Despicably Cute.

Rating: 8/10 (10 July 2010)

Despicable Me is a cute and funny movie that can show that even the baddest of people can still have a heart. Gru (Steve Carell) is an evil villain who lives in a suburban neighborhood, when a villain steals the Pyramid of Giza, Gru wants to top it by achieving the greatest crime of all:Stealing the Moon, but in order to do that he must steal a shrink ray in order to shrink the Moon, but a new villain named Vector (Jason Segel) steals the ray from Gru so he can steal the Moon so now the device is in Vector's house so he can't get it so what does he do? Gru then adopts three little girls from an orphanage so he can use them to trick Vector in order to get the ray back, but before that happens Gru has to look after the girls and over time even the villain's heart starts to melt. The movie has a fair share of laughs most of them come from Gru's minions (adorable Twinkie-like little people who talk in their own language.) The voice cast is spot on with Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Russell Brand and Julie Andrews (who voices Gru's mother) round out the cast, Despicable me is funny and although the animation is not as good as a Pixar movie, it still stands on its own. This movie will tug at your heartstrings and I highly recommend it.