The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 15 nominations
Louis C.K.
- Max
- (voice)
Eric Stonestreet
- Duke
- (voice)
Kevin Hart
- Snowball
- (voice)
Jenny Slate
- Gidget
- (voice)
Ellie Kemper
- Katie
- (voice)
Albert Brooks
- Tiberius
- (voice)
Dana Carvey
- Pops
- (voice)
Hannibal Buress
- Buddy
- (voice)
Bobby Moynihan
- Mel
- (voice)
Chris Renaud
- Norman
- (voice)
Steve Coogan
- Ozone
- (voice)
- …
Michael Beattie
- Tattoo
- (voice)
Sandra Echeverría
- Maria
- (voice)
- (as Sandra Echeverria)
Jaime Camil
- Fernando
- (voice)
Kiely Renaud
- Molly
- (voice)
Bob Bergen
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
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- TriviaDuring the park scene in the beginning Gru from Despicable Me (2010) is seen walking his dog Kyle in the background.
- GoofsDuring the opening montage of the various pets acting up while their owners are out, Mel is shown barking at a squirrel that is in a tree outside his window. At the end of the movie as the camera zooms away from the building, Mel is shown jumping around one floor below Max's apartment, which is 7-8 stories up. There is no tree outside of Mel's window (or any tree at all).
- Crazy creditsIn the mid-credits scene, Buddy and Mel attend what they think is a costume party at Leonard's house. Buddy dresses up as a Barbaloot from Dr. Seuss' The Lorax and Mel is dressed up as a Minion. The party is interrupted when the owner returns.
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Starts off amazingly...then quickly loses momentum
"The Secret Life of Pets" is a very successful film from Universal, the same folks who brought us the "Despicable Me" franchise. While I am thrilled that the studio decided to do something other than yet another sequel, "The Secret Life of Pets" is a highly uneven movie.
The story starts off terrifically well. The opening sequence is simply breaktaking--with some of the best CGI you'll ever see. I was very impressed with this...as well as watching all the various pets acting like pets. However, the film simply did not maintain this momentum. Once the two dogs, Max and Duke, got lost...so did the story. The notion of human-hating animals living in the sewers and stealing dog pound trucks is pretty stupid....and unappealing. Instead of being cute like the film had been, it tries to get edgy and it misfires. In other words, and this will sound weird, the film was much better when it had little in the way of plot (one of the reasons I loved "Minions" is because it was less wedding to plot and more to fun). Overall, an uneven film that becomes somewhat tiresome after a while.
The story starts off terrifically well. The opening sequence is simply breaktaking--with some of the best CGI you'll ever see. I was very impressed with this...as well as watching all the various pets acting like pets. However, the film simply did not maintain this momentum. Once the two dogs, Max and Duke, got lost...so did the story. The notion of human-hating animals living in the sewers and stealing dog pound trucks is pretty stupid....and unappealing. Instead of being cute like the film had been, it tries to get edgy and it misfires. In other words, and this will sound weird, the film was much better when it had little in the way of plot (one of the reasons I loved "Minions" is because it was less wedding to plot and more to fun). Overall, an uneven film that becomes somewhat tiresome after a while.
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- planktonrules
- Aug 7, 2018
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Untitled Pets Movie
- Filming locations
- New York City, New York, USA(All the action of the film)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $75,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $368,623,860
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $104,352,905
- Jul 10, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $894,567,999
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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