![]() And now there is baby Liam in the house – whom Max (Patton Oswalt) is at first jealous of and then soon enough, extremely protective of. In the second instalment, there is a new dynamic thrown into the mix as Max’s owner Katie (Elle Kemper) falls in love, gets married and has a baby – all in quick succession. We met Max and saw through his adjustment trials of living with his new companion in the house, the very big and fluffy Duke (Eric Stonestreet). REVIEW: 2016’s animated flick ‘The Secret Life of Pets’, set in New York, was the cute inside story of what pets were up to back home when their owners headed out to work. Not to mention that the outlandish circus subplot with its pointy-nosed Russian villain also feels a bit outdated in a film that’s otherwise so urban and contemporary.STORY: Katie’s pet dog Max has new fears to face as she now has a new member in the house, her baby Liam! Plus, a lot more that’s happening on the pets front in the other apartments, that adds another dimension. Some of us humans could use an anxiety cone, and there’s nothing wrong with that. The pets are essentially animal extensions of their owners, so it feels a bit icky when Rooster scoffs at Max’s anxiety cone and essentially teaches him to shake it off. If you dig too far into the litter box of “The Secret Life of Pets 2,” you’ll find some turds when it comes to the message. The audience positively howled while kitty Chloe (Lake Bell) taught Gidget the precise technique for butt-rubbing a coffee cup and stamping a laptop in a typically feline manner. “The Secret Life of Pets” scooted by on premise alone, and with the sequel, animal lovers will adore the cutesy depictions of pet peccadillos. Gidget (Jenny Slate) has to learn the Way of the Cat to infiltrate a cat lady’s apartment and retrieve Max’s favorite toy, while Snowball (Kevin Hart) and newcomer Daisy (Tiffany Haddish) go on a mission to rescue a tiger cub from an abusive circus. Meanwhile, Max’s pals in the city tangle with some gnarly cats. ![]() The family takes a vacation to a relative’s farm, where the neurotic city dog Max learns some lessons about tough love and bravery from a gruff cattle dog, Rooster (Harrison Ford). ![]() It takes some convincing, but soon Max is hopelessly devoted to Liam. It was bad enough when new dog Duke (Eric Stonestreet) came along, but now Katie’s married with a kid, Liam. Patton Oswalt now lends his voice to Max (replacing Louis C.K.), Katie’s sweet pup. The sequel, written by Brian Lynch and directed by Chris Renaud and Jonathan del Val, sticks to the formula, but it’s a bit looser, exploring several little subplots before tying the vignettes together with, of course, a harrowing vehicular chase (Why do all talking animal movies culminate with animals dangerously operating cars in urban areas?). It all coalesced into a great big, wild adventure. Every morning, when their owners left, the animals would reveal their true nature, incongruous or not (head-banging poodle, gangster bunny, etc.) and gather with their pals, hopping from fire escape to fire escape. If you’ve seen the first movie, you get it.Īside from plumbing the personalities of cats and dogs and bunnies for humor, the first film imagined a whole wild world of adventure for the apartment-bound pets of New York City. In the sequel to the animated hit, “The Secret Life of Pets 2,” it’s more of the same, but with babies and toddlers thrown into the mix. The key to the appeal of “The Secret Life of Pets” is that the filmmakers understand the lovable quirks and characteristics that make our furry friends who they are.
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