As for the rest of the characters, they didn't really interest me. That bunny may be cute, but he's totally psychotic. He managed to make me laugh multiple times as Snowball. I personally prefer him doing voice work than him in live action films. As for Snowball, I'm not a big fan of Kevin Hart, but he really did a great job for his first animated film. Gidget was just plain adorable, and hilarious. Gidget and Snowball were the ones that really shined, though.

However, the only characters that made me laugh/I enjoyed were Gidget, Snowball, Tiberius, and Pops. Duke was just another lovable big guy who may be a bit slow. Max is just another typical good guy that just wants a good life.

This really bothers me, since as I said, this scene had potential to be emotionally provoking. Duke is just fine with his owner being dead, and living with a new owner and Max. He just gets mad at the family that moved into the owner's home before getting caught by animal control. Second, Duke barely reacts to this, despite the movie going out of its way to show us a montage of him with his owner. A random cat just gives the news to Duke. Anyway, Duke finds out that his original owner had died, which could've led into an emotional scene, like in Finding Dory when Dory was made to believe her parents were dead. One of the different things that was thrown in had potential to be a really emotional scene. A few different things were thrown in, but as a whole, the story was pretty predictable. I feared that the plot would be predictable, and it definitely was. Right when I saw the trailers, I was reminded of Toy Story with the plot. Unfortunately, Secret Life of Pets just ended up being another okay movie for me. The one that would have the best animation, story, characters, emotions, etc. Hearing how much people loved Secret Life of Pets gave me a bit of hope that perhaps this movie would be Illumination's breakthrough.

I don't mind any of their films, but I feel like they're not as innovative as certain other animation companies. Now, I've never loved Illumination's movies, but I've never hated them either. After hearing people praise this movie, and seeing how much it was advertised, I was curious to see this.

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