Not as funny as I expected

Rating: Null/10 (15 July 2016)

I expected this movie to be funny and cute since it was billed as being about what pets do when their owners aren't home. There were some funny parts to it but there was also a large part of the movie that was very dark. Abandoned pets living in sewers and out to kill other pets, gang initiation by snake bite, and other things really took away from the humor in this movie for me. Most modern children's movies do have a few scary scenes with mean characters but are otherwise light and entertaining. "The Secret Life of Pets" seemed to give too much time to the gloomy scenes and not enough to the funny parts for me and my teenage daughter to enjoy. This is definitely not one I would watch again or recommend for small children.