Pleasantly Surprised!

Rating: 8/10 (20 July 2010)

Despicable Me was on a double feature at the drive in while we were vacationing in Maine. Our kids had never been to a drive in and we wanted to see Toy Story III, so we figured we would "sit through" "Despicable Me" in order to get to Toy Story III. Much to our delight, the trailers and ads for this gem did it very little justice. My impression from the commercials was that this was a juvenile and pointless kids cartoon. To the contrary, Despicable Me was funny, poignant and thoroughly enjoyable. It probably falls just a shade behind TSIII - which was on par with I and II - but not by much. The "voice" cast was excellent, the animation was great and the story - which is not conveyed at all in the trailers - was fantastic. One of the better animated flicks I have seen in years.