Unoriginal story, beautiful graphics, and tired tropes: a perfect children's movie.

Rating: 5/10 (24 August 2016)

There was a toy that belonged to a human. They have a very special relationship, as they spent every waking minute together, except when the owner's not home. Things start to change when the human brought home a new toy. The older toy starts to feel replaced and jealous as the human spends more time with the new toy. The toys got into a quarrel and got themselves separated with the rest of the toys. Now, the toys must bond and form a plan in order to return home. Meanwhile, the other toys frantically searches the city for their friends. Will they be able to find them? Will the toys make it in time?
What I just described to you is the plot of Toy Story.
And this movie has more or less the same plot. Just replace the word "toy" with "pet".
I read somewhere that there was this thing called "praise sandwich", where you first praise someone's work, criticize them to death, and then end the critic with another layer of praise. I'm gonna do the same thing, except I'm gonna call them "critic sandwich".
The graphics in this movie were absolutely beautiful and radiant. There were some unexpected scenes, and some language that shouldn't be heard by children. Jenny Slate deserves another praise for the voice acting she's done, as she's excelled in Zootopia.
However, with the tired tropes and generic soundtrack, this movie just fell flat. It was good entertainment, nothing great, nothing mind-blowing, nothing awesome, just there to kill the time.