No SPOILERS warning since this movie came out nearly two years ago.
Unfortunately, both of us hated The Secret Lives of Pets. Genius Kid called it a rip-off of Bolt. I thought it ripped off Toy Story. And the bunny Snowball looked exactly like Hoodwinked's Boingo. Needless to say, neither of us were impressed.
Illumination Entertainment did such a wonderful job with the Despicable Me series. However, this was an incredible disappointment. Derivative. No surprises. No heart. Nothing original about this story whatsoever. Seriously, when Kevin Hart can't save your movie, it's bad.
So very, VERY bad.
Not even bad in a good way. Neither GK or I can figure out how this movie was one of the highest-grossing films of 2016.
The sequel has been announced, and Harrison Ford has been cast as Max, replacing Louis CK who lost the job after a rash of sexual misconduct allegations. As much as I love Harrison, I don't think I can force myself to watch The Secret Lives of Pets 2.
Overall, I have to give this film 0 stars out of 10.
Yeah, Jim and I saw it in the theater and it was just sort of... meh. [shrug] We usually like doggy/pets type movies, but this was disappointing. It's like they figured their gimmick had enough widespread appeal that they didn't need to do any work beyond coming up with said gimmick. And if it was such a high-grossing movie, I guess they were right.
ReplyDeleteIt'll be interesting to see how the sequel does.
Angie
Nice to know it wasn't just us.
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