But the movie has many more marketable characters it wants to use. The farm storyline gives purpose to Max, Duke, and the humans. He has to wear a cone for the family’s trip to a farm, where he meets a gruff herding dog (Harrison Ford) with a different approach to… parenting, basically. He takes the role seriously, so seriously that he’s beginning to hurt himself with anxiety attacks whenever he thinks Liam might be in danger, which is constantly. Max and Liam get along fine, and Max has even assumed the role of protector for the toddler. Skipping over the part where Max worries about the owner’s attention being divided like it was with Duke is the film’s second brilliant decision. Max (now voiced by Patton Oswalt in the film’s first brilliant decision) was at first worried that Liam would turn his world upside down, but has come to realize that he’s turning it upside down for the better. Not long after the first movie, Max and Duke’s owner (Ellie Kemper) got married to loving schlub Chuck (Pete Holmes) and the two had a baby named Liam. Now comes a sequel that does not need to be saved by Kevin Hart (of all people), it’s funny at every turn. Fortunately, that movie was saved by its supporting players, especially villainous bunny Snowball (Kevin Hart).
I remember that the main story about cozy domestic dog Max (Louis C.K., a bad casting choice at the time and an even worse one in hindsight) having his world turned upside down by overbearing rescue Duke (Eric Stonestreet) and the two having to learn to cooperate and share did nothing for me. I just barely enjoyed 2016’s “The Secret Life of Pets.” The cutesy animated movie about house pets had to scratch and claw its way to a Two and a Half Star rating (now a B-) from me.
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