A good film, but also a very lazy one that fails to meet the standards set by its incomparable predecessors.

Rating: 7/10 (2 August 2015)

Despicable me and its sequel, are among my all time favorite films of all time, animated or not, and the minions are the characters that obviously makes you laugh the most and leave the greater impression, because they are so eccentric and infectious. So the idea of a prequel about them was just perfect!
But the film unfortunately fails to meet my expectations, by far. It is impossible to compare this film to any of the previous installments. The film has a lot of jokes, but it has tons of time where you only smile, the screenplay is very inconsistent. It begins very strongly, but then it's like a roller-coaster, ending on a lower not however.
The film should have a way better story, and it had so much possibilities, but the writers went for a lazy story, that felt they made it as they went along. And it gets stranger as it goes. The way they meet Gru is very unoriginal.
It's a lazy film, very inconsistent, and a failed opportunity, its fun, good if you don't expect much, but it to me it was disappointing.