There is also a short before the main film, and it features the studios most famous characters. This might not do as well in the box office as originally expected. But with so many other animation studios delivering much stronger films at the moment, this could be forgotten sooner than you think. It is definitely the studio's best film since Despicable Me. But on the whole I had a fairly good time watching this. The character designs were strong, and I can see them being sold well as merchandise. The action was entertaining if not a bit over the top at times. On the technical side, the animation looked really nice and fitted the tone well. They were not good enough to be memorable, but not bad enough to be negatively criticised. was well cast as the lead and gave us a character you could root for. Kevin Hart played his character really well, and had some nice laughs. Jenny Slate continues to do well in her voice work and I felt she gave the strongest performance.

I think it might have peaked too soon and everything else felt inferior. It was still moving a long nicely, the characters were being solidly developed and the story rounded off pretty well. Thankfully, it was not that bad at all on the whole. It was starting to lose its feet, and the gags were getting a bit too much. However the longer the film went on, the slightly sillier it was getting. It was introducing the characters well, there were some solid laughs and they were setting up the story nicely. The first third of the film was its strongest part. For me, I was pretty satisfied with what I saw. The marketing has been pretty good and trailer suggests a good time at the cinema. Now we have what many people are hyping as their best feature since Despicable Me, in the form The Secret Life Of Pets. After starting really well with Despicable Me, it has seemed to have made OK flicks such as Hop, The Lorax, Despicable Me 2 and Minions. The latest one is Illumination Entertainment. With the animation genre in such a golden age, more and more studios are starting to drop their name into the mix.

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