There's something of a racket when it comes to animated theatrical children's movies. You have a successful movie, there are the inevitable sequels, milking the gags and the familiar characters until all the joy has been rotted out. Fortunately this, the second movie in the inevitable at-least-a-trilogy, hasn't reached that point. The characters are still fresh, and doing absurd things that in context make sense. A couple of new characters show up, like the human baby Liam, whose fragility causes Max the dog's anxiety, and Rooster, a confident Welsh sheepdog voiced by Harrison Ford. Also Gidget the Pomeranian becomes Queen of All Cats.
Because this is aimed at children -- or, more accurately, the parents of children -- there are some morals, and they are good ones.
I had a good time watching this. Once. I feel some sympathy for the parents whose kids will keep this on constant loop.
Because this is aimed at children -- or, more accurately, the parents of children -- there are some morals, and they are good ones.
I had a good time watching this. Once. I feel some sympathy for the parents whose kids will keep this on constant loop.