The Movie is OK, but no Oscar Contender

Rating: 6/10 (18 July 2016)

Overall Grade: C
The Secret Life of pets definitely has some funny and entertaining moments. Some of the characters are quite funny. I especially enjoyed Kevin Hart's and Jenny Slate's characters and their respective performance. However, considering the other cast, I was expecting this movie to be much funnier. It had a few chuckles, but that was it. The animation is of decent quality, though not at Disney/Pixar levels. However, the biggest failings comes from the plot. It borrows so many plot points to the point of the movie feeling like a blatant ripoff without adding any of its own, so the movie as a whole was relatively boring and predictable. It is definitely an improvement over Minions, but nowhere near as good as Despicable Me 1 and 2. Considering the amazing animated movies that have come out so far this year (Zootopia and Finding Dory), and the animated movies that look amazing and are being released soon (Kubo and the Two Strings and Moana); you probably won't be finding this on any of the Oscar shortlists.