![]() ![]() Even the millions of cats in the apartment's crazy lady’s house are shown to be quite tame. There was much more personality to the pets in the last one but here, everyone is shown to be all good, all caring. So there are hardly any surprises there as well. Then, the relationships between the various animals are already sorted out. ![]() We are thrown into the midst to the action straight away and that can be a deterrent for the first time viewers. ![]() Here, the director has assumed that since a major chunk of the viewers already knows the backstory and the idiosyncrasies of the major characters, there is no need to dwell on them. There was much more happening in the film, the pace never slacking. Through Snowball, who was shown to be an abandoned pet, the film dwelt in the themes of acceptance and inclusion. They made mistakes and learnt from them, becoming better in the process. ![]() The animated animals looked adorable but had the human qualities of anger, jealousy, as also kindness and love in abundance. What set the first film apart was its novelty. Max and Duke learn to live with a baby as their owner gets married, they learn some life lessons in a farm from a wise sheepdog Rooster (Harrison Ford) and also get to rescue a Tiger from a cruel circus owner in the bargain. The second film continues the adventures of this merry set of friends. Apart from the cutesy dogs, the film introduced us to such characters as Snowball (Kevin Hart), a rabbit who is keen on fighting, and Gidget (Jenny Slate), a Pomeranian in love with Max. The first film told us how dogs Max (Patton Oswalt) and Duke (Eric Stonestreet) became the best of friends following one set of misadventures after another. ![]()
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