The truth of the matter is the summary and even the film’s very title come awfully close to ripping off Pixar’s classic Toy Story, from the idea that we don’t know what our toys/pets do while we’re gone to the “new guy who causes ripples on the pond” dynamic. It’s nearly the pound for the pair of them before a little white fluffy rabbit (Kevin Hart), leader of an underground pet resistance, decides they’re worthy of initiation and sets them free. The action ensues when the two canines do their best to rid themselves of the other, ultimately leading to a risky feline showdown in a back-alley.
In this one we follow along on the exploits of Max (Louis C.K.), a pampered terrier living the comfortable life in a New York building until his owner adopts Duke, a giant rescue dog who unwittingly upsets the balance of Max’s domestic environment. Universal literally owes this company for putting their CG animated film game on the map.
Following in the profitability trend, this one turned its $75-million budget into $875.5-million at the box office. Enter The Secret Life of Pets, Illumination’s 6th film, released July of 2016. Since then every single film Illumination has made can claim similar profits and the company is showing no signs of slowing. What resulted was their turning a $69-million budget into $543.1-million at the box office. Fortunately, however, Universal Pictures had the presence of mind to take a chance on Illumination and Illumination had the presence of mind to include a bunch of little yellow spheres in cover-alls in their super villain animated movie. It’s entirely possible that had Illumination’s first film been anything other than the Minion-charged Despicable Me back in 2010, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.
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