![]() Visually, a lot of scenes have been obviously composed for 3D. At the start of the film, both Max and Duke are rather nasty to each other, so it took me a while to warm to either of them as protagonists. does a decent voice acting job, although I think a lot of the secondary characters outshone him in that respect. So it's unfortunate that her entire motivation is based around desire for Max. In terms of female characters, Chloe the cat is a lot of fun, and Jenny Slate as Gidget the pomeranian was really strong. Personally I was fond of Tiberius the red-tailed hawk. On the positive side of casting diversity, the good guys did have Hannibal Buress voicing the dachshund - but with so many animal side-characters, not many get a lot of individual screen time. With the Black Lives Matter movement currently happening, having an antagonist (Kevin Hart) who stands out by sounding like a black gangsta. To me, this comes off as a xenophobia of "others". This happens a lot in films the bad guys are somehow culturally different from the main characters. The main cast is made up of predominantly white American actors, and the film's two main antagonists, Snowball the rabbit and a street cat named Ozone, are voiced by a black actor and a British actor respectively. It's very much like the studio's 2015 hit, Minions, in that respect. The humor is very fast-paced, so it doesn't let your attention span wander. There's a ton of momentum! The film is always going someplace, slowing down when it needs to, and the action and scenes are constantly evolving as the plot moves along. That's pretty much it - simple premise, simple story, nothing deep, and it's done well. Meanwhile, the other pets from the apartment building embark on a quest to find them, led by Gidget, a white pomeranian. Their conflict results in them getting lost in the city, avoiding animal control officers and a gang of abandoned pets led by an insane white rabbit named Snowball. ![]() One day she brings home a second dog, a huge, shaggy brown Newfoundland named Duke. Max (voiced by Louis C.K.) is a terrier who adores his owner, a young woman named Katie. The story starts in an apartment building in Manhattan. I went to a weekday early evening screening, and the theater was packed with about an equal mix of adults and kids. It's an entertaining comedy that's been doing quite well at the box office. The Secret Life of Pets is Illumination Entertainment's latest CG animated film offering, released on July 8, 2016. ![]() Your rating: None Average: 3.7 ( 18 votes)
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