The Secret Life of Pets

Cute critters — with well-rendered fur and feathers — have abundant life of their own.

Maybe Illumination and Universal should look at why Pixar succeeds instead of just ripping them off and regurgitating the leftovers.

The film [is] loud, colourful, frantic in pace, but less than the sum of its parts.

It's co-directed by Chris Renaud, who co-directed the Despicable Me movies. It doesn't rise to that level, but it's still full of fun for young children.

After the first ten minutes I was incredibly excited to discover where the lot of them were going to take things next. I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up.

The Secret Life of Pets plays to animal lovers in the audience without offering up much original story.

A Forgettable experience that is only held up with cute animals

Squanders its enormous potential by turning out to be just one more animated effort about plucky heroes embarking on a journey/mission.

...an aggressively juvenile comedy that alienates the viewer virtually from the word go...

... a buddy movie for the littlest ones that waters down its initial potential with a conventional and emotionless story. [Full review in Spanish]