The Secret Life of Pets

2016 Directed by Chris Renaud

Think this is what they do all day?

The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.

Albert Brooks Kevin Hart Ellie Kemper Hannibal Buress Lake Bell Eric Stonestreet Louis C.K. Jenny Slate Bobby Moynihan Dana Carvey Steve Coogan Tara Strong Chris Renaud Michael Beattie Sandra Echeverría Jaime Camil Kiely Renaud Jason Marsden Mona Marshall Brian T. Delaney Bill Farmer Jan Rabson Ken Schretzmann John Kassir Danny Mann Jim Ward Tyler Werrin Bob Bergen Jim Cummings Show All…

Alternative Titles

Jeta sekrete e kafshëve, Die geheime lewe van troetel diere, The Secret Life Of Pets 1, The Secret Life of Pets 3D, Pets - A Vida Secreta dos Bichos, Comme Des Bêtes : 1

animation family adventure comedy

87 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

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Review by Todd Gaines ★★½ 26

When their owners leave for the day. The pets come out to play.
Yup, this is a movie. All I remember is there's a fat pussy, a large wiener, a piggy covered in tats, a croc, a snake, some angry bird, a punk rock poodle, an illusion to an orgy, a dog in a wheelchair, stupid humans, silly cellphones, literally, a sausage party, sewers, NO SLEEP TILL BROOKLYN, dog piss, bunny shit, Kevin Hart going all Boyz n the Hood, a boat, a hairless kitty, dog kisses, water, and murder talk.
If you're seven, go see this. Nothing stands out when it comes to the animation. Zootopia walks all over this one. Fuck, I pretty much forgot the movie already. Forgettable fluff.
Review by Steve G 🇵🇸 ★★★ 11

This is already dated because it has a scene in Central Park and there weren't hundreds of berks trying to catch a Vaporeon.
Review by SilentDawn ★½ 11

30/100
The Secret Life of Pets doesn't work as a movie. If you want to debate the basics, I can indeed confirm it is a series of moving images projected digitally to a crowd of human individuals, all varying in height and weight, but that's besides the point. A cinematic feature should at least maintain that standard. But beyond a rhythm of construction, of pure movie tissue, The Secret Life of Pets fails as soon as the training wheels are taken off. Even the prolonged marketing - utilizing the first five minutes of the film as their template - couldn't make sense of it, probably because they realized that any sort of narrative progression or character development is nonexistent besides…
Review by adrianbalboa ★★★ 3

i cannot believe that cat-phobic movies are still being made....it is OFFENSIVE and INACCURATE and CATS 👏 ARE 👏 NOT 👏 THE 👏 ENEMY 👏
Review by Lucy ★★ 1

i wasn't really paying attention but anyways i would die for jenny slate's voice alone
Review by DirkH ★★ 7

So in the Netherlands we do this weird thing. We throw chocolate sprinkles on our bread. Don't ask me why, we just do. We smother a slice of bread with butter so the sprinkles will stick, pour a mountain of chocolate sprinkles on top of it, cover it with another slice of bread and Bob's your uncle, sandwich heaven according to us Dutchies.
I remember only having the option of pouring dark chocolate on my bread when I was a kid. Later we got milk chocolate and even later still we got the epitome of chocolate sprinklyness, a mixture of white and milk chocolate. It was a luxury of Michelin star proportions.
And then the Funnies came.
A Funny is…
Review by Gonzo ★★ 1

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A poor man's poor man's Toy Story.
Two and a half stars for the underused hawk struggling to suppress his predatory urges.
Review by russman ★★★ 4

Chew Toy Story
Review by Wesley R. Ball ★★★

From Illumination Entertainment, the animation studio that invaded nearly every home in America with the giant yellow tictacs from Hell, comes The Secret Life of Pets, a film that starts out with a neat concept that grasped everyone's attention with its clever teaser trailer, then somewhat stutters into a severely generic story that never misses a standard beat. The entire teaser trailer is literally the beginning of the film, which is something I can greatly appreciate, since the trailers really didn't give too much of the film away. There's enough to see here that hasn't been shown in the trailers, fortunately, and while there are plenty of genuine moments, the film undoubtedly caters towards the kids in a more exclusive…
Review by Tay ½ 11

siri, how do i get back the hour and a half of my life wasted watching this
Review by Mario ★★★ 8

Toy Story but make it pets instead of toys. Also make it worse. It is kinda hilarious tho.
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6.5/10
Review by James Haves ★★½ 6

It's not good, but it's not awful. Didn't laugh much
But I gotta say I really hate how self-congratulatory Illumination is getting. One or two cute easter eggs referring to your other films is fine, but when you have an entire short dedicated to the Minions, then two incredibly blatant references to Despicable Me and the Minions, and then make what is essentially an ad for your own film that hasn't been released yet also in there, you start to look a tad conceited.
Just...stop it guys. You aren't Pixar. No one cares.

Recent reviews

Review by yasmin ★

this movie is cat-phobic 👎
Review by JerryBear ★★★

I want a fat cat
Review by EudamusHD ★★

Boring. The sausage dog is funny.
Review by tdizzy ★★★½

This is a cute movie but after watching it I have had the intense suspicion that my dog is living a double life.
Review by MattyD04 ★★★★

Been a rough day for the boy. A total of a 30-minute nap all day leads to a cranky kid. So, instead of watching the same Elephant Disney+ movie for the 20th time this week, we tried The Secret Life of Pets and we all loved it. Just the right length so it keeps kids' attention and parents don't get bored. I'm not a big Kevin Hart guy, but I thought he was great in this. Replacing Louis CK in the second one seemed like an easy decision, his voice is pretty inconsequential in this and Patton Oswalt has more character and a better voice anyway. I laughed quite a few times, and overall would recommend it.
Review by Helen Cottingham

I wanted to love this movie and instead I was underwhelmed.
Review by Krisztian Streit ★★★

its not a secret anymore
Review by emma ★★★

i’m so hungover i think i cried like 3 times...not sure why
Review by Ebony Organ ★★

Cute
Review by jsshields ★★★

6/10

My bunny is secretly Kevin Hart...?
Review by janelsharman ½

i remember being so excited to watch this after the trailer came out but 5th grade me was so disappointed when i actually watched the movie. ok i’ll stop now
Review by Elizabeth Rambo ★★★

Light entertainment for a fun evening with friends.