Enjoyable, but could have been better

Rating: 6/10 (28 July 2010)

Considering that when I walked into the theater I had absolutely no expectations at all for Despicable Me, I actually found it to be a really enjoyable film. It was in my opinion a similar story to "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", which in the end was one of my bigger problems with the film. This same story has been told before! Not only that, but many, many times has a similar story to this been told. Now don't get me wrong the story that they are telling is a great one, but it gets a little old sometimes, that being why I thought Despicable Me lacked creativity. Also, I have seen a good bit of people say that this movie is "heart warming", which I definitely thought the story was, but in my opinion Steve Carell's performance lacked a lot of feeling. Not to say that his performance was bad, because it was just the opposite. It was a good, and funny performance on his part. I am not trying to say this was a bad movie, because it was not at all. And even most of the things I am complaining about not being in the film were not intended to be in the film, so I cannot really say anything against the makers behind this movie, because they did a very good job with it. So overall Despicable Me was one of the better movies of the summer, it was nothing compared to Toy Story 3, but still a good movie that a lot of people of all ages will enjoy.