Plot
A terrier named Max regularly invites his friends to hang out at his place while his owner is gone, but his quiet life is upended when said owner also takes in Duke, a stray mutt whom Max instantly dislikes.
Release Year: 2016
Rating: 6.8/10 (3,992 voted)
Critic's Score: 61/100
Director: Yarrow Cheney
Stars: Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart
Storyline
Taking place in a Manhattan apartment building, Max's life as a favorite pet is turned upside down, when his owner brings home a sloppy mongrel named Duke. They have to put their quarrels behind when they find out that an adorable white bunny named Snowball is building an army of lost pets determined to take revenge
Writers: Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio
Cast: Louis C.K. -
Max
(voice)
Eric Stonestreet -
Duke
(voice)
Kevin Hart -
Snowball
(voice)
Jenny Slate -
Gidget
(voice)
Ellie Kemper -
Katie
(voice)
Albert Brooks -
Tiberius
(voice)
Lake Bell -
Chloe
(voice)
Dana Carvey -
Pops
(voice)
Hannibal Buress -
Buddy
(voice)
Bobby Moynihan -
Mel
(voice)
Chris Renaud -
Norman
(voice)
Steve Coogan -
Ozone /
Reginald
(voice)
Michael Beattie -
Tattoo
(voice)
Sandra EcheverrÃa -
Maria
(voice)
Jaime Camil -
Fernando
(voice)
Taglines:
Ever wonder what your pets do when you're not home?
Trivia:
This will be Steve Coogan's third animated movie. The other two are Despicable Me 2 (2013) and Minions (2015). See more »
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Rating: 7/10
With the animation genre in such a golden age, more and more studios
are starting to drop their name into the mix.
The latest one is Illumination Entertainment. After starting really
well with Despicable Me, it has seemed to have made OK flicks such as
Hop, The Lorax, Despicable Me 2 and Minions.
Now we have what many people are hyping as their best feature since
Despicable Me, in the form The Secret Life Of Pets. The marketing has
been pretty good and trailer suggests a good time at the cinema.
For me, I was pretty satisfied with what I saw. The first third of the
film was its strongest part. It was introducing the characters well,
there were some solid laughs and they were setting up the story nicely.
However the longer the film went on, the slightly sillier it was
getting. It was starting to lose its feet, and the gags were getting a
bit too much. Thankfully, it was not that bad at all on the whole. It
was still moving a long nicely, the characters were being solidly
developed and the story rounded off pretty well. I think it might have
peaked too soon and everything else felt inferior.
The voice performances were good. Jenny Slate continues to do well in
her voice work and I felt she gave the strongest performance. Kevin
Hart played his character really well, and had some nice laughs. Louis
C.K. was well cast as the lead and gave us a character you could root
for. The rest did their job well. They were not good enough to be
memorable, but not bad enough to be negatively criticised.
On the technical side, the animation looked really nice and fitted the
tone well. The action was entertaining if not a bit over the top at
times. The character designs were strong, and I can see them being sold
well as merchandise.
Overall, some of it felt disappointing. But on the whole I had a fairly
good time watching this. It is definitely the studio's best film since
Despicable Me. But with so many other animation studios delivering much
stronger films at the moment, this could be forgotten sooner than you
think. This might not do as well in the box office as originally
expected. Especially a new Pixar film on the way.
There is also a short before the main film, and it features the studios
most famous characters. It was o.k. But nowhere near as strong as
Pixar's shorts.
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