Sunday 30 October 2016

The Secret Life Of Pets Movie Review and Digital Download Guide with iTunes Giveaway

The secret life of pets is an animated family movie from Universal pictures, and is released on released on Digital Download tomorrow Monday 31st October. The movie tells the tale of Max and Penny and a host of family pets. Max is abandoned and Penny finds, and rescues him. She takes him home and they spend the next few months getting to know each other and keeping each other company in the flat.


One day Penny brings a new dog home from the pound, Duke. Max is very jealous and decides he needs to get rid of Duke, but it goes wrong and both Max and Duke find themselves lost.

Max and Duke need to find their way back home, but are being watched by the evil fluffy white bunny Snowball and his ragtag gang of escaped pets. They encounter several adventures along the way, including nearly drowning after Duke is taken by the Animal-Catcher, and the van has an accident on the way to the pound.

The animation is lovely, with detailed backgrounds and plenty of action. There is a fantastic voice cast including Louis C.K., Kevin Hart, Eric Stonestreet and Ellie Kemper, and the characters have plenty of personality. It's a very funny film and my boys loved it. They laughed out loud throughout, and we were all smiling. It really is a great family movie for Sunday afternoon smiles.

To promote the release of The Secret Life Of Pets on Digital Download, Universal Pictures have come up with a guide for parents who want to download movies safely with their children, but maybe aren't sure where to start (click on the image to enlarge it).
 

 Digital Downloads mean you don't have a disc which can be lost, broken or scratched, your entitlement to watch the movie is stored online in your account, and can be accessed by you on any compatible device, at any time. Your children can be watching Secret Life Of Pets in the back of the car or the hospital waiting room just as easily as they can in their own lounge.

If you are a fan of The Secret Life Of Pets, or just like to guess what animals are thinking, then there is tons of fun on The Secret Life Of Pets website, where you can 'create your own pet', watch videos and download printables, play games and much more.

The Secret Life of Pets is available on Digital download from 31st October, courtesy of Universal Pictures UK, including from Amazon.

To celebrate the release, Universal Pictures have a £15 iTunes voucher to give away to one of my readers. Entry to the UK ONLY giveaway is by Gleam form below, and it will end at midnight Sunday 27th November after which no further entries will be possible.

To see my other giveaways, or for advice re. using Gleam, please see my giveaways page...

The Secret Life Of Pets £15 iTunes Giveaway



105 comments:

  1. I don't have any pets but could imagine them jumping all over the furniture :D

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  2. I am at home all day so it is rare that our chihuahua is left on her own, and if she is, it is only for a very short time as she is small enough to sneek in places in her carry bag. She never gets up to mischief and I assume she just sleeps in her bed because that is always where she is when I return - looking like she has just woken!

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  3. I think my cat Tinkerbell has a pee on my bathroom mat...or so my hubby says but hmmm Im not sure thats the case with 2 boys and one man in the house

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  4. Well I should of spent the extra time doing something useful but I have to be honest I stayed in bed & slept for another hour! :)

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  5. our 2 doggies and the cat seem to sleep when we are out, if they could get into the fridge and freezer I am sure they would eat everything and anything.

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  6. The only think George my dogs do is my on my bed and go to sleep!

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  7. My dog likes to climb all over the furniture and beds and hide anything useful like phone, remotes and slippers.

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  8. My dogs used to dig up the kitchen floor so we got a crate for them while we were out, then the only thing they used to do was sleep, lol x

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  9. I imagine they would watch tv all day!

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  10. The cats just usually curl up and sleep - or they try getting into every nook and cranny

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  11. I imagine my dog just chills out and enjoys the peace

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  12. I know what my dog gets up to because i catch her when i come home! She lets herself on our sofa which she knows she isn't allowed on ;-)

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  13. Chloe probably just kicks back and chills all day

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  14. I think our dog probably watches TV:)

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  15. My Beagle, Bruce doesn't seem to move from when we leave to when we get back, he either sleeps on my bed or on the sofa!

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  16. I think they should do some chores around the house but they would probably just sleep.

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  17. We think our cat throws a party and invites all the other local cats.

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  18. I know what my dog does...he just sleeps and then is full of beans when I get home and wants to go out!! :)

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  19. she loves sleeping on the settee all day and as soon as I come in, a few purrs and then she disappears out

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  20. I know for a fact our dog Jess loves chewing up my missed parcel notifications. I have found remaining little bits of them and a few embarassing calls to companies who swear the item has been delievered and a note left then had to phone back and appologise at a later date.

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  21. The dog and the cats trying to get in the bedroom so they can sleep on the bed.

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  22. Trying to get into places they know they're not allowed, I suspect.

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  23. I have a little fluffy white Chihuahua and I reckon he does the same as the poodle in the film...listens to thrash mental and head-bangs! :)

    Jen xx
    www.kitsch-n-sync.com

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  24. I think our kittens play with each other, fight, knock things off sides and watch out the window for birds...

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  25. I'm sure they sleep most of the time

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  26. I dread to think lol, but i think a lot of sleeping and playing

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  27. I think they'd play loud music and have a rave!

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  28. I think they'd play loud music and have a rave!

    Kelly Hirst - biggin hill

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  29. Plotting to take over the world!!

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  30. I think my cat Gilbert just enjoys the peace and quiet and being able to sleep in any bed he chooses!

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  31. I'm pretty sure my cat just walks over every item I own just to shed fur on it!

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  32. Im pretty sure they throw parties, whist Im out, judging by the mess I come home too.

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  33. We have two kittens, when I come back home the hall rug is usually curled up and little bits of wallpaper peeled off the wall! So I imagine they get up to all sorts of shenanigans together!

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  34. We do miss our lovely gentle giant, Max was such a sweet tempered GSD. I wouldn't be surprised if he tried out all the beds to find the comfiest one. When he was older and couldn't do stairs, he probably just slept, and watched the birds.

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  35. Scratching my sofa whilst thinking what other mischief they get upto

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  36. I'm sure if I had a dog it would be sat watching the TV and chilling on the sofa

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  37. I can envisage our animals jumping all over the furniture ... amd screaming Mummy and Daddy aren't here so they can't see us doing this ...

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  38. Be adventurous by exploring, and possibly getting into mischief.

    Rachel Craig

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  39. Getting some rest and sleeping 😀

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  40. My 2 dogs climb onto the backs of our sofas and people watch through our living room window.

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  41. Our lot cause enough chaos when we are in so nothing they may get up to when home alone would surprise me!

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  42. mine bark at passers by, sleep and repeat. at least thats what i think they do

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  43. well i have 3 spaniels so i bet they get upto so much mischief when i pop out

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  44. I can imagine the cat scratching where she shouldn't

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  45. I don't have any pets but i imagine if i had a cat they'd be jumping all over the furniture,scratching it & chasing insects

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  46. Our Dachshund is never left alone! I imagine that if he ever was to be left alone he would cry his eyes out :-(

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  47. We're not very good with pets. The kids managed to overfed the goldfish. Not a good outcome.....

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  48. I only have a hamster he would be searching the house for treats.

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  49. I think my chug Arthur turns on the tele chills out and raids the fridge

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  50. We have 4 cats! I'm pretty sure they turn the tunes up & party when were out :D

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  51. well I spy on my dog as he has a doggy cam watching him that I can log into on my phone & I found him in the bin the other day, naughty doggy so I spoke through the camera he leaped in the air & ran into his bed!! I know he gets up to more though maybe rolling around on the sofa when he shouldnt
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  52. I've always imagined pets playing cards. I reckon that cats would play bridge and dogs would play poker.

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  53. We have a rabbit and can imagine her going down to the bunny hop lol

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  54. We do not have any pets but my neighbour's cat spends its day sleeping in our leaves

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  55. Fairly sure our dogs are very boring and they all just sleep! I'd like to imagine them doing the cleaning for me though :)

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  56. I think mine spends a lot of time barking and chewing! I like to think he plays with his shadow!

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  57. I'd imagine my cats probably spend the time searching for food

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  58. i have 3 cats, and know them well enough to know they just sit in their places on the settee all day, they are all very lazy :-)

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  59. I think my two cats just sleep and wonder where their next meal is coming from

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  60. With Lucky I can usually tell! She will have been in the bin, left a dint in the chair where she has been curled up, managed to get in the cupboard, the list goes on!

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  61. I think my cats just sleep in peace from the toddler

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  62. We have a rabbit and I am sure he is racing around when we are not around. when we are he just sits quietly watching the world go by

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  63. I'd imagine they'd do my household chores! Wouldn't that be nice!

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  64. We have a Bassett Hound and he's so lazy, so I am pretty sure he just sleeps when we are out.

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  65. I think they'd sleep and look for food

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  66. The dogs just sleep and the cats pop in and out and sleep too, nothing exciting from what ive seen on pet cam

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  67. we dont have any pets no more, our old dog was put in her cage when we went out and the cat would just lay on the sofa, as he was very old and not up to partying

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  68. I have a 2 year old Rottweiler wouldn't be without her now

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  69. I worry that mine barks and pines for us but I suspect he might just sleep all day.

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  70. I have a parrot she just's sit's on her perch til I come back, but I leave the telly on for her

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  71. She loves us but I think she just enjoys the peace and quiet and sleeps!

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  72. Honestly I think all she does is sleep and bark at birds out the window!

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  73. I can imagine they would be chilling out and pinching my bed.

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  74. my cats are too lazy to get up to much!

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  75. My mums car jack goes through the cupboards to find his biscuits!!!! Then has a long snooze to recover from eating them all!

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  76. She probably has her friends round!

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  77. Well given the amount of mess that is left when I get home, I'm guessing my pets invite the neighbourhood cats in for a party! LOL

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  78. my granddog sleeps most of the time and waits for his family to come home!

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  79. Our cats run secret business empires - They are real fat cats

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  80. I know what my dog does, he sits and waits for us to come home, It would be so funny if he turned the tv on and started watching the soaps.

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  81. we don't have any pets but I can imagine my mums dog Winston, getting up to all sorts

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  82. I imagine Oscar ringing his mates from the landline and having a good old paw wow

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  83. I think my kitten chases mice and sleeps

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  84. We have two parrots and leave the radio on for them when we go out - I'm sure they dance to the music!

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  85. I reckon they help themselves to food and lounge on the beds

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  86. I imagine Pepper flicking through the on-demand section of Sky, watching all the squirrel or cat-related programmes!

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  87. I imagine my lovely old boy chases his tail in boredom and looks lovingly at the sofa which is off limits!

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  88. I only own 3 budgies but 2 of them don't get on. They would probably be having a scrap at the bottom of the cage which is the norm :)

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  89. im pretty sure my dog waits till the second we have gone out then runs and jumps all over my bed because when i get home its always messy

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  90. my 3 dogs watch tv when i'm out if i don't leave it on then they get up to mischief

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  91. I think my dogs run around the house jumping all over the place.

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  92. I *KNOW* my dog sleeps up on the couch even though he knows he's not allowed to and wouldn't even try it when I'm around :) The hairs give it away.

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  93. Seeing as they are always sound asleep when I get in I can only imagine that they have plotted to take over the world and then worn themselves out 😂

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  94. I think mine simply sleeps!

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  95. I imagine my cat takes full advantage of the bed space!

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  96. Well we have just put our Christmas tree up so I would imagine they would be destroying that

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  97. Well I hope my Bella just sleeps but I doubt she does as when I came back before she had opened the treat draw and eat her treats lol

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  98. I know our cats (3) get up to no good because we find paw marks in places we didnt even know that they have been. Our siamese can open cupboard doors and he goes rummaging inside them; and leave everything in a mess.

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  99. We have a very naughty Tortoiseshell, apparently the breed is known to be naughty! She gets up to all sorts of mischief, when we come home we usually find a disaster somewhere in the house, from shredding the toilet roll, to managing to get inside the kitchen cupboard and tipping everything out, to chewing the phone wire through and countless phone charger wires! She is a real monkey!

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  100. Getting up to mischief and going in places they shouldn't be

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  101. Our cats pretend they don't like each other, but I bet when we're not there they get on like a house on fire.

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