Meanwhile, back in the city, Snowball (Kevin Hart) the hyperactive bunny is recruited by a lapdog named Daisy (Tiffany Haddish) to help rescue a tiger from a mean Russian circus, which they accomplish only to be pursued by circus wolves. for reasons I can’t imagine) spends vacation with his humans at a farm, where a grizzled old farm dog (Harrison Ford) teaches him not to be so anxious and overprotective of his humans’ toddler-age son, Liam. In the main thread, terrier Max (Patton Oswalt, replacing Louis C.K. Like the TV show it very much wants to be, it has an A story, a B story, and a C story. But they and their good-natured adventures are amusing enough, and director Chris Renaud (of the “Despicable Me” series) keeps a light touch. These characters, mostly dogs and cats who live in the same New York City high-rise and can hang out together because their owners all leave their fire-escape windows open 24/7, aren’t terribly compelling or lovable, and I wouldn’t swear that all of them were in the first movie. This week’s other new movie, “Dark Phoenix,” feels like a TV show in a bad way, but “TSLOP2” feels like one in a good way, with a sitcom-structured plot (written by “Hop” and “Minions” scribe Brian Lynch) and a cast of characters that functions like a well-oiled machine. Coming on the heels of its shaky predecessor, “The Secret Life of Pets 2” is a mild, playful surprise with the confidence of a long-running franchise.
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