Ugh, frenetic and that’s about it, your favorite part of this film will be that it’s short. Little ones will likely enjoy the bouncy, faced-paced nature, but the 8 and over crowd will likely get bored with a rehashed story line and flat characters. Pets follows two dogs who inadvertently are separated from a dog walker and their way home. They encounter the predictable challenges through the streets of New York as they try to make it home to their owner. It’s pretty much Toy Story… If Toy Story had been bad and boring. Kevin Hart plays a fluffy bunny with mean streak who leads a band of abandoned pets, but Hart is neither believable nor funny. Pets completely wastes its star-powered voice talent. The pets may be off their leashes, but the actors never are, so Hart along with Louis C.K., Bobby Moynihan, and Eric Stonestreet are barely identifiable… and a far cry from the bar that’s been set by comedians like Robin Williams and Eddie Murphy in animation, when they fully develop characters and yet maintain their distinct brand of comedy. A lengthy product placement for another Illumination/Universal production, the equally uninteresting Sing, is a reminder that these two studios make the same sort of bouncy, banal, and boring kids flicks. They’re best skipped.