The Secret Life of Pets 2
Universal Pictures | Release Date: June 7, 2019
6.2
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Generally favorable reviews based on 111 Ratings
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yusepAug 11, 2019
Well executed, but the script lacks cohesion. The first movie had a good script , this second one are 3 stories that blend in an artificial way. The history with Max is the best one and could have been a good script if it was focused in thatWell executed, but the script lacks cohesion. The first movie had a good script , this second one are 3 stories that blend in an artificial way. The history with Max is the best one and could have been a good script if it was focused in that area, but then they had to artificially add the other stories to be able to include more animals.
It is worth watching if you have kids ( like myself ) but avoid to go alone.… Expand
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5
spongeswiftJun 12, 2019
Illumination's three way split storylines don't work. In this movie I found myself getting so bored, what made these characters work was being together and without that I just was not satisfied. Tiffany Haddish's voice work is super good butIllumination's three way split storylines don't work. In this movie I found myself getting so bored, what made these characters work was being together and without that I just was not satisfied. Tiffany Haddish's voice work is super good but she barely had enough time to shine, I felt the same way with Chloe a recurring character. Overall I think the way the 3 storylines tied together was lousy and rushed. Good characters took the backseat to lousy ones like Kevin Hart's Snowball. At least Harrison Ford did good.… Expand
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5
DubeauAug 16, 2019
The first movie was a bit better in terms of humor. This time around the story divides itself into splits subplots. Somehow it breaks the action and rhythm of the movie. And the humor is a bit conventional. I give it 50%. As an adult IThe first movie was a bit better in terms of humor. This time around the story divides itself into splits subplots. Somehow it breaks the action and rhythm of the movie. And the humor is a bit conventional. I give it 50%. As an adult I couldn't finish this movie. Maybe kids would love it more.… Expand
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4
MetaisaacJun 15, 2019
If you skip this i wouldn't blame you. This movie is very mediocre. You wouldn't be missing much if you skip this movie.
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5
thegldtAug 7, 2019
I understand this movie is all about the pets, but damn were those parents irresponsible as heck.
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5
djniceyOct 9, 2019
Its passable as a sequel and watchable but its pretty uninspired and derivative, its a sequel-by-numbers and nothing you havent seen before. Nice entertainment for the kids, but pretty average.
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5
TyranianMar 4, 2020
Pretty lame excuse for a film, very mildly entertaining but extremely derivative.
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5
Compi24Jun 11, 2019
This follow-up to the 2016 mega-success finds director Chris Renaud ditching the more traditional -- and admittedly familiar -- narrative stylings of the predecessor in favor of a more vignette-centric approach. Sort of. NarrativelyThis follow-up to the 2016 mega-success finds director Chris Renaud ditching the more traditional -- and admittedly familiar -- narrative stylings of the predecessor in favor of a more vignette-centric approach. Sort of. Narratively speaking, this movie is confused, to say least. Instead of focusing on one throughline for the entirety of the film's running time, we focus on one for the majority of act one, three in act two, and then back to one in the final act. It's an odd, scattershot way of framing whatever this movie's trying to say, ultimately muddling the experience down to a dramatically bare slog at times. The animation is great, sure, but beyond that? Not much remains.… Expand
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4
miccaelJul 29, 2019
Boring for adults. Maybe good for kids. The "teaching" behind it is that you grow up and instead of shielding from dangers of the world, you embrace it. Good but executed in a weird 3-part mini-stories that 1) tells you circus is bad, 2)Boring for adults. Maybe good for kids. The "teaching" behind it is that you grow up and instead of shielding from dangers of the world, you embrace it. Good but executed in a weird 3-part mini-stories that 1) tells you circus is bad, 2) makes you think you need to outsmart "other kind" by becoming them 3) you need to grow up by listening to adults.

Also why the villain sounds like Gru?… Expand
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5
JPKJun 20, 2020
Huge Disappointment
While The Secret Life Of Pets 2 still has a great cast (Hart and Ford in particular) and some funny moments here and there, It’s plot structure and writing are a complete and utter mess. The Max plot is actually wellHuge Disappointment
While The Secret Life Of Pets 2 still has a great cast (Hart and Ford in particular) and some funny moments here and there, It’s plot structure and writing are a complete and utter mess. The Max plot is actually well written and should have been the only plot of the film, The Snowball plot was eh, The Gidget plot however was badly written and completely pointless. Plus, Where’s the romance between Max and Gidget that was established at the end of the first film? This sequel seems to completely ignore that. Though 65% of the humor is decent and the Max plot was interesting, The Secret Life Of Pets 2 is a massive disappointment.… Expand
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6
AltMetalJun 15, 2019
As much as I liked and enjoyed the film, I can't help but feel that it could've been so much better. For one, the film's story at the beginning feels very centered around Max, but later on the story gets split up into three. And then near theAs much as I liked and enjoyed the film, I can't help but feel that it could've been so much better. For one, the film's story at the beginning feels very centered around Max, but later on the story gets split up into three. And then near the end of the movie, all three of them join back together again. I would've preferred for a story centered around Max's character and then have a few supporting characters to fill in for that one story, something I think The Queen's Corgi might be able to achieve once I watch that. As it stands, The Secret Life of Pets 2 is an above average film with a lot of lost potential.… Expand
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6
TomtagJun 8, 2019
The First Secret Life of Pets had been a Toy Story Movie…with pets and I’m not satisfied with that but how the story went like was fine and I actually wasn’t disappointed. And this year, we have the sequel. Yeah, that’s right, there’re moreThe First Secret Life of Pets had been a Toy Story Movie…with pets and I’m not satisfied with that but how the story went like was fine and I actually wasn’t disappointed. And this year, we have the sequel. Yeah, that’s right, there’re more new characters and also new bad guys coming. The sequel was a bit disappointing to me. This time, Max started to be different. The original voice of Max changed to another actor and when I hear the different voice, I found it laughably bad for example: “Rooster: Are you afraid? Max: No, No I’m Not!”
I could see the difference and it’s negative. The other casts acted like pets as well: they did little talking, especially Kevin Hart, most of his screentime, he kept screaming like a bunny trying to be Captain Snowball. He went like: ‘YAAAAAAAA!’ but he still kept the humor we all wanted. When it got the vet scene, the other animals went like chaos, especially the hamster in the wheel and the grey cat with green eyes. Moreover, many characters in here which were kinda main in the first movie and now they just switched roles like Gidget, she was one of the main characters in 2016 but in here, she played a minor role. She didn’t even have that much screentime and all she did was just being a catdog. Let’s talk about Indiana Jones playing the Rooster. Ford did good at that role but the problem is that he also didn’t have enough screentime and there’s one scene that I felt they had to make the dog say goodbye to Max and Duke before they leave the farm. That scene was carelessly handled. Duke was also the ones who switched role to minor and so was Pops. He taught young dogs how to be…dogs. These characters switched their roles in a horrible way and I was disappointed. The villains here didn’t have enough screentime either. We had the first movie to be like Toy Story and now The Secret Life of Pets 2 looked like Toy Story 2 with an adventure outside their owner’s house and Stinky Pete looked like the Circus guy which was a bad guy. Most of the scenes are literally boring and they had a slight piece of entertainment in here. Most of the scenes here had the kinds of rap or pop music which didn’t match them, not even a sound just like the first trailer, they had this “Walk it Out” song which I felt really annoyed and I thought the first trailer was horrible. They also had this bad idea to turn Katie and her husband’s child named Liam to be a dog. He wanted to dig, to pee and various things Max and Duke could do. I really think these people could do better than just switching roles without knowing the result, screaming all the time. If I was in this movie, I would say “If y’all want to get Crazy, we can get Crazy!”. Everyone’s acting like chaos is in New York and the humans did not know it (well some did). This is also one of the disappointing sequels I saw this year.

Ratings: 5.9/10… Expand
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6
sassydragonJun 30, 2019
It has too many storylines, making the movie a bit disjointed. Could've created 1 nice awesome storyline instead of splitting into 3 parallel stories. But overall, it's hilarious.. especially snowball
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6
ryanechoDec 24, 2019
This is one of those movie where "you get what you pay for." If you know what I mean.

Also hearing "Panda" in this movie, even though sung by Kevin Hart felt like a war flashback. I forgot about that song, thanks for reminding me.
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6
AnimaDraws2DSAug 28, 2020
Pets 2 is good enough, even with the thin plots and alright humor.

My Score: 63
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5
silverQ1Aug 27, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The plot was wery boring, bad that there were no adventures and the main villain.… Expand
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