is the reigning dog-surfing champion. They get into a fight, which appalls the Petco executives. As a result, Phil hires a dog trainer named Anton to help him control Marmaduke, albeit with little success.

Marmaduke takes Jezebel on Mazie's dream date, which the latter watches from afar. While the Winslow family are on Don's boat, Marmaduke throws a party; most residents of the dog park attend, save for Mazie, Giuseppe, and Raisin. Bosco crashes the party and discovers it was Carlos at the dog park. He exposes Marmaduke, who loses his friends. When the Winslows return and Phil discovers the house in a wreck, he locks Marmaduke outside. Marmaduke runs away and leaves Mazie a toy she had given him earlier. Mazie goes to Marmaduke's house, and Carlos tells her Marmaduke never returned. As she looks for him, Marmaduke meets Chupadogra, a wise, elderly English Mastiff who is feared for presumably eating his owner. In reality, he ran away to lead a pack, but they abandoned him. He has spent the time alone in the woods with nothing but a blanket and his old water bowl, which reads "Buster". Buster tells Marmaduke to return to his family while he still has one and distracts a dog catcher. Marmaduke leaves but gets lost.

In the morning, the Winslows discover Marmaduke missing and search for him. Mazie and the family find him simultaneously on the streets, but Mazie falls into a subterranean rainwater conduit after the street below her collapses. Marmaduke jumps in after her; Phil and the fire department attempt to retrieve him. The fireman saves Mazie but loses Marmaduke in the raging water. By this time, Phil has been fired for missing his last chance meeting with Petco. He follows the aqueduct and finds Marmaduke in the raging waters. Phil begs Marmaduke to let go of the branch he is holding onto and let the waters carry him to Phil. He reluctantly does and is saved. Several kids record it on video and put it on YouTube. When it proves popular, Phil is rehired and Petco stocks Bark Organic. Phil discusses moving back to Kansas, but the Winslow family wants to stay in California.

Marmaduke convinces the pedigrees to share the park, and they turn on Bosco, who leaves, after revealing his fear of bees (which Marmaduke also fears). Meanwhile, Phil and Don think of new commercials while considering whether dogs can talk to each other or dance. Marmaduke, Jezebel, Mazie, Giuseppe, Raisin, and Buster, among others, dance and sing "What I Like About You", which turns out to be the commercial. Marmaduke and Mazie date, Marmaduke and Jezebel are friends, and all is well. That night, Marmaduke farts in Phil and Debbie's bed as he winks at the camera.

Cast

Humans

Animals

Release

Marmaduke was released on June 4, 2010, by 20th Century Fox to 3,213 theaters in the US. The film earned $3.4 million on opening day, landing in sixth place behind Sex and the City 2, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Killers, Get Him to the Greek, and Shrek Forever After respectively. The film remained in sixth place over the weekend, with $11.6 million earned for a $3,608 average from 3,213 theaters.[5] In its second weekend, it had a 48% decline to just over $6 million and descending to seventh place.[6] The film closed on September 16, 2010, after grossing $33.6 million in the US and an additional $50.1 million overseas for a worldwide total of $83.8 million.[4] Marmaduke was released on August 31, 2010, on DVD and Blu-ray, two and a half months after its release in theaters.[7]

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 9% of 99 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 3.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Dull and unfunny, Marmaduke offers family filmgoers little more than another round of talking animals and scatological humor."[8] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 30 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[9] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.[10] Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times gave the film two out of four stars, and wrote in his review, "The moment I saw Marmaduke's big drooling lips moving, I knew I was in trouble."[11] The Radio Times was quite positive, saying "it's all a tad contrived, but young and old alike will get something from it—even if the lip movements take a bit of getting used to."[12]

Marmaduke was nominated at the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie: Animated.[13] George Lopez was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor for his roles in Marmaduke, among others.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Marmaduke". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 2017-08-08.
  2. ↑ "Marmaduke (U)". British Board of Film Classification. August 8, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  3. ↑ Fritz, Ben (June 3, 2010). "Movie projector: 'Get Him to the Bering Sea' and 'Murderers' aiming for No. 2 against Mclovin: the true story". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved June 4, 2010. The picture cost Fox and partner New Regency Pictures about $50 million to make.
  4. 1 2 3 "Marmaduke (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  5. ↑ "Weekend Box Office Results for June 4–6, 2010". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database.
  6. ↑ "Marmaduke (2010) – Weekend Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database.
  7. ↑ DVD News: Marmaduke on Blu-ray and DVD August 31 Archived 2011-10-09 at the Wayback Machine.. FusedFilm.com (2010-08-03). Retrieved on 2011-01-07.
  8. ↑ "Marmaduke Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
  9. ↑ "Marmaduke reviews at Metacritic.com". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
  10. ↑ "CinemaScore". cinemascore.com.
  11. ↑ Ebert, Roger (2010-06-02). "Marmaduke :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews". rogerbert.com. Sun-Times Media Group.
  12. ↑ The Radio Times (2010-08-25). "Marmaduke film review". radiotimes.com. Radio Times.
  13. ↑ "Choice Movie: Animated". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2017-08-08.
  14. ↑ "Razzie shortlist hits 'Burlesque,' but not as hard as possible". Los Angeles Times. 2011-01-03. Retrieved 2017-08-08.
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