Sure, it's making a lot of money, but it's still just an alright movie. It's a shame that this wasn't Illumination's breakthrough. However, I appreciated some of the film's humor, animation, and the research that went into the mannerisms of the pets. Nothing about this film was thought or emotionally provoking. I wasn't impressed with most of the characters. As a dog and cat owner, I appreciate the humor/realism that went into the pets, and they reminded me of my own pets.Īs a whole, this a cute, but flawed film. They were spot on with how dogs, cats, birds, etc. I admire how much the creators of the film did their research on not just dogs, but most pets people keep. Which leads into the next thing I liked about this. I was particularly impressed with how they animated water, and the mannerisms of the pets. I do have some positive things to say about this film. Minions may make Illumination money, but not many people care about them anymore. They also had one of the dogs in Secret Life wear a Minions costume, and I just rolled my eyes. No experimentation with the animation or characters. The short that came on before Secret Life of Pets was just stupid. I won't mind seeing them in Despicable Me 3, since we'll only get small doses of them, but having them constantly shoved in our faces is getting annoying. They got old when their own movie was made. I don't hate any of them, but they were pretty generic. As for the rest of the characters, they didn't really interest me. That bunny may be cute, but he's totally psychotic. He managed to make me laugh multiple times as Snowball. I personally prefer him doing voice work than him in live action films. As for Snowball, I'm not a big fan of Kevin Hart, but he really did a great job for his first animated film. Gidget was just plain adorable, and hilarious. Gidget and Snowball were the ones that really shined, though. However, the only characters that made me laugh/I enjoyed were Gidget, Snowball, Tiberius, and Pops. Duke was just another lovable big guy who may be a bit slow. Max is just another typical good guy that just wants a good life. This really bothers me, since as I said, this scene had potential to be emotionally provoking. Duke is just fine with his owner being dead, and living with a new owner and Max. He just gets mad at the family that moved into the owner's home before getting caught by animal control. Second, Duke barely reacts to this, despite the movie going out of its way to show us a montage of him with his owner. A random cat just gives the news to Duke. Anyway, Duke finds out that his original owner had died, which could've led into an emotional scene, like in Finding Dory when Dory was made to believe her parents were dead. One of the different things that was thrown in had potential to be a really emotional scene. A few different things were thrown in, but as a whole, the story was pretty predictable. I feared that the plot would be predictable, and it definitely was. Right when I saw the trailers, I was reminded of Toy Story with the plot. Unfortunately, Secret Life of Pets just ended up being another okay movie for me. The one that would have the best animation, story, characters, emotions, etc. Hearing how much people loved Secret Life of Pets gave me a bit of hope that perhaps this movie would be Illumination's breakthrough. I don't mind any of their films, but I feel like they're not as innovative as certain other animation companies.
Now, I've never loved Illumination's movies, but I've never hated them either. Reviewed by meshjoy 7 / 10 Cute Movie, But A Bit Over-hypedĪfter hearing people praise this movie, and seeing how much it was advertised, I was curious to see this. Maybe you'll enjoy it - there certainly are more than a few positive reviews here - but it's not one that I'll watch again (unlike some of those Pixar and Disney movies which stand up to repeated re- viewing).
It actually did seem to have more of a Saturday morning cartoon feel than a feature-length film feel. Maybe it was targeted only at young kids, and maybe young kids will enjoy it more. The movie clocked in at less than an hour-and-a-half, but seemed much longer. It drew laughs at a couple of points, but mostly my reaction was "yeah, that was much funnier when (fill in movie here) did it". The gags are cliché, the characters are very flat and rehashed at best, boring at worst. (In spite of the fact that it borrows liberally from these movies, and certain Disney classics.) Don't know if it was just a "me too" money grab, or if the writers/producers intended to convey more depth, and just missed. Unlike some of the better Pixar animated feature length films (like Finding Nemo and Toy Story) there's really not much here. Reviewed by stageneral 4 / 10 Not much here
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