Despicable Me delivers with harmless fun, and a few laughs

Rating: 7/10 (14 January 2011)

I wasn't expected to see this film but decided to watch it anyway since seeing many positive reviews and feedback. The plot seemed a little weird and far-fetched for me, but while watching it, it seemed a little better and rather original. The basic plot outline is: An evil man (Gru) who adopts three small girls just to use them in his evil plot to steal something and then return them to the orphanage after they no longer serve his purpose. A few more details but that's about it.
What steals the movie in Despicable Me are the minions. They are the little yellow one-eyed and two-eyed guys you see in the commercials and the trailers. They don't speak English, but that definitely does not lessen their effect. They are fiercely loyal to Gru and they seem to take his experiments in stride. The minions even dress up and head out to a department store in one of the more memorable scenes in the movie.
The thing about this movie is that they do not always go for the one-time quick joke. There are several jokes that run throughout the movie, and that work very well. Unlike, Megamid, this comedy doesn't have cheesy and clichéd humour- Despicable Me doesn't try too hard to get laughs. This is an entertaining movie for adults and children, it definitely does not drag itself out as new movies seem to and it is most definitely very, very fluffy. Seeing as they're planning a sequel, I could see it being pretty good and Im interested about what it will be about.