![]() Ford’s character essentially stigmatizes mental illness and dismisses treatment as a made-up sign of weakness. Rooster shames Max for going to therapy and wearing a medical collar to prevent him from scratching himself out of stress. Making matters worse, Harrison Ford is cast as Rooster, a hyper-masculine shepherd dog brazenly teaching Max how to toughen up. It serves as an aesthetically refreshing oasis in a desert of mostly bland CG animation. This section of “Pets 2” includes a 2-D animated segment that showcases Snowball’s adventures as a crime fighter. Wearing a shiny outfit, the bunny vows to help small dog Daisy (an underused Tiffany Haddish) rescue a tiger from a circus run by heavily accented, Eastern European, clichéd bad guy Sergei (Nick Kroll). Meanwhile, former villain Snowball (Kevin Hart) believes himself a superhero. To achieve this, she partners with dismissive cat Chloe (Lake Bell), but in no way can “Pets 2” possibly pass the Bechdel test. Not surprisingly, her driving motivation for doing this is her dream of marrying and having a family with Max, not unlike Katie’s life in the human world. Quickly, once Max’s stress about protecting the boy is established, the narrative fragments into three separate stories that give us the sense of watching an episodic series.Īs Max and big dog Duke (Eric Stonestreet) travel to the countryside with their family, Pomeranian Gidget (Jenny Slate) is tasked with taking care of Max’s favorite chew toy, a busy bee. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That trope is later reinforced through the pet characters.Īlthough initially jealous of Katie’s son, Liam, Max (now voiced by Patton Oswalt after disgraced comedian Louis CK was ousted from the part) soon discovers the kid is not his enemy but a loving companion and his responsibility. In this fictional universe, that’s clearly the only natural progression of events in a woman’s life. “Pets 2’s” descent into the bowels of what reads as conservative messaging begins as Katie (voiced by Ellie Kemper), Max’s owner, randomly meets a young man, quickly marries and has a child. ![]()
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