Rooster’s barnyard instructions to timid Max and bumptious Duke on the art of doggy derring-do makes for a few chuckles, as does an attempt by fat cat Chloe (Lake Bell) to teach skittish Pomeranian Gidget (Jenny Slate) how to fake it as feline. They suggest the filmmakers believe most viewers will watch these shenanigans on a smartphone, likely handed to them by the parents or grandparents nodded to by the soundtrack’s many baby-boomer song choices - would you believe Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon and Jefferson Airplane?Ī couple of loose plot threads stir modest interest in the movie’s brisk 86 minutes. There’s no real story continuity here, other than scene-setting marriage and mommyhood for Kate (Ellie Kemper), the owner of Max and Duke.Īlso worth noting are the many character close-ups.
He could just as easily be describing this latest factory issue from the ’toon technocrats of Illumination ( Despicable Me, Minions), who make amusements that are as momentarily enticing and as intellectually deficient as a box of Timbits.Ī more accurate title for this sequel by directors Chris Renaud and Jonathan del Val would be More Stuff About Cute Pets and Kids. He’s talking to the movie’s erstwhile canine leads, Max (Patton Oswalt) and Duke (Eric Stonestreet). “Stuff happened now it’s over,” Harrison Ford’s voice intones in The Secret Life of Pets 2, as his barnyard-dog character Rooster breezily sums up a perilous adventure. Directed by Chris Renaud and Jonathan del Val. Animated comedy featuring the voices of Patton Oswalt, Kevin Hart, Harrison Ford, Eric Stonestreet, Jenny Slate, Tiffany Haddish, Lake Bell, Ellie Kemper, Hannibal Buress and Bobby Moynihan.
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