Fun for all and free for all action!

Rating: 9/10 (31 August 2016)

For anyone with a sympathy for animals, pets or otherwise, this movie fills the bill with fantastic animation of fur, wings, and scales. I was thrilled and delighted with it from start to finish, and the setting of NYC makes for backdrops both colorful and dangerous. For example, the colors of the trees and magical quality of the river's waters highlight the doings of the pets. Speaking of pets, it was fun to see all sorts and not just cats and dogs. Tarantulas, snakes, pigs and birds all came in for their share of attention. The voice acting was superb. Louis C.K. came across as an Everydog, waiting patiently yet anxiously for the return of his human friend each day. The upstart dog shakes up his world. My son and I traveled some distance to see this film and were not sorry. A TV show from Dreamworks, Penguins of Madagascar, is set in NYC so the action bits of leaping onto bus bumpers for transportation and showing one animal driving using the steering wheel while another pushes the pedals made me LOL in recognition.