Extremely funny throughout! 7/10

Rating: 7/10 (8 January 2017)

Review: It's not very often that these animation creators get the mixture of adult and children's humour right, which is why I really enjoyed this movie. The various characters were well put together and the plot had more than enough twists, to make it interesting throughout. The Bunny, voiced by Kevin Hart, cracked me up, and I was quite impressed with the attention to detail. The story is based on a little Jack Russell named Max, who is loved by his owner, Katie but when she brings home a mongrel called Duke, Max feels that he is invading his space. After Duke tries to become friends with Max, he decides to use a fearful approach so he isn't taken back to the pound. Duke then tries to abandon Max in an alley but they are both attacked by some vicious alley cats, who steal there collars and leave them to be caught by pest control. On the way to the pound, a little bunny, Snowball, breaks his friend free from the van, and he frees Duke & Max and takes them to his secret hideout. They soon realise that Snowball is the leader of a gang, called the Flushed Pets, and after proving that they are worthy to join the gang, they have to go through a initiation, by getting bitten by a viper. As Max & Duke are not willing to get bitten, they flee the secret hideout, mistakenly killing the viper, so Snowball vows to kill them, with the help of the Flushed Pets. Meanwhile, Gidget, a dog who lives in the same apartment block as Max and has a crush on him, becomes aware that Max is missing, so she gathers the other animals in the block, to try and find Max. Whilst on the run, Max & Duke try to find Dukes owner, but Duke is captured by the pest control again, along with some of Snowballs crew, so they join forces to rescue them. Its quite a crazy story, which does go from one instinct to another but it's an joyful ride, which has an emotional ending. It does take some time to get going, but once Duke and Snowball come on the scene, it really is non-stop to the end. I'm looking forward to the sequel, which is due out in 2018. Enjoyable!
Round-Up: Coming from the stable who brought you the Minions and Despicable Me, I'm not surprised that this movie nearly made a Billion dollars at the box office, and the mini movies on the disk were also a joy to watch. The movie was directed by Chris Renaud, who brought you No Times For Nuts in 2006, the great Despicable Me in 2010, The Lorax in 2012 and Despicable Me 2 in 2013. I'm surprised he didn't direct the Minions movie, which went to Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin but it was still a good film without the creator of the franchise. The plot in this movie, is pretty complex compared to a lot of other straight forward animated movies, and the vibrant colours and various animals, really made me appreciate the amount of work that went into this project. I just hope the sequel lives up to my expectations!
Budget: $75million Worldwide Gross: $875.4million
I recommend this movie to people who are into their animation/adventure/comedies, voiced by Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Jenny Slate, Ellie Kemper, Albert Brooks, Lake Bell, Dana Carvey and Steve Coogan. 7/10