The Secret Life of Pets
July 2016
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Christy Lemire
It is an incredibly simple yet irresistible idea for a movie. It's also exactly what you think it's going to be - no more, no less.
Sophie Gilbert
There's something quietly therapeutic about spending 90 minutes with some nutty, heroic furballs on a hero's journey with very low stakes.
James Berardinelli
The Secret Life of Pets is strong enough that parents won't fall into a catatonic state while watching it with their offspring.
Katie Walsh
Draws on the universal experience of pet ownership to draw out the "awww" in all of us. But the film butt-scoots by on its premise. There's not much more going on, thematically or emotionally below the surface.
Amy Nicholson
As the owner of a Maine Coon I've weed-whacked into a goofy lion cut, I gulped when Snowball the bunny, a former magician's assistant, bellows, "All of us have suffered at the hands of man!"
Brian Lowry
What should have been an enthusiastic tummy rub doesn't merit more than a grudging pat on the head.
Critic reviews
Christy Lemire
It is an incredibly simple yet irresistible idea for a movie. It's also exactly what you think it's going to be - no more, no less.
Sophie Gilbert
There's something quietly therapeutic about spending 90 minutes with some nutty, heroic furballs on a hero's journey with very low stakes.
James Berardinelli
The Secret Life of Pets is strong enough that parents won't fall into a catatonic state while watching it with their offspring.
Katie Walsh
Draws on the universal experience of pet ownership to draw out the "awww" in all of us. But the film butt-scoots by on its premise. There's not much more going on, thematically or emotionally below the surface.
Amy Nicholson
As the owner of a Maine Coon I've weed-whacked into a goofy lion cut, I gulped when Snowball the bunny, a former magician's assistant, bellows, "All of us have suffered at the hands of man!"
Brian Lowry
What should have been an enthusiastic tummy rub doesn't merit more than a grudging pat on the head.
Matthew Lickona
While a Busby Berkeley number set in a sausage factory is good fun, too much of the film feels like hot dog filler: inoffensive but also insubstantial.
User reviews
Worst kid's movie I've seen in years. If I had to pick one word to sum up this film, I would choose "lazy." The story is meaningless and dull. The protagonists have a few short moments of character development, but most of the time they don't have any reason to act the way they do aside from plot convenience. The slew of side characters are completely one-dimensional and instantly forgettable. Even the antagonists have less depth than most Looney Tunes villains. If you've seen the trailers, you truly have seen all the good parts of this movie.
Good animation - that's about it. Went to bed 3/4 way through it while my 11 and 13 yo sons stayed up to finish it. They said it didn't get any better. I realized I didn't hear a SINGLE laugh out of them which is really telling as they'll laugh at anything usually. As one reviewer mentioned just watch the previews. You'll miss some of the story line which is forgettable.
The movie was nicely done on the animation side, and I did appreciate the attempt at a plotline. It fell a little flat; Most adults are going to be less engaged, as it seems mostly for kids. Points of plot development were weak and obscured by pets doing cute stuff, plus long chase scenes. However, it was not a bad movie and I did laugh a couple times while watching it. But compared to something epic like Monsters, Inc., this movie had a lot of untapped potential. On the character side the dachshund could have been more involved. The pets driving cars and crashing into stuff with no police ever showing up seemed a bit weird (but I guess anything goes, because... talking pets). I'm glad I rented it... but I had higher expectations.
Made me laugh It cracks me up that some parents would not let their kids see this movie because of inappropriate material.... REALLY !!! I watched... [ Dawn of the Dead ] when I was 6, and thought it was great. I feel sorry for kids that can't see this because their parents are pansies. I guess the movie... [ Sausage Party] will be off the table until there 18.
Very Disappointed This is one of those movies that have promising trailers and high expectations, but in reality this movie is straight garbage. The Secret Life of Pets is a very disappointing movie only meant to be enjoyed by small kids. If you're older than 13+ this movie will most likely go over your head. It is horrible, just horrible. Not funny or entertaining at all. I was just waiting for it to be over quicker and quicker each minute I watched it. I highly recommend not to waste your time on this flick.
My 2yo LOVED this movie Im not understanding the negative comments and low ratings but my son LOVED this movie and talks about Max nonstop. Its a great movie that shows friends should look put for one another and not to judge someone based off appearance alone.
I bought this before I watched. I had high hopes. I love a good animation. They're usually the most original movies made today. This was a great concept. I like Louis C.K. a lot. But I was underwhelmed with this. It's not bad and I think a lot of people will disagree with me. The funniest parts of the movie are in the trailer. It's the concept they try to carry the film with and it runs short on character and relationship development. The story isn't all that gripping. It's basically the same plot as Finding Nemo or Finding Dory, but with pets in the city. The entire "Pets are cute and do funny things when you're not home" routine is fun for the first ten minutes and then it got old. It's worth a rental. I wish I hadn't bought it.
*Spoiler Alert!* Rated as an "I Liked" versus an "I Loved" simply because of the main adventure the animals go through. The blocking of traffic and driving/stealing of vehicles is too much. The scenes illustrating their relationships to one another and the animals potential view of the world around them is an anthropomorphism we can relate to. It is guaranteed everyone that saw this (even the trailer) turned to look at their pet and wondered what they are thinking. Overall, a cute film. I expected a much more subdued story about how this group of animals related to the human world they live in.
Funny My husband and I really enjoyed this movie. However, we decided not to let our 5 year old see it. It is funny and interesting, but there are too many parts we found unsuitable for young kids. Every parent has different standards, and every kid is different. My advice to parents would be to watch it yourself first and then decide if your kids can handle this movie, or if you feel it is appropriate. Our son is very sensitive about movies, and we knew it would be too upsetting for him. As other people mentioned, there are aspects that could be scary, sad, etc. Even though we decided not to show it to our son, we enjoyed watching this movie.
Disappointing and Misleading I was super excited to see this movie after watching the trailers. I saw it in theaters and was thoroughly disappointed. The plot isn't original nor is it good and the characters are unlikable. Also, the trailer didn't reflect the movie at all. I expected the movie to be like a Toy Story but with pets instead of toys. This was not the case and the movie was just awful.
A pretty forgettable movie I have a dog so I was excited about this movie. But the story is really bad, doesn't really teach anyone anything, it's not very funny and not even that cute. Watch it but you will forget about it 10 minutes before it's over. I can see how kids would love though, cute animals talking and running around, if kids can love Dora, Teletubies and other bad stuff, they surely can love this.
Honestly, it felt like a visual description of how I write. Put a problem in, then fix asap. The trailor was great, and I was really looking forward to seeing this then realized it wasn't anything I thought it would be. Wasn't that great. And really, "Oh yeah, we whacked our owners!" Is a great line for kids. The reason kids grow up screwed up is because movies like this get them thinking it's ok to do things like this. Don't waste your money or time in this.
Very Disappointed Where do I begin? I normally love these kind of movies. Nicely animated with a bit of quirkiness to it. Not this one! I like the animation, but the entire storyline and 'acting' was bad bad bad. People, if you want adults to go to the movies, make movies that will appeal to adults, too! Adults pay the money, so let's see some good stuff! I rented the movie. I couldn't even watch the whole thing. I kept fast forwarding, hoping for the story to become more interesting ..... NOT. So much potential .... wasted.
Piece of highly over rated trash. Don't waste your money. Saw it in the theatre with my family. And we ended up complaining to the cashier and got our money back. And then we took the money to go and see ice age collision course which was amazing!! But as for this movie, this movie sucks!! Don't watch!
Boring and Unoriginal It wasn't horrible to sit through the one time, and it was even funny at times, but I don't want to watch it again. It's just another generic kids movie.
Trailer is good, not the movie Watching the trailer, it seemed to have a lot of potential. The first 10 to 15 minutes continue that, along with last 5 minutes. The movie turns quickly into a very odd plot for the next 60 minutes. The writers seem to have just thrown predictable garbage together. There is little character development, and head scratching moments that make little sense. I found myself pausing two times to see how much longer the movie was to be over. Watch the trailer and save your time.
Boring, and not for small kids We were taken by surprise with the frank discussion, and happy excitement shown, when speaking of having killed an owner. And the excited anticipation shown, at wanting to know the details on how the murder was done. Cute little animated pets couldn't cover the darkness of that. Continually adding dark discussions in kiddie movies desensitizes them to it being wrong as they grow older.
Meh. The movie was fun until creating a completely pointless plot out of thin air. It was like a lazy buddy adventure story. Then the ending only cemented how meaningless the story was. I'd rather just watch an hour and a half of pets just doing goofy things, keep the empty plot.
[UPDATE, 12:27 am] Less than 5 minutes after posting this, I got a refund. Damn. Good job! 5 stars! {12:22 am} Loved the movie! But DID NOT STREAM IN 4k. Description says 4k, looked around 720p [upscaled on my 2015 Sony Bravia 4k]. Also tried on my MSI gaming laptop with NVIDIA 1060 and Samsung 4k Monitor, with with a connection speed around 300 MB/s. Would like a refund.
Looks cute and funny Having seen it yet so once again plz no spoilers I can say this though from the trailer it looks like a funny cute story that family's and kids will love looks like a good recommendation for all ages to keep in mind but might be better for littler kids to c older kids might not enjoy this film and anyone with hate comments please try to make it suitable for children to read it could be hurtful to smaller children it will hurt their feelings especially sick kids in the hospital so plz be kind to others :-)
Not impressed Didn't like several characters. Didn't like some of the voice actors. Plot holes aplenty. This isn't really a feel good flick from start to finish. Plus, there's some themes and ideas swiped from other films, namely Bolt, Toy Story, and every buddy cop film ever made. Not buying the DVD.
Good but disappointing The first time I saw the trailer, I thought it looked hilarious. Unfortunately, only the parts in the trailer were hilarious to me. The rest of the movie was enjoyable but a little too predictable and slow. I didn't particularly care about the 2 main characters because for the majority of the movie, they were rude and sometimes annoying. This was the movie's fault though because similar events in the movie occurred in Toy Story but Woody and Buzz had nice moments together. I would rate this a 6.5 out of 10.
So many ADULTS are saying this was a bad movie. But, you're a grown-up and you're reviewing a movie FOR KIDS. It's not for YOU to like! My boys, almost 7 and 3, loved it and I loved it for that reason alone. And if my babies could express themselves concerning all these negative comments, they'd tell all you over 12-ers to shut up and get over ya'self!
Fantastic & very enjoyable. My two daughters, my fiancè as well as myself love this film. From beginning to end we smiled and laughed. All the characters were super cute and had their own unique characteristics to make them memorable. We have watched this movie many times together as a family and it has yet to get old. I highly recommend Life of Pets for any movie night wether you're watching it with the entire family or just a movie the kids enjoy before bed.
But not everybody likes comedy right? Like I'm just saying the only at least good action part was when they found the dogs as pets. The car going down to sea is litteraly used in every movie. At least change it up a bit like Madagascar 3 did.
Not great I expected more...if you saw the preview then you pretty much saw the entire move. It is for kids...I get that but still. I was disappointed.
I had recently gotten my 99 cent movie rental deal thingy, and didn't know what to watch. Then i remembered this and got really excited, so i proceeded to watch the movie 6 times before the 2 day rental ended.
Bad remake of Flushed Away I was so hoping to enjoy this movie, but in the end it was a really poor remake of Flushed Away. Such a let down. The best parts of this movie were used in the trailers.
Not at all what I anticipated from the previews. I had been wanting to watch this and did not know how incredibly idiotic this movie is. I assumed it actually had something to do with pets left at home during the day.. not just another movie where they have to find their way back with an extremely insane bunny. Some of the animals are adorable and there are moments where I smiled or laughed but I will not be watching this again.
Frantic, some funny bits... Fast paced frantic events almost the whole way through. The idea of death comes up a lot. There were a handful of common animal behavior and training gags that were funny. I don't expect to watch it again.
They could have done a little better on the movie On the movie it's not just what every pet does at home it's just what one pet does at home because either why not every pet is going to be like it like on the case it says you're not going to look at your pets the same way again or not every pet does the same thing every single day of their life Plus they could have done a little more better because picture of Childish at the end of the movie so they could have just done a Teensy bit little better on the ending
Welll... my kids loved it. But I think my husband and I enjoyed it more..alot of the animal characters reminded us of ppl we know. Especially when the humans left how bummed the dog was then excited to c her when she forgot something but just to leave again he just sat down and waited. So funny
So very, very bad. Adorable premise, but just a bad, stupid movie. My 3 year old nephew is somewhat entertained by it, but he is the only one.
Not that interesting from an adult's perspective My wife and I watch animated movies a lot but this one in particular didn't capture our attention. It felt very generic and really want that funny or anything. It wasn't quite 1-star level bad, but I would have rather not didn't the money.
Hilarious I was on an overnight flight from Florida to London and I watched this and laughed so loud people were looking at me. It was so funny. Loved it all.
Everything seems squashed together, would be better if it was a mini series so they can develope the story better, like of how Duke's family was or maybe the times that the protagonists helped the other dogs in the building. But everything seems rushed in
The movie was good but my experience of watching the movies was bad. This will be my last rental from google play store, too many hick-ups couldn't stream HD on my Tv. I can't download the movie and then play it back for maybe a better streaming experience. I had to hook up my computer to the HDMI to finish the movie, my chromecast is not to be trusted with anymore HD movies from the Playstore.
Disappointing I was really looking forward to watching this but it was a complete disappointment. The trailer was way funnier and entertaining than the movie.
Better than Minions for sure I really love animals, and I love the animated company that made this film. I love all of there movies, exept Minions. I really wanted this to be good, but its too anoying and dumb. Secret Life of Pets is just a movie you could put on for the kids when they need something to do. I don't think this is a very good family film, but it is enjoyable for kids nine and below.
Not Good Weak writing ruins what would have been at least a decent movie. Not even funny enough for 5 year olds, certainly not entertaining enough for an adult. Save your money.
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Cast and credits
Actors | Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Jenny Slate, Ellie Kemper, Lake Bell, Dana Carvey, Hannibal Buress, Bobby Moynihan, Steve Coogan, Albert Brooks |
Producers | Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy |
Director | Chris Renaud |
Additional information
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4K
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Audio Language
English (Stereo, 5.1)
Subtitles
English
Rental Period
Start within 30 days, finish within 48 hours.
Eligible for Family Library
Run time
86 minutes
Rating
PG