Genuine charm. Pets let their hair down.

Rating: 7/10 (9 July 2016)

Animated fun. Ever wonder what your pets do when you leave? Discipline is caste to the wind. This feature reflects what happens when New York City apartment-dwellers shut the door to go to work. One owner, Katie (Ellie Kemper), leaves her terrier mix named Max (Louis CK), to his usual mundane day of guarding the door waiting on her return. Katie comes home with a huge shaggy dog, rescued from the pound. Now Max reluctantly has a brother named Duke (Eric Stonestreet). The pair are not quick to make friends. But Max and Duke get loose from their dog walker and soon are lost in the big city. Soon it will be manic, and at times, laughable scampering and scooting as a mean-spirited rabbit, Snowball (Kevin Hart), doesn't want the lost dogs in his territory.
Cinematography and animation is top notch. The story line is simple enough and has the right amount of action to please viewers of all ages. Very little obligatory "potty" humor. This feature from Illumination is directed by Yarrow Cheney and Chris Renaud.
Other featured voices include: Jenny Slate, Lake Bell, Dana Carvey, Mel Brooks, Bobby Moynihan, Steve Coogan and Hannibal Buress.