Cartoon studio Illumination Entertainment has assembled a money machine using all the 'Despicable Me' franchise, keeping a rhythm to releases because the first movie's debut. Even though it's been four decades since the launch of 'Despicable Me two, ' Illumination did not allow the brand name wither, unleashing spin-off 'Minions' at , which rallied more than a thousand dollars in worldwide box office. Now it is time to get 'Despicable Me' to establish itself once more, with the next sequel returning into the neuroses of ex-supervillain Gru, maintaining the Minions into a supportive position with this thriving continuation - the best installment yet in the show, valuing ridiculousness, speed, and sensibly earning Trey Parker to energize the film since Gru's most up-to-date nemesis.
Balthazar Bratt is a demented ex-child celebrity who can not get beyond the s, successfully implementing a heist to steal a huge diamond. Racing to save the day is Gru along with his wife, Lucy, however, the former bad man's attempts to retrieve the gem prove problematic, and he is soon fired out of the Anti-Villain League. While Bratt returns into his fortress to program his own final comeback in Hollywood, Gru is abandoned with unemployment, tending to the requirements of brothers Margo, Edith, and Agnes.
Learning that he's a twin brother, Gru journeys to Fredonia to fulfill with Dru, a filthy rich pig guy who expects this reunion inspires Gru to instruct him that the family business, enticing his sibling back into offense. Together with the Minions abandoning Gru because of his own softness, the once mighty scoundrel makes the decision to take on Dru and plan an assault against Bratt, while Lucy deals with all the pressures of parenthood, studying exactly what it takes to be a mommy.
The significant difference here's Bratt, that appears as the franchise's greatest villain, together with Parker leaning into his performance as a sour, delusional former child actor who dominated tv with 'Full Bratt, ' enjoying with a pint-sized danger to the entire world. As with the best family films, though, adults will love this story as much - if not more - than their little ones. That's not to say it wasn't fun. The Minions were kind of funny as usual but the overall plot and script wasn't as witty and charming.
Gru is not really a good guy or villain in this one. The interaction between him and his new found brother provided a few laughs. His new wife tries hard in her new role as mother to Gru's kids, maybe that could have been played up more. I've heard another reviewer say this was an unnecessary sequel, and that's hard to disagree with.
As far as disposable sequels to kids films, Despicable Me 3 is pretty much on par with Cars 3 It's not a particularly memorable film nor can it really hold its own against something like The LEGO Batman Movie but at least it's not unpleasant. In-fact in may ways Despicable Me 3 is better than the original in that it improves its look-and-feel and provides a decent foil for once in the form of Trey Parker's Balthazar Bratt. Of course it's to the detriment of neutering the refreshing mean-spirited-ness of the original, but hey, at least you still got those Minions am I right?
Despicable Me 3 catches Gru Carell and newly minted wife Lucy Wiig trying and failing to secure the world's largest diamond from the hands of Bratt our flamboyant 80's themed villain. Fired by the new head of the Anti-Villain League Slate , Gru and Lucy discover he has a twin brother named Dru also Carell whom their parents separated at birth.
When the family lands in Freedonia, the movie descends into a series of fun but thematically incongruous vignettes. Gru bonds with his brother over Dru's desire to become a villain, Lucy fails, succeeds and fails again to become a mother figure to the three girls, Agnes, the youngest of the three tries to capture a unicorn, Balthazar Bratt sees his plans for world domination come to near-fruition and the Minions About half of all this busy, busy, business works at least as far as furthering the plot.
The fact that none of the film's insanity really coalesces into a compelling whole, only makes the film feel more like a mediocre sitcom episode than an actual movie. Yet as far as inspired moments of slapstick, Despicable Me 3 supplies a little bit more than is to be expected.
One highlight involves Gru and Dru driving around the Freedonian countryside in a golden-plated mean machine while police follow while riding literal pigs. Parents will find these comedic bits more amusing than funny but the kids, the kids will be rolling up and down the aisles. And isn't that what this movie is ultimately about? To provide entertainment to children?
While I don't necessarily condone families watching kid's films for their own sake and this one in particular is all over the map as far as messaging , there's not really all that much to object about here.
Despicable Me 3 is at its core a thoughtless but entertaining jumble of sights, sounds and goofiness. Thankfully unlike your racist aunt, Illumination Entertainment has not used the Minions for nefarious purposes Either way, they're all too innocuous to truly hate.
Lowest common denominator in every way: tons of lame jokes, forceful heartfelt moments that aren't earned, and random acts of cuteness. Carell deserves so much better than just being given a tired, silly accent like the worst of Mike Myers. Enjoyable especially all the 80s jokes! Gru finds out he has a long lost brother mayhem and hilarity ensue. There are also tender moments that touch your heart, the unicorn search was magical.
Worth the rental. The first Despicable Me I really enjoyed, the second one was okay but not that great, the Minions one was mediocre, and this third one is iffy. The Training Wheels one was okay, the House Makeover one was pretty good, but the one that played before Secret Life of Pets was sub-par. I think that they need to stop milking this franchise because Despicable Me is just getting worse and worse with each movie and short and from the cliffhanger in the end, I could tell that there's probably going to be a fourth one about Dru's career as a villain.
And what's going to happen? Dru and maybe even Gru are going to meet their dad who they haven't seen in a long time and maybe bring him into the family? Are the girls going to find out that their biological parents abandoned them and leave Gru to live with their parents? And what if they make a T. None of the characters I thought were very good and are shadows of their former selves. The new characters, Evil Bratt is obvious and Dru is an unnecessary character, he caused trouble for Gru and doesn't even know how to drive yet he has a car.
Lucy is annoying with how aggressive and hyper she acts and an unnecessary mom and teammate of Gru and she and Gru are burdening a 6-year-old little girl with stuff about work. Which I think is too much for a 6 year old to comprehend. Not to mention, the kids act too precocious now.
Like how could a 6-year-old girl know how to cook soup? She also sold her unicorn, well, Despicable Me is dead now. Isn't she too young to be even thinking about businesses anyway? And she adopts a goat? Why would she adopt a wild animal? And the minions are now more annoying trouble-makers than ever. There are too many popular songs in there. But I really loved the end credits song. This movie is kind of like a rehash of Despicable Me 1, 2, and Minions. A villain causes destruction to the town towards the end, the girls get kidnapped by the villain, and a boy falls in love with Margo and even talks about getting engaged with her even though they're too young.
And he also does embarrassing things such as smooching all over her. Edith's voice actor sounded a bit too old for her age. There are a few good things to say about this film, the action scenes are alright, there were some heart-warming moments between Gru and Dru and I like how they help each other, and I also like how they got three different stories going on, one about Lucy and the girls, one about the Minions, and one about Gru and Dru being spies. Agnes's new voice actor did pretty good on her character and I think she sounds kind of like Elsie Fischer, but I still miss Elsie Fischer's sweet, babyish voice but she no longer has that voice.
I barely laughed at even one part, the humor was lowbrow and the dialogue foolish. And I can probably guess what the fourth one is going to be about and that there may be a fifth one. I thought both of the first two Despicable Me movies were fantastic and to a lesser extent enjoyed Minions so logically I was going to enjoy this, but did I? Well it has the same charm, it has the great voice talent, it has a stellar soundtrack and it has minions!
What is there to dislike? Well I don't dislike it but truth be told it's not on par with the other movies, I don't know quite what it was but I just wasn't feeling it this time as a lot of the jokes missed their mark, the minions took a backseat and the twin brother aspect of the plot was a tad weak.
Regardless Despicable Me 3 is a lot of fun for all the family complete with lots of jokes that the parents will appeciate and a great retro 80's soundtrack.
Being a big South Park fan I really appreciated the work put into this by Trey Parker, he's a multi-talented fella as demonstrated here. The franchise still has life in it and hopefully won't be going away anytime soon.
If she doesn't get fluffy back in the next movie I'm rioting I do reckon that at 31 years - i am not the target audience of this movie. There are of course movies that address both, children and adults alike - but this is not one of those. The plot was Not stupid in a comedic way - but stupid in a 'that makes no sense' way.
There was no notable character progression, the minions were a snooze and the newly introduced characters made no sense. Shedding light on Grus past might have been interesting, especially since there was the scene of a young Gru in the minions movie - but instead we got a kind of family reunion with little to no impact at all.
So they just got to know each other - and they like each other.. Thats it. The villain - the most important part of such a movie - was rather weak, too for my taste.
Memorable in design and behaviour, but rather weak in terms of motivation and threat. I d say - a nice movie for kids, but in contrast to some of the classic pixar movies I just wanted to have some fun and a good movie like the first one.. It keeps getting worse every part..
I thought that this part will make up for the other one and the minions disaster.. Yet , No No I did not like it at all. I Really liked the bad guy with his style and dancing all around.. But at the end of the day it was boring. Unlike most people nowadays where they are sick and tired of these movies especially the Minions, I loved the first Despicable Me when It came out, It has somewhat dated animation and you've seen this sort of story before, but It felt refreshing, smart, funny and at times emotional, the two-time Oscar nominated Despicable Me 2 was not as fantastic as the first but It did Improve as a sequel, had a well crafted plot, well developed characters, It was Interesting and the Minions were still going as always, the Minions movie again not as good as the first movie but was more fun then the sequel for reasons that people may disagree, critics and audiences were mixed about It I generally liked, the choice of music, the characters, the jokes and references were really funny and It was a good prequel to the first movie and yes I did like a little more then Despicable Me 2 but I still liked that too.
Now when I heard they will be releasing the third movie this year and I saw the trailer last year, I was really excited to see how they will Improve the franchise even more with better clever writing and characters, even the second trailer looked like It It will still have the family element that the first movie had, after that avoided all the trailers Inlcuding TV spots because If there's something I learned from Smurfs: the Lost Village Is that, the more you show, the more It's gives too much away.
So I went and saw It today still really excited and It was great, It has a Interesting plot, It got some new characters that are pretty Interesting and funny Including Balthazar Bratt voiced by Co-creator of South Park Trey Parker, all the recurring characters are all still good as they are, well most of them.
However again, not as fantastic as the first movie, slightly better then the second but on par with Minions, Because there are a couple of things that this movie got a bit of downgrade from, the writing while executed fine, It has far too much going, Gru and his twin brother Dru both voiced by Steve Carrel are bonding, the Minions end up In prison, Lucy voiced by Kristen Wiig trying to be a better Mum for the girls, Margo, Edith and Agnes, Balthazar Bratt sitting around In his lair and Agnes and Edith try and find a Unicorn.
So as you can tell I'm a bit mixed, the writing Is all over the place and the Minions are not In as much, but It does have okay execution, still great animation, the new and old characters are fun and It was still funny, as a long time Despicable Me fan, this Is not the best In the franchise, but not the weak thus far.
Despicable Me 3 This movie was weighed down by a lot of problems, but before I get to that I will say that I did not hate this film by any means, it's just not very good. Problems: 1. The whole 'brother' concept is good, but it shouldn't have been set up in this movie. It should have been set up in the first one, or the end of the second at the latest. This problem I refer to as 'the politics of film,' because the studio did not acknowledge that they are going to far with this series.
The minions stole the show in the first one, however the studio kept pushing it on audiences by over-commercializing them. They somehow became the face of Illumination Studios, and they somehow managed to get their own unnecessary origin story movie. Universal should've stopped while they were ahead with the first Despicable Me. I do not like it when a series will reuse jokes, in this case the 'unicorn being so fluffy I'm going to die.
The villain, Balthazar Bratt, felt way too underdeveloped. He got about four minutes of an origin, which resulted in vague motivations and just another generic, one-off villain.
Overall: Save yourself from this mess. The first two 'Despicable Me' films were fantastic family fun, but, despite absolutely loving the scene-stealing minions 'Minions' was underwhelming giving the sense, though in all fairness they were not well utilised in their own film, that the minions are better as supporting characters rather than leading. There is a lot to like about it, but it does feel very uneven and gives the sense that the 'Despicable Me' franchise has somewhat run its course.
None of it reaches terrible depths though, just that the film could have been much better considering what came before it. Once again, the animation is wonderful. There are rich bright colours, lovingly and appealingly designed characters nothing looks awkward like some of the human character designs in 'Minions' , meticulously detailed backgrounds and some real visual invention.
Some of the writing is witty, sharp and smart and there are some wildly funny and beautifully timed sight gags. One cannot say that 'Despicable Me 3' doesn't have any heart either, there are some sweet and touching moments here.
The characters are likable, especially Gru and the minions who once again steal scenes despite being underused somewhat , and the voice acting is excellent, Steve Carrell has still got it and proves that with good material and with a good character like with Gru he is a very talented comic actor though he has shown a wider range than that too.
However, other parts of the humour comes over in a scatter-shot way and suffer from a flabbiness and predictability. To me the villain was also a little bland, didn't find him particularly memorable or that much of a threat, and some of the soundtrack is compromised by the humour coming by so thick and fast that a few of the songs don't register or don't feel necessary. The most problematic aspects are the story and the pacing.
The pacing occasionally is perfect but at some points it feels tired and at many other points it's almost too hyper-active and jumpy so a lot of the film feels rushed. The story suffers from being over-stuffed and bloated, it's basically three or four plots stuffed into one and not enough time is spent with either. The focus jumps around a lot with some of the transitions on the choppy side so the film and the story-line can feel disjointed.
Overall, not a bad film at all but was expecting better considering how good the first two 'Despicable Me' films are. The first two films were exceptional, and were always going to be a tough act to follow, but I thought they were followed particularly well with this one.
It was huge fun, wonderfully over the top, great laughs for kids and adults. A bonkers plot which was loaded with jokes, and the introduction of his brother provided most of the laughs, the Minions were great fun as usual.
Very touching at times too. I've read a forth is in the pipeline, I wonder if that will be it, they've been great. When the first trailer of the third installment of the popular franchise surfaced on YouTube, I was quite amused but skeptical at the same time.
I loved the previous two movies, but the Minions movie fell very short of my expectations where the jokes seemed overdone and I kept glancing at the time hoping it would end.
I went to the cinema not knowing what to expect, because despite my doubts, at least rotten tomatoes had given it a good rating. From the first scene itself to the last, this movie had me laughing throughout.
The jokes were slapstick most of the time, there was no real depth to it, but was there ever? Nevertheless it was good. I instantly loved the villain, the man wearing shoulder pants! While not as entertaining as vector from the first movie, this 80's villain Balthazar Bratth held up as a worthy successor. The minion bits were good, as long as it's not a continuous two hours of the yellow bastards running around and making trouble, they are a treat to watch.
The next highlight of the movie was Dru, Gru's twin brother. And not bad at all, Steve Carell manages to do a higher pitch version of the same voice and accent he used with Gru and he nails it. The character blend effortlessly into movie. The third movie follows the same formula as the first two, the super villain causes big trouble kidnapping someone close to Gru while making things go boom boom!
While Gru and the family come to the rescue. I went with my family and everyone enjoyed! Once again, Steve Carell proves he's better at doing CGI voice-overs than he is at live-action comedy.
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