--- title: 'The Secret Life of Pets (2016)' type: 'film' director: 'Chris Renaud' released: '2016-06-16' runtime_minutes: 87 certification: 'PG' genres: - 'Comedy' - 'Adventure' - 'Family' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-secret-life-of-pets-2016' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2709768/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Secret Life of Pets (2016) 2016 · PG · 87 min · Comedy, Adventure, Family · United States Part of: list of Illumination films ## Synopsis The Secret Life of Pets is a 2016 American animated comedy film directed by Chris Renaud and written by Brian Lynch, Cinco Paul, and Ken Daurio. Produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, and distributed by Universal, the film stars the voices of Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Jenny Slate, Kevin Hart, Lake Bell, Hannibal Buress, Bobby Moynihan, Dana Carvey, Ellie Kemper, Steve Coogan, and Albert Brooks. Taking place in New York City, the film's plot follows the relationship between a spoiled terrier named Max and a giant, unruly dog named Duke. It also follows what other pets do when their owners are gone for the day. ## Credits - **Director:** [Chris Renaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-renaud), [Yarrow Cheney](https://cinepixo.com/people/yarrow-cheney) - **Screenplay:** [Brian Lynch](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-lynch), [Ken Daurio](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-daurio), [Cinco Paul](https://cinepixo.com/people/cinco-paul) - **Original Music Composer:** [Alexandre Desplat](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandre-desplat) - **Producer:** [Chris Meledandri](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-meledandri) - **Editor:** [Ken Schretzmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-schretzmann) ## Cast - [Roger Craig Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-craig-smith) as Sullivan - [Laraine Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/laraine-newman) - [Lake Bell](https://cinepixo.com/people/lake-bell) as Chloe - [Robert Downey Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-downey-jr) as Jack - [Bobby Moynihan](https://cinepixo.com/people/bobby-moynihan) as Mel - [Louis C.K.](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-c-k) as Max - [Eric Stonestreet](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-stonestreet) as Duke - [Dana Carvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/dana-carvey) as Pops - [Matthew Broderick](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-broderick) as Steve - [Kevin Hart](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-hart) as Snowball - [James Woods](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-woods) as Michael - [Jaime Camil](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaime-camil) - [Bette Midler](https://cinepixo.com/people/bette-midler) as Anna - [Chris O'Donnell](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-o-donnell) as Ralph - [Jenny Slate](https://cinepixo.com/people/jenny-slate) as Gidget ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.thesecretlifeofpets.com/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-secret-life-of-pets-2016 Film facts: Wikidata (Q18844656); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.