The Secret Life of Pets 2's reviews
Media reviews
Variety
It?s unusual for a typical Illumination broad comedy to include a heartrending message that makes parents feel less alone in their very real, visceral struggles. It?s just cloaked in a shenanigans-soaked romp about what pets do when humans aren?t looking.
Indiewire
The sequel remains charming, beautifully animated, and often incredibly funny, but there?s a sense that writer Brian Lynch realized Max?s story needed a lot more padding this time around.
The Washington Post
Despite its humor ? and despite some genuinely aww-inspiring moments ? 'The Secret Life of Pets 2' is kind of forgettable. Rooster sums it up best with this no-nonsense assessment: ?Some stuff happened. Now it?s over.?
Screen Crush
The writing as well as the sprightly character animation captures the spirit of these creatures at their absolute best and hilarious worst in a way every dog owner can recognize and relate to. When the film sticks to that, it works.
Entertainment Weekly
As 86-minute kids? movies go, 'The Secret Life of Pets 2' is shockingly padded. It?s the same old dogs with no new tricks.
The Hollywood Reporter
It isn?t that the sequel, directed by the returning Chris Renaud and again boosted by an energetic voice cast, doesn?t deliver on the genially amusing, if disposable, fluff ? it?s just that the shtick-heavy storytelling proves even more undernourished than it was for the first outing.
The Wrap
Effectively acts as an animated ode to heteronormativity, toxic masculinity and patriarchal worldviews, passed off as harmless plot points to entertain young audiences.