Spoonatects
Am i the only one who thinks........Average?
ChicDragon
It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.
Brennan Camacho
Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.
Hitchcoc
Most movies these days are OK. Animation has become the vehicle of this moment. There was a time when we would be stunned by the incredible use of the animators craft. But once computers and their technicians go into the act and there was so much to watch, we needed something to stand out. While this is a movie about rivalries and being happy with what we have, there is no sparkle to it. There is just a lot of intense action and no reality to peak of. Yes, I did say reality. The anthropomorphic figures here need to be stunning. We've seen the chases and the splats and the tiresome human traits that have been done so often. I had not trouble watching and enjoying parts of this, but as a whole with a direction, it comes up rather short.
JK Dahl
...instead of making the most of that with original and clever ideas the movie falls into the old and tired trap with constant violent chase scenes. The beginning was lovely, but after that it's pretty much just a loud plot less mess. I really wish they would have had a strong script with good dialogue and interesting characters instead of just a jumbled lot of chasing and screaming.
platinumrosel
(Not sure there's any real spoilers in here, but safe than sorry.) I thoroughly enjoyed "The Secret Life of Pets"! It tells a great story that a lot of us can relate to, especially us older siblings! Max the Jack Russell Terrier has a pretty great life with his owner Katie in an apartment in Manhattan. That all gets upended when Katie brings home Max's new "brother", an... um... "exuberant" mutt named Duke.They do not, needless to say, become best buds from the get-go.What follows from there is a humorous, exciting tail (whoops) I mean "tale" where we are introduced to a myriad of interesting characters - my favorite being Gidget, a feisty and good-humored Pomeranian (voiced by Jenny Slate). Max, btw, is voiced by Louis C.K. and Duke by Eric Stonestreet, both doing terrific work.But it's Kevin Hart, voicing the movie's main antagonist Snowball, a VERY bitter white rabbit, who steals the show - for a very real, very tragic reason. Abandoned by his human, Snowball has organized "The Flushed Pets" - other animals callously tossed aside by people that just got tired of them.Sure, there's lots of laughs in "Pets" (some of which will go right over the heads of kids), but there are also some pretty good teaching moments, especially about being a responsible pet owner.
pssmilly
This movie is the funniest. I laughed through the whole movie. It's easy to watch, you can fully relate to that, the animals behavior are realistic, their conversation.. you can picture the same situations with your own pets. The script is a bit weak, it could have a better story but what really catches you is the characters and their dialogue.
