The Secret Life Of Pets

 Director:Chris Renaud

Writer:

             Ken Duario
             Cinco Paul
              Brain Lynch
           

Cast:

Louis C.K as Max
Eric Stonestreet as Duke
Bobby Moynihan as Mel
Kevin Hart as Snowball
Albert Brooks as Tiberius
Ellie Kemper as Boss
Hannibal Buress as Unknown
Lake Bell as Chloe
Ellie Kemper as Katie

  Review:

  “The Secret Life of Pets” is a kind-hearted, sweet story about the unique relationship not only between pets and their owners but between pets and major cities like New York. It may open with lovable terrier Max (voiced by Louis C.K.) speeding through Central Park in the basket of his owner Katie’s (Ellie Kemper) bike, but it’s more about apartments, fire escapes, roads and sewers than parks, and how a lovable group of animals is forced to traverse them on one crazy day. To be more direct, it’s an almost beat-for-beat rip of Pixar’s “Toy Story,” from the idea that we don’t know what our toys/pets do while we’re gone to the “new guy who mixes things up” storytelling dynamic. In the end, it’s too aggressively likable to hate—especially given its strong character design and excellent voice work—but simultaneously too shallow and forgettable to really register. The best animated movies give us themes to discuss with our kids when they’re over and work for both adults and children. “The Secret Life of Pets” is the disposable, summer diversion that many families will be looking for as temperatures rise and the start of school seems so far away, but most won’t be able to remember after they see it.