It is an incredibly simple yet irresistible idea for a movie. It's also exactly what you think it's going to be - no more, no less.
– Christy Lemire,
ChristyLemire.com,
26 Jul 2016
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There's something quietly therapeutic about spending 90 minutes with some nutty, heroic furballs on a hero's journey with very low stakes.
– Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
10 Jul 2016
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The Secret Life of Pets is strong enough that parents won't fall into a catatonic state while watching it with their offspring.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
9 Jul 2016
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Draws on the universal experience of pet ownership to draw out the "awww" in all of us. But the film butt-scoots by on its premise. There's not much more going on, thematically or emotionally below the surface.
– Katie Walsh,
Tribune News Service,
8 Jul 2016
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As the owner of a Maine Coon I've weed-whacked into a goofy lion cut, I gulped when Snowball the bunny, a former magician's assistant, bellows, "All of us have suffered at the hands of man!"