It's a relief that "Marley & Me," the film of John Grogan's a newspaperman-and-his-dog memoir, isn't better. That's obvious as the weepy third act unfolds. Whatever tears director David Frankel, stars ...

There is a scene in "Marley and Me" that happens all too often in the lives of pet owners. Babies are crying. Parents are fighting. Life is a mess. And the dog is being, well, a dog. What's the ...