The Vidiot Reviews...

Rating: 6/10 (8 December 2016)

The Secret Life of Pets
If our pets had secret lives than high-end pet food retailers would already be exploiting that market.
Nevertheless, this animated adventure maintains this clandestine claim.
When his owner adopts a mutt (Eric Stonestreet), Max (Louis C.K.) wants nothing more than to remove the mongrel from his home.
But while attempting to ditch him the pair become embroiled in a string of altercations involving Animal Control, a gang of unwanted pets and a plot to wipe out humanity implemented by a tyrannical rabbit (Kevin Hart).
Lacking the laughs and emotional oomph of the more prominent cartoon creations, this 3-D computer animated Indy tries to emulate all of the big studio earmarks - celebrity voices, maudlin moments and pop music medleys – but fails to reach any real consistency that makes you care about these critters.
Incidentally, the only pets with real secret lives are those currently active on the dog fighting circuit.
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