Average movie, missed Gru

Rating: 7/10 (19 June 2015)

2.5/5. A below par movie which made me realize how much I missed Steve Carell as Gru.
The plot of the movie is a total let down. Being a huge fan of the franchise (have watched the first two movies at least 8-10 times combined), I went in with huge expectations. There is absolutely nothing much in the story line. The minions go in search of the ultimate super villain and their quest takes them to Scarlet Overkill (voiced over by Sandra Bullock). Then there is some misunderstanding and she wants to kill the minions and the minions escape from that (obviously,duh!).
The script is mostly gibberish and the writers and creators sticked to slapstick comedy routine to make you laugh. But unlike other two movies, which had a perfect mix of English and Minion language, this one went way overboard with Minion gibberish. Your emotion kind of swings from laughter to irritation to completely ignore the "minion language" during the course of the movie.
On the flip side, the iconic pop culture references of the 1960's was really good. The animation was also really great and in some of the scenes it was evident how much effort they put it with all the detailing and architecture.
There are a lot of character deviation of minions. They cared less and were easily distractable. This is what we saw in first two movies. But in this one, all of a sudden, they are one group, taking care of each other, showing emotions like sadness and stuff like that.
On a whole, there is no complex storyline or any moral values or emotional drama. It is just a slapstick humour which is strictly for the franchise lovers. You can take your little kids and they will enjoy it but can't say the same for you.