The Secret Life of Pets

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From Illumination Entertainment, the company responsible for unleashing the Minions upon the world, The Secret Life of Pets is an animated comedy directed by Chris Renaud and Yarrow Cheney. The voice cast features a whos-who of comedy talents including Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Steve Coogan, Ellie Kemper, Bobby Moynihan, Lake Bell, Dana Carvey, Hannibal Buress, Jenny Slate, and Albert Brooks.

For one bustling Manhattan apartment building, the real day starts after the folks on two legs leave for work and school. The building’s top dog, Max (C.K.), a quick- witted terrier rescue who’s convinced he sits at the center of owner Katie’s (Kemper) universe, finds his pampered life turned upside down when she brings home Duke (Stonestreet), a sloppy, massive mess of a mongrel with zero interpersonal skills. When this reluctant canine duo finds themselves out on the mean streets of New York, they have to set aside their differences and unite against a fluffy, yet cunning, bunny named Snowball (Hart), who’s building an army of pets who’ve been abandoned by their owners and are out to turn the tables on humanity.

“What I wanted to do was to portray pets in this very contemporary way,” says Renaud. “I also liked playing with this funny, very real idea that when you leave your dog, even if you come back 20 seconds later, they act like you’ve been gone for 24 hours.”

The Secret Life of Pets is rated G.