Despicable Me

2010 "Some call him bad. They call him Dad."

Despicable Me

7.6 | 1h35m | PG | en | Animation

Villainous Gru lives up to his reputation as a despicable, deplorable and downright unlikable guy when he hatches a plan to steal the moon from the sky. But he has a tough time staying on task after three orphans land in his care.

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7.6 | 1h35m | PG | en | Animation , Comedy , Family | More Info

Released: July. 09,2010 | Released Producted By: Universal Pictures , Illumination Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.despicable.me/

Synopsis

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Cast

Steve Carell , Miranda Cosgrove , Dana Gaier

Director

Katie Ballentine

Producted By

Universal Pictures , Illumination

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Cast

Steve Carell

as Gru (voice)

Minions: The Rise of Gru Jon Stewart: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize Irresistible Space Force Beautiful Boy Vice Welcome to Marwen Battle of the Sexes Despicable Me 3

Miranda Cosgrove

as Margo (voice)

iCarly Drake and Josh rebuild North Hollywood 3022 Minion Scouts Despicable Me 3 The Secret Life of Kyle Crowded The Intruders

Dana Gaier

as Edith (voice)

Minions: Holiday Special The Ice Cream Truck Despicable Me 3 The Secret Life of Kyle Despicable Me 2 Minions: Training Wheels Despicable Me Minions: Home Makeover Despicable Me Presents: Minion Madness

Reviews

Johnny H. The first Despicable Me movie kick-started Universal's most lucrative animation franchise, and the first one to have any real meat to it since The Land Before Time, and An American Tail. It's interesting that a film about a super-villain named Gru, voiced by Steve Carell, becomes Universal's biggest franchise since the Jurassic Park Back to the Future film series. Well, it's definitely worthy of being a successful franchise, even if it is just the original film in this case.Despicable Me is a villain-lead film that gets away with some naughtily subtle humor relating to villainy. The story is this: Gru wants to pull of the greatest heist in history, in the form of stealing the Moon! That all changes when these three little girls come into his life; and they're very good at evading top-notch security. So, later on, he decides to adopt them and raise them as his own: at least as accomplices in crime.Despicable Me is a nice little unique trip in the field of animation, and I can see why it's become a beloved classic since its release. Good for the kids, good for adults thanks to its subtleties and yeah, just watchable all-around.

John Brooks This sort of production needs a few things to be proper at all, and this here does tick those boxes fairly decently enough.It's for kids and therefor ultimately it needs some form of moral that develops through the whole film, something you can see building and follow and finally come to a successful conclusion. It's well emphasized from the very title, to particular scenes, that the main character is terribly selfish so this is more of how he finds love through others, love he himself never received as a child from his parents, so that's well emphasized and well made, and important for children to assimilate at a young age. And it's done with emotion and sentiment here as to be more effective and long-lasting.Another thing needed is a fun authentic universe of some sort: the minions introduced here in this one, along with the particular awfully caricatured character designs, so that box can be ticked as well.Another thing would be humor. Obviously, this has a moral and everything but isn't a documentary. Voice actors like Steve Carell or Segel aren't picked for anything but to be amusing comedians, which they are, and so the jokes have to be there. The humor is fine, some of it is really funny but it's rare and most of it is pretty standard for this sort of thing.Overall, one wouldn't call it rushed so much as it is very formulaic. You wouldn't imagine it would take all that much to produce such a story and characters, but eh, it's alright and it's got some substance and material to it.6.5/10

areatw Animated films often prove to be real guilty pleasures for me. This was one I had been wanting to see for a long time but have only just got round to it. It met all my expectations - the animation is great, the characters are great, and it's easy to see why it satisfied audiences of all ages and not just kids.However, drawing comparisons to other animated movies, 'Despicable Me' isn't one I'll revisit in a hurry. Not because I didn't enjoy it, but because it lacks that special something that makes the very best animated movies memorable and timeless.I expected 'Despicable Me' to entertain and it certainly did. It's funny, action packed and all round good fun, but falls short compared to others of its kind.

stargazindude I can't say enough good things about this movie. I started watching it great skepticism. I knew I was NOT going to like it. I knew I was going to HATE the minions, and I truly believed I would define the movie in one word: stupid.BOY WAS I WRONG....in fact, as soon as it was over, I couldn't wait to watch part 2..and when that was over, I was looking for part 3 (glad to know that we will have that in 2017).My wife said to me yesterday, "You watched both?" LOL...she was incredulous that I had done so with such speed...I mean I do have a life....I have a career, and own a business, so she wondered when I had time....I MADE TIME! I think by now you know I would HIGHLY recommend this movie. It is funny, fun and certainly keeps your interest. It's like a good book that you can't put down....just EXCELLENT!(PS I love the minions)