Max’s life is pretty perfect!īut wait … What about all the scary things outside their perfect family and life? Liam, this lovable bundle of sweetness, is defenseless. And Max’s family is once again perfect, too. Nope, it’s … Max’s kid! Little Liam isn’t so scary anymore. This is no longer just any fur-yanking kid. One day, though, this abysmal thing toddled up to Max, put its arms around his cringing terrier neck and whispered, “I wuv you, Max.” And like a lightning bolt out of the blue, everything changed. This horrible, ravaging monster was the worst, and it ruined everything about Max’s perfect family. It yanked at Max’s ears and plucked at his eyes. But this little creature was something terrible, something awful, something really scary. And, well, then their family was just about perfect.Įxcept then good-ol’ lovable, adorable, wonderful Katie went out and found something else and brought it home. And the next one she found was a big oversized human named Chuck. And then their family was just about perfect.Įxcept, well, you know Katie, she’s always picking up strays. When his beloved owner, Katie, first adopted the oversized hound Duke and dragged him into their humble home, for instance, Max wasn’t so sure it was all gonna work out. But that life has always been kinda scary, too. This sequel is a slight departure and most likely will result in those camps switching their opinions.Max is a lovable terrier with a pretty perfect life. People who watched the original The Secret Life of Pets generally fell into two camps: those who loved it and those who found it to be average (and maybe a little too scary). Haddish proves once again that she's the perfect foil to Hart, and their chemistry creates lots of laughs while also showcasing their unique sense of teamwork. The other team is led by Snowball ( Kevin Hart), who, believing he's a superhero because his child owner dresses him as one, is given a mission by a new dog, shih tzu Daisy ( Tiffany Haddish). Pomeranian Gidget ( Jenny Slate) must recover a coveted toy from a nest of cats, which means going undercover as a feline - complete with training from the aloof and seditious puss Chloe ( Lake Bell). Meanwhile, the pets who are left behind get involved in two different rescue missions, which are even lighter on messages and heavier on humor.
Parents will get that the film is contrasting different kinds of parenting, but to make it more kid-relatable, Max says that the lesson is about embracing change - even though that message doesn't exactly match up with the story.
SECRET LIFE OF PETS MOVIE RATING FULL
At the farm, Max - who's full of anxiety about the baby's safety - meets gruff, tough older dog Rooster ( Harrison Ford), who herds cattle with ease and isn't having any of Max's overcautiousness. This animated sequel is basically a reworking of City Slickers, but that's the beauty of making movies for kids: Old stories are all new to them. For kids, though, the main moral of the story is to face and embrace the changes life inevitably brings.
Messages for parents revolve around Max's anxiety about keeping his owner's toddler safe his helicopter ways are questioned by a dog named Rooster ( Harrison Ford), who's more of a let-them-get-hurt-and-learn kind of canine. And there's a scene in which a cat is high on catnip. Language includes "pissed," put-downs ("jerk," "idiot," "stupid," etc.), and potty humor ("turd"). Animals punch and throw knives at one another, and a bad guy is hit by a car, but no one is ever really injured. The dark humor and peril are toned down from the original, with more of a shift to slapstick violence that's meant to be funny.
A subplot has Snowball ( Kevin Hart) and new dog Daisy ( Tiffany Haddish) working together to rescue an abused tiger from a Russian circus that has menacing wolves and a cartoonishly villainous lion tamer. It continues the story of Max (now voiced by Patton Oswalt) as his owner gets married and has a baby. Parents need to know that The Secret Life of Pets 2 is the sequel to the 2016 animated comedy about what pets do when their humans aren't home.
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