Cute Storyline

Rating: Null/10 (31 May 2015)

Despicable Me (2010)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Criminal mastermind Gru (Steve Carell) gets tired of hearing that another mastermind has passed him up in badness so he sets out to steal the moon. In order to do so he adopts three orphans who begin to love him but will he ever return their love?
DESPICABLE ME is a fairly entertaining animated movie that kids are obviously going to love and most parents should be able to tolerate it as well. There's no question that the film contains some terrific animation and it's certainly got some wonderful visuals including Gru's over-sized car with its rocket fire shooting out. Another wonderful visual was the stuff in space dealing with kidnapping the moon. The idea of the moon getting stolen was such a neat little idea one wishes that more time had been focused on it.
The vocal performances are all very good with Carell and Jason Segel really standing out. There are quite a few funny bits scattered throughout the film and of course there are the Minions who seem to have taken over the world since you really can't go into any store without seeing them.