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Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Supelice Dreadfully Boring

Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

jerry Despicable Me was Illumination's first film and they proved that Dreamworks was not Pixar and Disney's big competitor now. In the 1st quarter I was confused and kind of turned off by the film. In the second quarter I was starting to feel the appeal, the minions were hilarious. Vector really did break the movie for sure, he was so unlikable. In the 3rd quarter things started to pick up and I was liking it even more. By the 4th quarter I knew that it was good. Despicable Me was the cozy not over the top animated movies that we've been waiting for years to see 1st quarter 6.5/10 2nd quarter 7/10 3rd quarter 8/10 4th quarter 8.5/10

zkonedog After pretty much working my way through all the Disney/Pixar animated films, "Despicable Me" was my first venture into Universal territory. The filmmaking styles are most definitely different, although I would argue that Pixar still holds a big edge.For a basic plot summary, "Despicable Me" tells the story of Dr. Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), a supervillian trying to stay on top of the supervillian world. While dueling with the young, up-and- coming supervillians, Dr. Gru gets involved with a trio of orphan girls who eventually lend him some basic humanity.Clearly, Universal utilizes a completely different formula than Pixar. Here, the animation is a little goofier and the action almost never ceases. A bit of emotion is still injected into the film, but nowhere near Pixar levels. In this case, the never-ending action gets a bit tiresome and the emotion is actually a bit too little, too late.Overall, however, "Despicable Me" will entertain all children with its fast pace, quirky humor, and abundance of sight gags. For folks any older, though, it just doesn't measure up to the Pixar stable of emotional depth and all-ages humor.

Filipe Neto This is one of the most interesting animated films I have seen in recent years. Its not the first time we see a villain portrayed in a comic way on animated movies, but its rare to see one become a real hero (well, in fact, "Megamind", from the same year, tackles the same theme in a different way).The film revolves around the figure of a failed villain who tries to steal the Moon, despite the constant interference of three girls he adopts and the competition with a new rival. The film also has the Minions, the villain's helpers. These adorable creatures speak an incomprehensible language and look curiously like cheese snacks in jeans, but they star in some of the film's most hilarious and absurd moments. The humor is intelligent, not forced or stupid and knows when to give way to the story in order to keep the film coherent and with a good rhythm. All the characters were very well thought out. Computer animation, the basis of animations, has been carefully done, is very pleasing to eye of the public and inspires a pleasant sense of realism.

classicsoncall I rarely get around to catching a film upon it's initial release, so imagine my surprise when I watch this one the other day and contrary to my expectations, it's not a Minions movie. OK, it's got Minions in it, but I thought it would be all about those yellow butterballs running around and uttering their non-sensical gibberish. Once over the initial surprise however, it settled into a nice little story with an unusual twist - a criminal mastermind named Gru uses three orphans from Miss Hattie's School for Girls in his scheme to steal the Moon, and then returns them when his evil ruse is complete. Ah, but Margo, Edith and Agnes have other plans, and things fall into place to reunite the characters in a heartwarming finale that makes one rethink the definition of family. Still, I wanted to see more of the Minions.