niccindal The 3rd was trying way too hard. They tried to feature the girls more as they should have, BUT it was forced. There is so much bad I could say about this but I am one to offer a solution.. I think this 3rd movie should have featured something from the girls point of view, like Agnes' dance or performing, and tie in a villain going after the dance school somehow or something with their school or summer plans! How fun. Maybe something is buried under their school or their playground at the park, introduce some new kids, maybe Gru adopts one more from the orphanage. To me, this would have been much more creative than saying that Gru had a twin. The first two were centered on Gru, a minions movie, and now this one with Gru having a twin?? NO. I didnt even finish this movie sadly and I love these characters. Please make it right in the 4th one if there is a 4th.

nonslipshoes Despicable Me 3 is the third movie in the Despicable Me series. After the absolutely atrocious Minions movie, it made me wonder if this movie could stack up. And it's pretty good. Nothing that special, just...pretty good. It's not terrible in all means, but one of the movies main flaws is that it fails to explain key questions a viewer may have. For instance, it's never explained why Clyde is an actual robot if he was only intended for a show, and it doesn't explain how Dru knows all the girls names. The movie is split into one main plot focusing on Gru, Dru and Balthasar Brat (BB). The second is the Minions running away from Gru due to him not taking up villainy after being fired from his job. The third involves Lucy and the girls, where Lucy is trying to become a good mother. I liked the mother side plot and the main plot but the Minions plot seemed unneeded and only there for laughs, as all it leads to is them popping a giant bubble gum bubble. The movies presentation is fantastic, although it's strange how the lively city holding a festival suddenly goes quiet as Dru steals a lollipop. The plot is overall good. It's a movie where you can watch it without dieing inside. Worth a watch if there's people with you, but not so much on your own.

julian kennedy Despicable Me 3: Despicable Me 3 continues the adventures of (now former) supervillain Gru (Steve Carell) who with his wife (Kristen Wiig) and his army of Minions while they fight crime. They are doing battle against former eighties child star and supervillain Balthazar Bratt (Trey Parker) who is trying to steal a giant pink diamond in France.The Good: I like the Minions. I have Minion characters on my checks from Costco and my address return labels. I have a couple of large minion dolls that guard the dryer in the laundry room. I am not a middle-aged woman who drinks too much red wine, however, for me the Minions spark joy. When the minions are on the screen their antics are the funniest thing around (The jail bit in this film is downright inspired and almost saves the whole movie.)Also a special kudos for the cutest "unicorn" I have ever seen on film (Take note The Last Unicorn). In fact, the entire film is cute, colorful and very kid friendly. (The main bad guy's superweapon is expanding bubblegum.)The Bad: Let's start with a quote from the first Despicable Me... (Sees Edith near his iron maiden) Gru: No, no! Stay away from there! It's fragile! (the iron maiden closes with Edith inside; a red liquid leaks from underneath; Margo and Agnes gasp) Gru: Well, I suppose the plan will work with two.I missed this Gru in Despicable Me 2 and he is long gone in Despicable Me 3. Gru simply works better as a despicable villain with an occasional soft spot rather than a big softy who only does villain stuff because that is what is on his CV and the mortgage is due.There are also too many subplots in the film. The Minions are spun off for most of the flick, so their scenes cannot do double duty for the rest of the plot. Obvious jokes that the writers initially would have had (The villain is stealing the Pink Panther after all) were clearly cut for time. It leads to a choppy, meanwhile in another movie, vibe.In conclusion: This is the weakest of the Despicable Me films (Yes weaker than even The Minions movie). It also made over one billion dollars. This is not even including the ridiculous monies the merchandising made. Needless to say, we should look forward to many more efforts down the line.

Prismark10 There is nothing much wrong with Despicable Me 3 if you are a kid. If you are an adult I think the charm is fading a bit and as far as the plot goes, so does originality. I think this is another cartoon where an incident happened to someone in childhood which drove them into becoming a supervillain in adulthood.Balthazar Bratt an 80s child actor had his hit television show cancelled when his voice broke. Out of the limelight, he really imagined himself as a villain with hit 80s music as an accompaniment. Now he is one causing bubblegum mayhem.Gru and Lucy fail to capture him once again but get the diamond that Bratt stole. Not good enough for the new boss of the Anti Villain League who fires both of them.Gru finds out that he has a long lost twin brother called, Dru and his dad was a super villain. Gru travels to the country of Freedonia and Dru is just like Gru but with hair, more cheerful, a bit incompetent and wants to follow a life of crime. He persuades Gru go get back to being a bad guy which is something the Minions failed to do as they walked out on him and ended up in jail.Gru and Dru steal back the diamond from Bratt but Bratt takes the children and is off to destroy Hollywood for destroying his career.It is all rather scattergun as there are various plot threads to get its core audience excited about but it is also rather vapid.