The Secret Life of Pets (2016)

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

Directors:

Chris Renaud, Yarrow Cheney (co-director)

Writers:

Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio

Stars:

Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart

4 wins & 15 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Louis C.K.	...	Max (voice)
Eric Stonestreet	...	Duke (voice)
Kevin Hart	...	Snowball (voice)
Jenny Slate	...	Gidget (voice)
Ellie Kemper	...	Katie (voice)
Albert Brooks	...	Tiberius (voice)
Lake Bell	...	Chloe (voice)
Dana Carvey	...	Pops (voice)
Hannibal Buress	...	Buddy (voice)
Bobby Moynihan	...	Mel (voice)
Chris Renaud	...	Norman (voice)
Steve Coogan	...	Ozone / Reginald (voice)
Michael Beattie	...	Tattoo (voice)
Sandra Echeverría	...	Maria (voice) (as Sandra Echeverria)
Jaime Camil	...	Fernando (voice)

Storyline

In a Manhattan apartment building, Max's life as a favorite pet is turned upside-down, when his owner brings home sloppy mongrel Duke. They must put their quarrels aside when they learn that adorable white bunny Snowball is building an army of lost pets determined to wreak revenge.

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Plot Keywords:

rodent | animal | frog | fight | betrayal | 

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Taglines:

From the humans behind Despicable Me

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for action and some rude humor

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jenny Slate and Louis C.K. previously appeared on Parks and Recreation (2009).

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Goofs

When Max is waiting for Katie to return and sitting in front of the door near the beginning of the movie, you can see a coat rack on the wall to the left of the door with a blank wall above it. Later, the guinea pig Norman comes through an air vent that has miraculously appeared above the coat rack.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Max: [narrating] I've lived in this city all my life. I'm Max. And I'm the luckiest dog in New York because of her. That's Katie. Katie and I, well, we have the perfect relationship. We met a few years ago and, boy, let me tell ya', we got along right away. You know, it was one of those relationships where... where you just know.

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Crazy Credits

In the mid-credits scene, Buddy and Mel attend what they think is a costume party at Leonard's house. Buddy dresses up as a Barbaloot from Dr. Seuss' The Lorax and Mel is dressed up as a Minion. The party is interrupted when the owner returns.

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Connections

Referenced in Good Girls: A View from the Top (2018)

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Soundtracks

Good Day
Written by Alan Wert, Vito Tisdale, Melvin Adams, William Hughes
Performed by Nappy Roots
Courtesy of Interscope Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

The best bits are all in the trailer

The trailer was looking promising. Lots of laughs and clever humour. Hopes were high as the trailer for Zootopia was inciting and that film did not disappoint. However, Secret Life of Pets turned out to be a fizzer. Excessively violent for a children's film, not funny or clever and really rather odd. The characters are not developed which means that the audience doesn't particularly care what happens on their quest. The stand out of the film is the husky little white fluffball of a dog. I think this film is aimed at children, though the guy down the row from me was certainly laughing a lot (while I was taking power naps). Not the same caliber as Despicable Me.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA France Japan

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 July 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Untitled Pets Movie

Box Office

Budget:

$75,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$104,352,905, 10 July 2016

Gross USA:

$368,384,330

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$875,457,937

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Illumination Entertainment, Dentsu

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS Auro 11.1 Dolby Atmos DTS (DTS: X) 12-Track Digital Sound Dolby Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1