In a completely out of nowhere extra plot, hyperactive bunny Snowball (Kevin Hart) gets pulled into a mission to save a snow tiger cub.
Back at home, Gidget (Jenny Slate) has lost Max’s favourite toy and has to, for complicated reasons, learn to pass as a cat to retrieve it. Storyline: Taking place in a Manhattan apartment building, Maxs life as a favorite pet is turned upside down, when his owner brings home a sloppy mongrel named Duke. A holiday to a farm makes him panic constantly about the child’s safety, but he’s given some lessons in letting go by a gruff old hound (Harrison Ford, surprisingly making his animation debut). Max, the highly strung Jack Russell (now voiced by Patton Oswalt instead of Louis C.K.) is stressed by the arrival of a human baby in his family. It opts for a bit of a hotchpotch structure, jumbling together a few stories that are individually fun, even if they don’t knit together very cleanly. The inevitable sequel – the first made over $875 million worldwide – scrabbles around a bit to find something new to explore. It was a good set-up, mined for a lot of strong visual gags, but it was a joke that stretched its potential even over 90 minutes.
The first Secret Life… film was a cute, prettily designed comedy about what animals get up to when their owners are out.
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