Warnings to parents. Cute movie but scary to my youngest

Rating: 6/10 (3 July 2013)

Definitely not as good as the first as far as family friendliness despite the plugged-in.com review. I'm a parent of 3 ranging 12 yrs down to 5 yrs old. Our whole family loved the first film and made it an event to go see this one. Spoiler alert : The minions are all turned to indestructible monsters (more like zombies) meant to destroy the world according to the villain's plan. The scene where one rogue zombie attacks the girls at home (without Gru) was terrifying to all 3 of my girls. There's no sense of what this monster will do to them but assuming will KILL and eat them as it does to their toys in the front yard at the start of the scene. It pops up and then crashes through the window and chases them all through the house. Just warning parents that the last quarter of the film is more like a zombie movie. Also, I think the macho elements with Margo's love interest where they dance Latin style (very closely) is a bit objectifying to women and had no place in a kids film. It was awkward at best and will take some deprogramming to explain to them.