Despicable Me is a 2010 American computer-animated 3D comedy film from Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment that was released on July 9, 2010 in the United States. The film stars Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, and iCarly's Miranda Cosgrove. It is the first CGI feature produced by Universal, in association with its Illumination Entertainment division. It was entirely animated in the French studio Mac Guff in Paris, France.
The story is of a supervillain named Gru who plans to use three orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, only to find that their innocent love is profoundly changing him.
The film earned positive reviews from critics, and grossed more than $251 million in the US, against a budget of $69 million.
Written by Ken Daurio
Directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud
Voices by Steve Carrell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand and Kristen Wiig
Gru: ''Your dog has been leaving bombs in my yard.''Fred McDade: ''Oh you know dogs... they go where they want!''Gru: ''Not if they're dead.''Gru: ''That book was accidentally destroyed maliciously...''Edith: ''Hey, that one looks like me.''Gru: ''What are you talking about? These are kittens! Any relation to persons living or dead is completely coincidental.''Edith: ''Yes! Mine's shaped like a dead guy!''Agnes: ''Will you read us a bedtime story?''Gru: ''No.''Agnes: ''Pretty please?''Gru: ''The physical appearance of the please makes no difference.''Gru: "Good night,sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite... although there are literally thousands... (whispering) and there is probably something in your closet"!
You’ve gotta love an imagined world where there are evil super villains lurking around stealing things like pyramids and what not right from under the world’s noses. Arguably, super villains exist in our world but the consequences of their dastardly plots are little too real for me. Someone who wants to shrink the moon and hold it ransom though so he can be the biggest, baddest super villain in the world though – now that’s my kinda guy. Or at least he would be if he weren’t trapped in such a predictable, hollow plot and bogged down by such tired, unfunny dialogue.
Gru is despicable. As he is the center of his own universe, from his point of view, he isDESPICABLE ME. Voiced with a pretty sturdy Russian American accent by Steve Carrell, Gru is so evil he pops kids’ balloons after he blows them up for them (gasp!) and freezes the long line of people waiting for their lattes at a local coffee shop so he can go to the front of the line. I’m shaking in fear here. What he does next is actually pretty gross when you think about it. He adopts three little girls so that they can bring a shipment of cookies to his new nemesis, Vector, who is evil with “both direction and magnitude” and voiced delightfully by Jason Segel. The cookies are really robots though and are designed to steal the shrink ray Gru needs for his moon heist.
In a not at all surprising turn of events, Gru, a man who is supposed to embody evil, finds himself caring for these adorable little girls. When the girls’ dance recital poses a conflict with his moon heist, you can almost piece together every little lesson still to be learned. Family films do not have to be complex or present a true face of evil to make their point but they have to try a little harder than this to remain original. Instead,DESPICABLE ME almost ends up living up to its name and leaves you with little more than a few funny moments and some pretty awesome little minion characters. Those guys made the movie! Too bad it wasn’t about them.
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