Though they've surrendered infallibility, Pixar remains the gold standard that most animation studios aspire to. Fellow stand-up icon and middle-aged guy Patton Oswalt takes over, picking up his most significant voice acting gig since Pixar's Ratatouille. The lead role of protagonist and narrator Max, a Jack Russell Terrier, has been recast, following the fallout of Louis C.K.'s misconduct scandal made public in late 2017.

The Secret Life of Pets 2 opens tomorrow, three years after its predecessor. Naturally, the question about a sequel wasn't 'if' but 'when' and now we have our answer. That summer 2016 release inched past Despicable Me 2 at the box officeĪnd was no slouch internationally, finishing not far from the billion or so grossed worldwide by Minions and Despicable Me 3. Overall, an uneven film that becomes somewhat tiresome after a while.The thing everyone immediately associates with Illumination are the Minions of Despicable Me, but actually the studio's highest-grossing film domestically is The Secret Life of Pets. In other words, and this will sound weird, the film was much better when it had little in the way of plot (one of the reasons I loved 'Minions' is because it was less wedding to plot and more to fun).

Instead of being cute like the film had been, it tries to get edgy and it misfires. The notion of human-hating animals living in the sewers and stealing dog pound trucks is pretty stupid.and unappealing. Once the two dogs, Max and Duke, got lost.so did the story. However, the film simply did not maintain this momentum. I was very impressed with this.as well as watching all the various pets acting like pets. The opening sequence is simply breaktaking-with some of the best CGI you'll ever see. While I am thrilled that the studio decided to do something other than yet another sequel, 'The Secret Life of Pets' is a highly uneven movie. 'The Secret Life of Pets' is a very successful film from Universal, the same folks who brought us the 'Despicable Me' franchise.

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