Instead of rounded edges, its human characters often have stiletto legs and isosceles-triangle noses. In fact, Illumination is a bit like the anti-Pixar. Like the animation studio’s ever-expanding Despicable Me franchise, this picture also has a distinctive look and sound. Like the first film, The Secret Life of Pets 2 is at its best when it concentrates on the unconditional love offered by mankind’s best friends, or gently mocks familiar situations – the dreaded trip to the vet’s, the “cone of shame,” the addictive pull of squeaky toys, the cat who demands you wake up and feed her now. The childraising moral will go over the smallest heads in the audience – as will the drug references in a catnip sequence – but the scenes of doggy devotion are among the movie’s sweetest. A period of adjustment follows, with Max playing the over-protective parent until he learns to trust his own instincts, and the child’s own resilience. The story brings back neurotic Max and the sweet and sloppy Duke, with the doggy odd couple now welcoming another critter to their cozy Brooklyn home – their owners’ new baby. Opening on May 24 in the UK and Ireland, and June 7 in the US, and made for nothing but the moment, The Secret Life of Pets 2 should fill theatres nicely until the next children’s picture comes along. The film’s own mission – to capture the attention of a large number of small people, already done with Aladdin and looking for more fun – is less ambitious. It may not offer a new tale, but it certainly knows the joy of greeting happy, wagging ones. Now back with a sequel, the series once again sets talking dogs, cats and one very manic rabbit on a high-action adventure, this time fighting an animal-abusing circus owner. That is, unless those pet owners work as screenplay writers for The Secret Life of Pets franchise. Trading quips while battling brutal villains is probably not among their top guessthe seces.
86 mins.Įvery pet owner wonders what their little darlings get up to after they leave for work.
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