Despicable Me Movie Review

Now Ill tell you i was NOT a fan of the 2 teaser trailers for this film.But , I was indeed a fan for theatrical trailer for this interesting action aniamted comedy directed by Pieree Coffin. Gru(Steve Carrell)is a lonely middle aged super villian who plans to steal the moon with the help of his old friend Dr.Nefario(Russell Brand).But in order to that he has to steal back a shrink ray from his nemisis who is also a super villian , Vector(Jason Segal).Then Gru adopts 3 very cute cookie selling orphan girls Margo,Agnes,and Edith(Miranda Cosgrove,Elsie Fichser,Dana Gaier)as distraction.

Yeah that's not creepy!

I did like the chemistry between Gru and the orphans.It did feel very sincere.SOME of the comedy did hit the target.But they were just bits and pieces.The visuals are astounding and miraculous which made me regret seeing the film in 3-D.Gru's minions(voiced by Pierre Coffin and Jermaine Clement) that were heavily marketed for this film(Best Buy,MLB Games,and freaking IHOP)were entertaining but kinda got old.

As for the flaws.Theyre were unnessary characters/suplots.Julie Andrews plays Gru's Mom and was definitley uneeded.Theyre was no point of the evil bank magager to be the father of Vector which was pretty cliched.Even though the film was 95 minutes it felt pretty boring at times.The Humor for the most part felt flat on its fictional face.Also theyre were Actors/Actressess in this film that werent even used to theyre comedic Ability(Danny McBride,Jack McBrayer,Russell Brand,Will Arnet,Kristen Wiig,and Mindy Kailing).I Give credit to Segal who was obviously improvising his dialouge to make it funnier.But the scene stealer Award goes to Carrell as Gru.You connected with his character especially when the very heartwarming scenes lighted the screen.That was defenitley one of the very few highs in this film the dramatic sequences.

But this film gets points deducted for predictability,lack of very talented comedic stars,and just overall a script that could of been something.

7/10