Very sweet and cute movie!

Rating: 8/10 (1 August 2010)

Very cute and sweet movie. As the main villain warms up and finally discovers that he doesn't need to be bad in order to have a heart. And three girls help him develop that.
A villain named Gru(Steve Carell voicing him) is wanting to be the top villain. And is threatened by newcomer Vector aka Victor(voice by Jason Segal). As Gru wants to stop Vector from getting the moon. But he sees the three girls from the orphanage as a way to take the moon. Seeing them donating cookies to help their orphanage. Which is run by a very mean woman, who is much more worse than the two villains combined.
At first, the girls and Gru don't hit it off as he comes to "adopt" them thanks, to the help of the scene-stealing minions. But they all four learn to get along. To the point where he falls in love with them.
But his scientist friend(voiced by Russell Brand) sees them as a distraction to take over the moon. And has them sent back to the orphanage where they came from, which breaks Gru's heart. On top of that, he feels he has never gotten the respect from his mom(voiced by Julie Andrews).
Now Gru has a lot on his place, trying to "steal" the moon, while hoping to get the girls back. Will he do both and plus, gain the respect of his mom as he has tried over and over again! The girls and the cuddly, friendly yellow-shaped minions steal the movie. As Carell is funny but plays the straight man in the movie. But in a good kind of way. Really cute film that does have a heart. Shows you that you don't have to do anything big in order to win approval! Go take the kids and see it.
BTW for the record, didn't see it in 3-D as the theater that I saw it in, didn't have that!