A piece of vapid schlock riding the tide of catchy previews.

Rating: 1/10 (11 July 2016)

This movie has nothing more to do with exposing a "secret life of pets" than any of the dozens of other movies with talking animals. It's just another uninspired "quest to save the missing animal" movie.
Characters are one dimensional. The plot and the antagonists are totally contrived and flimsy. The old cliche's of "girl is tougher than she looks", and "never noticed the true love next door" are sprinkled in between jokes that stereotype cats as stuck up and anti-social, dogs as dumber than squirrels, and people - where to start with the people - every human character in this film is so underdeveloped that they make Andy in Toy Story 1 look like Hamlet.
These prop extra humans exist in a total fabrication of reality where a 20-something who dresses like she might be a day care worker or a dental hygienist can afford and apartment in Manhattan a dog, AND brings home dog number two without a second thought. Cost of owning a 100 lb. dog in NYC - oh, who cares, it'll all work out.
Kids will like this movie, but they'll "love" pretty much any movie with cute talking animals. Save your money on this film and expand their view of movies with a classic "getting home" movie like "Homeward Bound" instead...