Marmaduke (2010)

If “Garfield: The Movie” is to your movie world what “Apocalypse Now” is to mine, then you’ll still be disappointed by the CGI/live-action treatment of “Marmaduke,” the comic strip about a Great Dane and his family. Perma-stoner Owen Wilson voices the title dog, uprooted from Noname, Kansas, to Orange County, Calif., where he learns to surf. I’ll spare naming the actors who appear on screen. Most of the cast seem embarrassed, although William H. Macy is good as a pompous hippie boss. The CGI work is straight-to-video bad, and the dialogue and plot worse -- the guys who made this children’s flick seem never to have met a child. The film begins and ends with a dog fart, highlights of sorts. Older than 10? Run from this ugly mutt of a commercial flick. D+