![]() How else can movies convey best friendship? Kevin Hart, Natasha Lyonne, Vanessa Bayer, Diego Luna, and Dwayne Johnson keep their eyes on the future. The audience watches the duo being best friends, helping trains from derailing and playing fetch with huge trees ripped from the ground, all to the backdrop of Queen’s “You’re My Best Friend” playing on the soundtrack. The film establishes that they’re best friends through the power of montage. Once on Earth, they’re now fully grown into Superman and his super-powered best friend. However, it centers on Krypto (voiced by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson), a dog that jumps in the escape pod with baby Kal-El as their home planet of Krypton explodes around them. The film has a super-sized ensemble like most comic book films these days. After all, they know their beloved dog child would fly into the sun to save their owners. The filmmakers also know how to burrow into the hearts of dog parents. Still, director Jared Stern, who also co-writes the film with John Whittington, brings just enough sophistication and humor to the proceedings to keep comic book nerd parents from losing their minds while their little nerds in training enjoy the cute animal superhero action. To be fair, Super-Pets is all these things. ![]() ![]() I likely would’ve declared it a blatant cash grab that distracts kids with cute talking animals, loud explosions, mediocre animation, and plenty of needle drops that date the film quicker than Shrek. If I had watched DC’s new animated children’s film, League of Super-Pets, before being a proud doggy dad, I would have rolled my eyes. Being a pet owner can enrich your life and open your heart to certain movies you may otherwise ignore.
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