2010 is on pace to become the best year for animated movies. Despicable Me is a worthy-entry in the world of 3D animated family films, and while it's very good, it is not however able to topple the powerful one-two punch of How to Train Your Dragon and Toy Story 3. The movie is about Gru, a supervillain wannabe (voiced by Steve Carell) who decides to adopt three children as a tool to helping him pull off the biggest heist of all time. When he begins to develop feelings for the children, something very new to him, his heist is put on the back-burner.
While very sweet, the pacing is a little frenetic. It only touches gently the level of emotion that Pixar films fully capture. This is a great movie for people who don't like much conflict in their movies. It doesn't challenge you at all, for better or for worse. It's a slightly rude animated movie as far as parents are concerned, but not so much as to not let kids see it. Gru is aided by comical minions who are yellow beings who seem pulled straight out of a VeggieTales video (again, for better or for worse).
I thoroughly enjoyed my Despicable time, and would recommend it so long as you have seen Toy Story 3 first. I would give DM a score of 7 out of 10.
Good review. I'm going to see this tomorrow... seems cute.
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