"The Secret Life of Pets" is dedicated to all dog lovers, cat lovers, bird lovers, adorers of plump hamsters and grunting pigs, and especially to those who are crazy about rabbits. These people, once in the auditorium, will laugh from beginning to end, sometimes interrupting only to catch their breath and get rid of stomach colic. However, those who are not so familiar with the habits of animals, have never watched their behavior and reactions to certain phenomena, will in any case be fascinated by this energetic, hysterically funny and slightly romantic view of what pets do, as soon as the owners close the front door.
Studio Illumination Entertainment, home of the mega-successful Despicable Me franchise, has built its reputation on sprightly, inventive, but superficial cartoons, not striving, unlike the main competitors in Pixar, to break through or sort out complex human (and not only) relationships. "The Secret Life of Pets" in this regard follows on the heels of its predecessors. Or is it better to say, is stepping on the same rake? It is a relaxed spectacle, engaging in action so successfully that time flies by, leaving an amazing void in the soul at the end.
This story is about the happy dog Max, whose mistress Katie interrupts his comfortable life one fine day when she drags into the house a huge unshorn tramp Duke. Between two opponents, seriously differing in weight, a serious battle is unfolding for attention and place in the sun, which in this case is clean bedding and food. The fight ends with the fact that both Max and Duke find themselves on the street, without collars, surrounded by beggars-cats, suspiciously looking like gopniks in behavior, and a terrorist rabbit, white, but not at all fluffy.
Rabbit Snowball and fat cat Chloe outshine all other animals as soon as they appear on the screen. They are similar to each other: both are independent, generally kind souls, a little suffering from indifference and lust for power. The writers were clearly not indifferent to them. Despite the fact that they try to distribute the timing, giving each character due attention, there are too many animals in New York for everyone to have time to reveal themselves. It can be seen that numerous heroes are quickly getting cramped within the screen. The action begins to jump from one group to another, tying everyone into a chaotic, ill-conceived ending.
The cartoon is stuffed with funny, laughing at the habits of animals with episodes with the participation of completely passing characters. However, these scenes do not bring anything fundamentally new to the movie, but take time away from more important pets to the story. So, for example, they forgot about the poor parrot half-way, adding him as a companion to all the adventures, but at the same time never allowing him not only to be heroic in them, but even to take part in them. time trying to gobble up one of the minor characters, and Pops, a phlegmatic paralyzed dog, obsolete partying in the house of its constantly absent master. It is impossible to deny the Illumination animators their ability to create original, mesmerizing characters, which are so interesting to watch that you forgive even the plot roughnesses.
There are many of the latter in the movie. It often seems that the action hangs up for the sake of endless far-fetched jokes due to the lack of proper story, which could fill the entire two hours with action. The director Chris Reno sometimes seems to pursue the trademark Pixar tragedy, in one moment getting as close as possible to a tearful allusion to the famous moment from "Toy Story 2", but instantly pushing it away, being distracted by other things. Reno does not focus on the dangers in which the heroes find themselves,
Enough here and definitely more adult humor, hardly appropriate for young children. The European basis affects not only the fabulous representation of New York, drowning in bright mesmerizing colors and as if built from Lego bricks by not the most practical child. The Secret Life of Pets has a poignant, very French, somewhat inappropriate side, which supplies the movie with toilet-character humor, annoying cruelty and reckless savagery of some scenes, as far from even cartoon realism as the Statue of Liberty is from the Eiffel Tower. Adults will definitely get no less buzz from this cartoon than children, although you should seriously think about the moral influence on young brains before buying a ticket for a session. For comparison, you can use "Minions", spin-off "Despicable Me" is just a little dirtier than "The Secret Life of Pets".
Music by Alexander Desplat noticeably loses in cheerfulness and pressure to Taylor Swift's song "Welcome to New York", which from the very first instantly charges with a positive that does not leave the audience until the credits. "The Secret Life of Pets" is not a movie that promotes modern cinema or allows you to look at yourself as an example of contemporary art, but it is a beautifully animated, funny and observant movie that knows how to make a unique brand out of its own stupidity, judging by all the results, it is quite satisfying and adults and children. The music of Alexander Desplat is noticeably inferior in cheerfulness and pressure to Taylor Swift's song "Welcome to New York", which from the very first moments charges with a positive that does not leave the audience until the credits. "The Secret Life of Pets" is not a movie that promotes modern cinema or allows you to look at yourself as an example of contemporary art, but it is a beautifully animated, funny and observant movie that knows how to make a unique brand out of its own stupidity, judging by all the results, it is quite satisfying and adults and children.The music of Alexander Desplat is noticeably inferior in cheerfulness and pressure to Taylor Swift's song "Welcome to New York", which from the very first moments charges with a positive that does not leave the audience until the credits. "The Secret Life of Pets" is not a movie that promotes modern cinema or allows you to look at yourself as an example of contemporary art, but it is a beautifully animated, funny and observant movie that knows how to make a unique brand out of its own stupidity, judging by all the results, it is quite satisfying and adults and children.
The Topic of Article: Review of the cartoon The Secret Life of Pets. Animal History.
Author: Jake Pinkman |
