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"If you"re a teenager and the universe doesnt fit you, you"re all hosed."
And if you"re creation a movie about a chatty, teenage Great Dane, you competence as well give him the voice of Owen Wilson.
"Marmaduke," the comic frame about hold up with a 200-pound canine, earns a lifeless but submissive big-screen humerous entertainment directed at the youngest moviegoers.
Got kids? Be grateful this isnt in pricey 3-D. And be anxious that distinct "Beverly Hills Chihuahua," nobody will wish to stop at the residence pet store and collect up a Great Dane on the approach home.
Wilson, who narrates and chats up his associate members of the Housepet Kingdom interjection to digital assistance, gives the initial fifteen mins of this a light touch, detailing his hold up with his owner, "Dr. No" he calls him (Lee Pace, not funny), Dr. Nos mother (Judy Greer, since zero droll to do) and "the alternative two-leggers," a child he calls a "padawan," a teenager sister and a toddler.
Then, in a overwhelming development, this Kansas family moves to Southern California, land of sun, surfing and status-conscious dog parks. Poor Marmaduke has to find "a new control on life."
"Its similar to high school, for dogs," explains Mazie (Emma Stone), the streetwise Queensland Heeler. The dog-park cliques embody airhead blonds (Afghan hounds), bullied small grill (dachshunds, Chinese crested) and mutts.
The registered tip dogs are led by the brag Bosco (Kiefer Sutherland), a Rottweiler-ish savage who surfs and keeps his collie girlfriend, Jezebel (Fergiethe singer, not the bribe-soliciting ex-royal), underneath his paw.
Marmaduke has to settle his place in the pack, sense to surf, assistance "Dr. No" get in great with his trainer (William H. Macy) and figure out who his genuine friends are.
Even by talking-critter humerous entertainment standards, "Marmaduke" lacks cheer and imagination. Casting Wilson, uninformed off "Marley & Me" (he wasnt the dog in that one) and George Lopez (playing his pal, the residence cat) of "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" is no stretch. A dogs-trash-the-house stage is customary stuff, and the SoCal dog surfing environment is only Hollywood geographical myopia.
Director Tom "Failure to Launch" Deys movie recycles the "pay courtesy to your kids the approach your dog does" summary from "The Shaggy Dog." But then, bad puns ("Cow-a-bark-a") are what pass for screenwriting here.
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