Fresh
It is an incredibly simple yet irresistible idea for a movie. It's also exactly what you think it's going to be - no more, no less.
Christy Lemire, ChristyLemire.com
The Secret Life of Pets
Think this is what they do all day?
2016 · 1h 26m · PG
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
Directed by
Chris Renaud
,
Yarrow Cheney
Overview
The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
70%
Tomatometer
Fresh
There's something quietly therapeutic about spending 90 minutes with some nutty, heroic furballs on a hero's journey with very low stakes.
Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic
Fresh
The Secret Life of Pets is strong enough that parents won't fall into a catatonic state while watching it with their offspring.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
Draws on the universal experience of pet ownership to draw out the "awww" in all of us. But the film butt-scoots by on its premise. There's not much more going on, thematically or emotionally below the surface.
Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service
Fresh
As the owner of a Maine Coon I've weed-whacked into a goofy lion cut, I gulped when Snowball the bunny, a former magician's assistant, bellows, "All of us have suffered at the hands of man!"
Amy Nicholson, MTV
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