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. It wouldn’t take very much tinkering to make this film seem very savage indeed.Dir: Chris Renaud, Jonathan del Val. The animals here may look cuddly enough but the film hasn’t hidden their feral qualities altogether. Everything in the world of The Secret Life of Pets 2 is so bright and shiny that we don’t immediately register that we are watching puppies pooping in boots, babies eating the dog food and cats vomiting up rodents. It’s a deceptive affair, far more anarchic and subversive in its humour than its more infantile moments would suggest. This may be a film aimed primarily at the kids but it has plenty of jokes to amuse the adults as well. There’s a wonderful scene in which Max goes to the vet (who turns out to be a shrink for animals) and encounters hamsters with manic depression and dogs with personality disorders. However, they talk and think like humans.
The animators have clearly studied the way they sniff, scratch, screech and claw the furniture in minute detail. The cats and dogs really do behave like cats and dogs. One of the most ingenious facets of the film is the way it mingles the animal and the human elements.
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