Marley and Me the movie

I read the book and remember having a bit of a quivery lip. But this movie was something else.
I have NEVER cried in a movie, and Marley and Me had me balling for the last 20 minutes. I asked my friend JG to come with us to the movie, and she recently lost a pet and thought it might have been too early to come see the movie. I lost a pet, Lizzy, the sweetest Lab/Basset hound mix 3 years ago and this movie was extremely hard.