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{{Short description|2010 American film directed by Tom Dey}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Marmaduke
| image          = Marmaduke ver3.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| alt            = 
| director       = [[Tom Dey]]
| producer       = [[John Davis (producer)|John Davis]]
| writer         = {{Plainlist|
* Tim Rasmussen
* Vince Di Meglio
}}
| based_on       = {{Based on|''[[Marmaduke]]''|[[Brad Anderson (cartoonist)|Brad Anderson]], Paul Anderson <br /> Michael Devito & Phil Leeming}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Owen Wilson]]
* [[Lee Pace]]
* [[Judy Greer]]
* [[William H. Macy]]
* [[Steve Coogan]]
* [[Sam Elliott]]
* [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]]
* [[George Lopez]]
* [[Christopher Mintz-Plasse]]
* [[Emma Stone]]
* [[Kiefer Sutherland]]
* [[Marlon Wayans]]
}}
| music          = [[Christopher Lennertz]]
| cinematography = [[Greg Gardiner]]
| editing        = [[Don Zimmerman (film editor)|Don Zimmerman]]
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* [[20th Century Fox]]<ref name="afi">{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members//catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=66545|title=Marmaduke|work=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=2017-08-08}}</ref>
* [[Regency Enterprises]]<ref name="afi" />
* [[Davis Entertainment]]<ref name="bfi">{{cite web |title=Marmaduke (2010) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8de682c1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527052216/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8de682c1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 27, 2018 |website=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=December 13, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Dune Entertainment]]<ref name="bfi" />
}}
| distributor    = 20th Century Fox<ref name="afi" />
| released       = {{Film date|2010|6|4|United States}}
| runtime        = 86 minutes<ref>{{cite web|title=''Marmaduke'' (U)|url= http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/marmaduke-2010 |work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=August 8, 2010|access-date=November 26, 2016}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $50 million<ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/06/get-him-to-the-greek-and-killers-aiming-for-no-2-against-shrek.html|title=Movie projector: 'Get Him to the Bering Sea' and 'Murderers' aiming for No. 2 against Mclovin: the true story|last=Fritz|first=Ben|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=June 3, 2010|access-date=June 4, 2010|quote=The picture cost Fox and partner New Regency Pictures about $50 million to make.}}</ref><ref name="box office" />
| gross          = $83.8 million<ref name="box office">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=marmaduke.htm|title=Marmaduke (2010)|publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]]|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=2010-07-31}}</ref>
}}
'''''Marmaduke''''' is a 2010 American comedy film based on [[Brad Anderson (cartoonist)|Brad Anderson]]'s comic strip [[Marmaduke|of the same name]]. The film centers on a rural Kansas family and their pets—a [[Great Dane]] named Marmaduke (voiced by [[Owen Wilson]]) and his best friend, a [[Balinese cat]] named Carlos (voiced by [[George Lopez]])—as the family relocates to [[Orange County, California]] and has to face the challenges of starting a new life. The film was released on June 4, 2010 and received extremely negative reviews from critics.

==Plot==
Marmaduke is a Great Dane, living in rural [[Kansas]] with his best friend Carlos, a [[Balinese (cat)|Balinese]] cat. Their owner Phil Winslow works as a marketing director for Bark Organics, a dog food company. Phil is very strict with Marmaduke; he and his wife Debbie have three children: Barbara, Brian and Sarah.

One day, Carlos tells Marmaduke that he overheard Phil saying that they were being transferred to Orange County. In their new location, Phil must meet his new boss at the dog park. The boss has a beautiful collie called Jezebel and Marmaduke takes a shine to her. Marmaduke also meets an [[Australian Shepherd]] named Mazie who introduces him to her crew: a nervous [[Chinese Crested]] called Giuseppe, and a knowledgeable [[Dachshund]] named Raisin. They in turn introduce him to the snobbish group in the park. This includes Bosco, a tough and callous [[Beauceron]] who had two [[Miniature Pinscher]] minions named Thunder and Lightning. Bosco tells Marmaduke to stay away from Jezebel who is his girlfriend. Later that night, 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, appalling the Petco executives in the process. 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 after discovering that Carlos lives with Marmaduke and the Winslows. 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 that he left the house. 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 [[Animal control service|dog catcher]]. Marmaduke leaves but gets lost.

The next morning, the family discover that Marmaduke is missing and begin searching for him. Mazie and the family find him at the same time on the streets, but Mazie falls into the subterranean rainwater conduit after the street below her collapses. Marmaduke jumps in after her and Phil tries to retrieve him, as well as the fire department. The fireman saves Mazie but loses Marmaduke in the raging water. By this time, Phil has been fired for missing the meeting for the last chance with Petco. He then runs to the aqueduct that the conduits lead to and finds Marmaduke in the raging waters. He begs Marmaduke to let go of the branch he's 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]]. Since it generates almost 700,000 hits, Phil is rehired. Phil then talks about moving back to Kansas, but the entire family wants to stay in California. Marmaduke later confronts the pedigrees, saying that differences shouldn't matter, that they're all dogs and should have an equal share of the park. Everyone agrees and turn on Bosco, who leaves, after revealing his fear of bees, which Marmaduke is also afraid of. Meanwhile, the YouTube video also wins the company the Petco deal. Phil and Don begin thinking of new commercials when they ask each other about if the dogs could talk to each other, or even dance.

The finale then shows Marmaduke, Carlos, Jezebel, Mazie, Giuseppe, Raisin, Thunder, Lightning, and Buster, among others, dancing and singing "[[What I Like About You (The Romantics song)|What I Like About You]]", which turns out to be the commercial. In the end, Marmaduke and Mazie are dating, Marmaduke and Jezebel are friends and all is well. Marmaduke then [[farts|passes gas]] in the bed as he winks at the camera.

==Cast==
===Humans===
* [[Lee Pace]] as Phil Winslow
* [[Judy Greer]] as Debbie Winslow
* [[William H. Macy]] as Don Twombly
* [[David Walliams]] as Anton Harrison
* Finley Jacobsen as Brian Winslow
* [[Caroline Sunshine]] as Barbara Winslow
* Mandy Haines and Milana Haines as Sarah Winslow
* [[Raugi Yu]] as Drama Trainer
* Frank Topol as Bosco's Owner

===Voices of dogs and cats===
* [[Owen Wilson]] as [[Marmaduke]], a [[Great Dane]]
* [[Emma Stone]] as Mazie, an energetic [[Australian Shepherd]]
* [[George Lopez]] as Carlos, a [[Balinese cat]]
* [[Christopher Mintz-Plasse]] as Giuseppe, a stylized [[Chinese Crested Dog]]
* [[Steve Coogan]] as Raisin, a [[Dachshund]]
* [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]] as Jezebel, a [[Rough Collie]]
* [[Kiefer Sutherland]] as Bosco, a [[Beauceron]]
* [[Damon Wayans, Jr.]] as Thunder, a [[Miniature Pinscher]]
* [[Marlon Wayans]] as Lightning, Thunder's twin brother
* [[Sam Elliott]] as Chupadogra (Buster), an elderly [[English Mastiff]]

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name         = Marmaduke (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
| type         = soundtrack
| artist       = [[Christopher Lennertz]]
| released     = {{Start date|2010|01|01}}
| recorded     = 2009
| studio       = The Newman Stage, 20th Century Fox<br/>Eastwood Scoring Stage, Warner Bros. Studios<br/>The Village Recorder
| genre        = [[Film score]]
| length       = {{Duration|m=52|s=21}}
| label        = [[Varèse Sarabande]]
}}
The score for ''Marmaduke'' was composed and conducted by [[Christopher Lennertz]]. The album was released by [[Varèse Sarabande]] on January 1, 2010.

==Release==
''Marmaduke'' was released on June 4, 2010, by [[20th Century Fox]] to 3,213 theaters in the US. This film was released on the same day as ''[[Get Him to the Greek]]'' & ''[[Killers (2010 film)|''Killers'']]'' It was released on [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] on August 31, 2010.<ref>[http://www.fusedfilm.com/2010/08/dvd-news-marmaduke-on-blu-ray-and-dvd-august-31/ DVD News: Marmaduke on Blu-ray and DVD August 31] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009052228/http://www.fusedfilm.com/2010/08/dvd-news-marmaduke-on-blu-ray-and-dvd-august-31/ |date=2011-10-09}}. FusedFilm.com (2010-08-03). Retrieved on 2011-01-07.</ref>

== Reception ==

=== Box office ===
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 (film)|Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time]]'', ''[[Killers (2010 film)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2010&wknd=23&p=.htm | title=Weekend Box Office Results for June 4–6, 2010 | publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] | work=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref> In its second weekend, it had a 48% decline to just over $6 million and descending to seventh place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=marmaduke.htm | title=Marmaduke (2010) – Weekend Box Office Results | publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] | work=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref> 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.<ref name="box office" />

===Critical response===
On the review aggregator website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], 9% of 103 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.30/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Dull and unfunny, ''Marmaduke'' offers family filmgoers little more than another round of talking animals and scatological humor."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/marmaduke/|title=Marmaduke (2010)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|access-date=April 8, 2022}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 30 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/marmaduke | title=Marmaduke reviews at Metacritic.com | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] | work= [[Metacritic]] | access-date=2010-06-13}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= CinemaScore |work= cinemascore.com |access-date= 2018-10-10 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

[[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."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100602/REVIEWS/100609990 | last=Ebert | first=Roger | author-link=Roger Ebert | title=Marmaduke :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews | publisher=[[Sun-Times Media Group]] | work=rogerbert.com | date=2010-06-02 | access-date=2022-07-13 | archive-date=2010-06-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620153912/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100602%2FREVIEWS%2F100609990 | url-status=dead }}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/servlet_film/com.icl.beeb.rtfilms.client.simpleSearchServlet?searchTypeSelect=5&frn=49675 | author=The Radio Times | author-link=Radio Times | title=Marmaduke film review | publisher=[[Radio Times]] | work=radiotimes.com | date=2010-08-25}} {{Dead link|date=October 2018}}</ref>

=== Accolades ===
''Marmaduke'' was nominated at the [[Teen Choice Awards]] for Choice Movie: Animated.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/zap-teen-choice-movie-animated-photo.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808235658/http://www.latimes.com/zap-teen-choice-movie-animated-photo.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-08-08|title=Choice Movie: Animated|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=2017-08-08}}</ref> George Lopez was nominated for a [[Razzie Award]] for Worst Supporting Actor for his roles in ''Marmaduke'', among others.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awards/2011/01/razzie-shortlist-hits-burlesque-but-not-as-hard-as-possible.html|title=Razzie shortlist hits 'Burlesque,' but not as hard as possible|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=2011-01-03|access-date=2017-08-08}}</ref>

== Animated reboot ==
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It was announced on the [[Andrews McMeel]] website that an animated film adaptation of ''Marmaduke'' was planned to be released sometime in [[2022 in film|2022]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/marmaduke-animated-feature-film-set-for-2020/|title=Marmaduke film set for 2020|date=2019-01-29|website=Andrews McMeel Universal|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-27}}</ref> The film features [[Pete Davidson]] as Marmaduke, [[J. K. Simmons|J.K. Simmons]] as Zeus, and [[David Koechner]] as Phil Winslow.<ref name=":0" /> However, instead of releasing by [[20th Century Fox]] under the [[20th Century Fox Animation]] label, the animation was provided by [[One Cool Group Limited|One Cool Animation]] and the film was released on [[Netflix]] on May 6, 2022 and in theatres internationally on May 27, 2022 alongside ''[[Top Gun: Maverick]]'' and ''[[The Bob's Burgers Movie]]''. The film also received negative reviews similar to the 2010 film.<ref>{{cite web|title='Marmaduke': Animated Movie with Pete Davidson Coming to Netflix in May 2022|url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/marmaduke-animated-movie-netflix-may-2022/|website=What's on Netflix|date=April 8, 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{tcmdb title|778069}}

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