Y’know what? I was pretty charmed by the animated DC League of Super-Pets. It’s one of those family films that actually has things for the whole family. It also has lots of little Easter eggs for comic and superhero fans.

Featuring some familiar music cues and designs, DC League of Super-Pets feels more like a bit of connective tissue between the Superman and Batman films of the 70s and 80s to the new DC eries that started with 2025’s Superman, especially when you throw in the needle drops. It also has a theoretical wrap-up for the Snyder-verse (love it or hate it).

We dive into Metropolis where Superman (John Krasinski) saves the day on the regular with his super-powered dog, Krypto (Dwayne Johnson). Krypto does have some problems, however, he’s not great a socializing with other animals, even when he pretends to be a regular dog, and he’s increasingly jealous of Superman’s relationship with Lois Lane (Olivia Wilde).

Lex Luthor (Marc Maron) is working on his latest plan to rule the world and get rid of Superman. He’s going to pull in a meteor of orange kryptonite. He wants to use it to give himself super-abilities. Unfortunately, it only works on animals.

And it just happens to find it’s way to a pet shop. There a hairless Guinea Pig, Lulu (Kate McKinnon), who has a Luthor and world domination fixation becomes super-powered. But she’s not the only one, a group of rescue animals, Ace (Kevin Hart), PB (Vanessa Bayer), Merton (Natasha Lyonne), and Chip (Diego Luna) also gain some new powers.

Lulu kicks her plan to take over the world into gear. First she has to get rid of the Justice League. Pretty quickly she is able to foil and capture Superman, Batman (Keanu Reeves – best casting ever), Wonder Woman (Jameela Jamil), Aquaman (Jemaine Clement), Green Lantern (Dascha Polanco) and Flash (John Early).

So it’s up to Krypto. Unfortunately, he’s suffering from kryptonite poisoning and has lost his powers. So he’s going to have to learn to work as part of a team, communicate, and be a real leader as he joins forces with Ace and the rest of the pets to stop Lulu.

It’s fun and funny, has some great themes about understanding, cooperation, and communication.

But let me just say, as much as I loved Will Arnett’s Lego Batman, I want a whole animated Batman film with Keanu in the role. He’s able to make it funny, and still be true to the character.

This is a highly enjoyable family film, and one that is actually fun for the whole family.