Mediocre

Rating: 5/10 (10 July 2010)

Despicable Me is a film that is aimed for kids under 10, and indeed gets there. Unfortunately, it only gets there. If you're over 10, then you won't be into it. There's just too many fart and booger jokes and not enough sophisticated humor for adults or even teenagers like myself. Sure, I laughed once or twice and felt some emotion once or twice but you can't depend on one or two laughs and one or two emotional scenes to sustain a whole movie, especially at $10 a ticket. Steve Carrell's funny voice got annoying after a while, but the minions are funny. I mean this film had a lot of potential. This could have been something bloody brilliant and just plain great, but there's simply not enough of that here. The little girls are somewhat of an annoyance and get in the middle of an interesting story of a super villain. The characters are (mostly) 1-Dimensional and rather than not trying enough like most movies, this movie tries too hard and ends up stuffing too much into its own film and becomes the victim of its own clever game. Overall, I can't recommend Despicable Me, it's too overstuffed and boring. There are better kids movies out there for your kids to see, so skip this one and go see Toy Story 3 again.