The progression of Grus character and issues that are dealt with in life situations and animations

Rating: 8/10 (12 October 2015)

Despicable Me is a movie which relates and highlights many issues that are relevant to today. Animations are usually able to deal with these daily issues in a light hearted way. One issue that Despicable Me displays throughout is acceptance. Gru continually seeks acceptance from his mother whom shows no acknowledgment to his achievements and is very cold-hearted. He does this by trying to be the most evil villain and throughout the movie he progresses from being evil to showing parental qualities in which his mother never possessed, not only to the girls but also to the minions, knowing their names and personalities individually. At first he seems selfish, rude and evil but becomes kind and selfless putting his 3 girls first. The minions display the 'playful' and happy part in the dark twisted animation, they in fact form part of Grus family.