The Secret Life of Pets 2

2019 86 min ★ 6.9 Animation, Comedy, Family, Adventure

Max the terrier must cope with some major life changes when his owner gets married and has a baby. When the family takes a trip to the countryside, nervous Max has numerous run-ins with canine-intolerant cows, hostile foxes and a scary turkey. Luckily for Max, he soon catches a break when he meets Rooster, a gruff farm dog who tries to cure the lovable pooch of his neuroses.

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Cast

Patton Oswalt

Max (voice)

Kevin Hart

Snowball (voice)

Eric Stonestreet

Duke (voice)

Jenny Slate

Gidget (voice)

Tiffany Haddish

Daisy (voice)

Lake Bell

Chloe (voice)

Nick Kroll

Sergei (voice)

Dana Carvey

Pops (voice)

Ellie Kemper

Katie (voice)

Harrison Ford

Rooster (voice)

Details

Director

Chris Renaud

Tagline

"They still have their secrets."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$80,000,000

Revenue

$429,434,163

Production

Universal Pictures, Illumination

Reviews

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SWITCH.

June 8, 2019

★ 5/10

‘The Secret Life of Pets’ is a weird franchise; I don’t see kids really walking around with Max plushies, nor do I see stories filled with toys from the movie. The original unexpectedly made all this money and so now we have this generic film. There are many, many worse films you could show you children if they like animals - it’s a harmless 90 minutes and its not like their aren’t laughs. I just ...

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GenerationofSwine

January 12, 2023

★ 5/10

I usually do the thing where I just give films 10 stars if they are fun and 1 star if they aren't...but Pets was just OK, so I'm taking the middle path. And really, it's getting 5 instead of one because of Rooster, who gets the only real laughs in what are scenes that are basically ripped straight out of City Slickers... only with dogs. He even has a few stories that will be infinitly quotable....

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Dr_Nostromo

January 1, 2026

★ 7/10

68/100 Unlike the first film, which was basically one grand adventure, this one is broken down into 3 mini-adventures, led by the dogs, Max & Duke, the dog, Gidget, and the dog, Daisy & the rabbit, Snowball. These stories then converge for the big finale. But just like the first one, it is laugh-out-loud funny. Not as intricate but still obviously written for those that have spent their lives l...