Into the teeth of a dark and dangerous circus act. Of family, face the challenges of city and country life, go on an undercover mission into a cat lady's apartment, and The characters go their separate ways and do their own things, such as learn about the realities It's so lacking identity that the film feels likeĬollection of the mini-movies for which Illumination is so famous, mini-movies expanded to short-film length and stitched together in a largely futileĮffort to form some sort of cohesion amongst them. While A Dog's Journey soars, this film fumbles about in search of a reason to exist. Make and certainly not unique to these movies alone, but it's one of only a few real feels for character connection and purpose in Pets 2. He's become comfortable with Liam and loved by the little boy, vows to protect and watch over him at all costs.

There are shades of A Dog's Journey in The Secret Life of Pets 2 when Max, once Superhero's life when he's tasked with helping to rescue an exotic tiger from a particularly slimy circus operator. Jenny Slate) is charged with watching over Max's favorite toy while a rabbit named Snowball (voiced by Kevin Hart) finds himself living a real Meanwhile, pampered pooch Gidget (voiced by Thin, including a family trip out of the city to a farm, a place that poses its own unique set of dangers. But when Liam, grown up a bit, declares his love for Max, the pooch takes it upon himself to watch over the boy through thick and And, much to Max's chagrin, love and marriage lead to little Liam (voiced by Henry Lynch), a typical human baby that would seem to be theĮnd of his world. He sees how animal lives are disrupted all around him when a new bundle of human joy (and tears and screams and poop) makes anĪppearance, but his days as top dog are numbered when his owner Katie (voiced by Ellie Kemper) meets a man named Chuck (voiced by Pete The plot is scattered but primarily follows Max (voiced by Patton Oswalt) who isn't in much of a hurry to see his life upset with the arrival of a A few scattered laughs and cheerful colors (and a few darker undertones) are about all this patchwork movie, which runs aĬompact 78 minutes sans credits, has to offer.

Its a shell of the original, a picture with a purpose only to sell tickets and merchandise (and Blu-rays and UHDs and DVDs, of course), a 'Happy Meal Movie' as it might rightly beīuild on the characters or themes introduced in the original in any meaningful way. Sunrise, and that there would be a short-order sequel to Illumination's smash hit animated film The Secret Life of Pets comes as absolutely no surprise. Reviewed by Martin Liebman, August 28, 2019Ī game challenging players to correctly predict what movie will earn a sequel would wing up being pretty boring, pretty fast.

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