Despicable Me 2 has tonnes of cuteness, but little else...

Rating: 6/10 (7 July 2013)

We went to watch this film together in a group of about 20 people. It was a midnight screening, and after a long day (we were in a training camp), I had expect the film to entertain and cheer us all up.
Unfortunately halfway into the film, many of us were pretty bored by the relatively lack of interesting plot lines.
The characters, other than being very cute, have little else. I don't really feel for them. It's like they lack real depth in their characters and personalities. There are just too many minions in the film, in the end they will all appear as "that little cute yellow thing".
To me, the main problem with this film is that many of the punchlines are fairly predictable, we aren't really laughing out that much throughout the film. It depends way too much on sheer cuteness of the minions, and also the over-the-top, exaggerated character animations or actions. It lacks genuine comedy wit, and cuteness can only do so much.
It's not that just guys find that the movies fairly disappointing, many of the girls felt the same way as well.
It's a nice movie, but just don't put too much expectation on it.