Although failure originality, Illumination proposal is fun and its theme, irresistible.
Read review Jessica Oliva"It's a healthy film, funny and full of strongly magnetic visual dynamism."
Read review María CaballeroAn affable adventure with a strong voice cast. What it lacks in originality, it claws back with strong visual gags and a witty script.
Read review Jonathan PileRenaud dishes out some decent gags during the opening reels, especially when introducing us to the other pets in Max?s building.
Read review Jordan MintzerThe 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.
Read review Peter Debruge"As it progresses, The Secret Life Of Pets starts to overreach dramatically, and loses some of its charm in the process".
Read review Katie RifeBut for the most part, this is laser-targeted at younger cinema-goers, with its action sequences cued up one after the other, like a YouTube playlist.
Read review Robbie Collin