Very nice sequel, a winner, I enjoyed it even more than 'Despicable Me.'

Rating: Null/10 (11 February 2014)

Steve Carell is back as the voice of Gru. In the earlier movie, 'Despicable Me', he prides himself in being the most despicable person. His grand crime is to steal a shrinking machine, rocket to the moon, shrink it and steal the moon.
However in his quest (in the earlier movie) he has trouble getting into one place, but notices that 3 orphan girls get in easily. Through that story he ends up adopting the three orphans, and in the process changes from despicable to a genuine nice guy.
This movie is a continuation. The three girls take more important roles. The evil guy here is El Macho (Benjamin Bratt) who is using a serum that changes living things into purple monsters. He has plans to capture all of Gru's Minions and convert them. Gru must get the antidote and reverse the transformation.
Gru gets a partner to fight crime, she is Kristen Wiig as the voice of Lucy. When you put Wiig's excellent voice acting with the superb animation that goes with it, the character makes the film come alive.
As well as the Minions, who have taken on a more prominent role.
My wife and I saw it at home on DVD, a loaner from our public library. The sight gags are inventive and very funny, we were entertained the whole way. Plus the several very interesting extras, including several short (ca. 5-minute) movies featuring the Minions.