so so at best

Rating: 5/10 (9 July 2016)

i really like good animated movies. this is just so-so. the first 15 minutes or so is very good when introducing the characters and the story concept - what our pets do when we the owners are away. lots of humor. cute story line and most of what all of the ads show - the best part of the movie. I don't know if this is a spoiler but when Max and Duke get mixed up with the sewer animals, the story line goes from stupid to absurd. it's almost like there were different groups doing the story line for different parts of the movie and then the hodge-podged it together. the concept is good and cute and potentially very funny. the way the story wanders from the original concept really drags it down. I was really disappointed in the end product. I did laugh at times, there were some cute funny moments - but for every funny scene or line, there were a multitude more that were not. it's not a terrible movie, it's just not very good either.