A Great Movie for the Family

Rating: 10/10 (6 September 2010)

This movie is excellent. It's funny, it's original, it's cute, it kept my attention the whole time. I never thought to myself "Wow, this a kid's movie and I feel stupid for being here." Hah. I had a really great time going to see this movie. I was really excited that it kept the attention of the kids around me (although there weren't very many, ironically), because usually in kid's movies I'm distracted by their little voices talking through their boredom. I could tell everyone in the theater loved it.
The characters were great. Their personalities were well-established. The settings were brilliant, creative and eccentric as every one should be in a child's movie. I would love to live where they live in this movie. The minions are adorable and hilarious. Pretty much everything they did made me laugh. The actors doing the voices are great! Usually I try to figure out who does what voice in animated movies, but I was so absorbed in this story that I didn't even care. The music was really great. It set a certain tone to the movie that I hadn't experienced before in another animated film. I would buy the soundtrack if I wasn't broke. :P This is an honest review and has nothing to do with the fact that I am incredibly stoked to own a cool new pair of 3D glasses, although it did make me really happy. Do yourself a favor and keep in mind that this is a movie mainly directed toward a child's taste. You will enjoy the movie sooo much more if you don't analyze the possibility of certain things in the film actually being able to exist. Go to this movie and pretend you're a kid again. :) I didn't pay for my ticket but if I had to, I would not have regretted it.