Not that there’s anything wrong with these particular animals, apart from the fact that they all look just a little bit off, as if someone took the runt of each litter and pumped them full of Cheez Whiz. The formula may be familiar, but the personalities are completely fresh, yielding a menagerie of loveable - if downright ugly - cartoon critters banding together to help these two incompatible roommates from ending up on the streets.īased on an original idea by Illumination honcho Chris Meledandri, “Pets” is the studio’s most accomplished feature, from both a story and animation standpoint, tapping into an endlessly expandable core concept - which could conceivably be repeated ad infinitum, ideally with an entirely new domesticated ensemble each time out. In what may as well be Illumination’s answer to “Toy Story,” “ The Secret Life of Pets” imagines how domesticated animals behave while their owners’ backs are turned, concentrating on a dynamic where newly adopted dog Duke (“Modern Family” star Eric Stonestreet, in the Buzz Lightyear role) disrupts the balance in a household where Max ( Louis C.K., as the Woody equivalent) had previously been his human’s best friend.
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