People have complained that this film is about an "average family/mediocre people/average life" and that is why it's boring, but that isn't what's wrong with it. Watching a film about an average family growing up can be really interesting, but in Marley and Me there was no connection between Aniston and Wilson as a couple, you heard none of their back story, the kids weren't given individual personalities, and overall the family doesn't seem like a family, just like actors pretending to be one. Partially the blame does go to Wilson and Aniston's acting, but overall I feel it was a problem with the script not having developed them as characters and stories too. The funny dog anecdotes didn't translate well to screen, whereas I'm sure the book is very funny and heartwarming to read. The film doesn't even achieve what the plot line says "A family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog", what life lessons did they learn? Where were they shown in the film? That film I would have enjoyed. The film was just underdeveloped, it doesn't matter that it was about an "average family living an average life" it could've have been a funny, heartwarming film, but it wasn't.
Review of Marley & Me
