A lesson for bad dads (Screen)

Rating: 4/10 (31 December 2010)

This is it.
I think this movie was my last screening with the kid due to the choices of his narcissus mother (and my failures to open the talk about this). But for the last movie, the story was symbolic: how a bad man can turn into a great daddy by realizing that kids are the most precious gifts that life can give? I know that the real father of the kid promised him to watch it together but he failed as always to his words (maybe he read the summary and understood clearly that this movie could be a dangerous experience for him).
Thus, the "bragging" friend (this is me) didn't hesitate to offer this opportunity to the kid, all the more than it was his first 3D movie. Remembering him trying to hold the picture between his hands will remain as a fondest memory forever.
To be honest, the kid and I didn't know both that the movie was about fatherhood and that's why I found the beginning of the movie a bit slow and dull. But the click happened at the funfair: it was a great idea to put rides on a 3D movie because you can feel similar feelings as the real ones. Then, it was moving to see Gru torn between his duty and his responsibility as a father. This moral lesson was really the heart of the movie and it's far better told than the scary "Toy Story 3".
Visually, the character design is poor, uninspired and it's unfortunate because it diminishes the power of the story! As for the kid, I don't know if watching a cartoon Dad standing up for his kids wake him questions because this is a territory that i have always forbid me to enter. I just hope that he will get a loving Daddy like Gru soon!