Movie Review-DESPICABLE ME




DESPICABLE ME is about a villain named Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), who sets out to steal the moon. You might ask why he would do this. Basically for the attention from his verbally abusive mother,the world and competition from a rival villain named Vector. When Gru sees three orphan girls selling Girl Scout cookies to Vector, he devises a plan to use the girls to get closer to Vector. (Yes, I'm leaving out plot details. I'm not one to give every single detail of the movie.) What follows is something that Gru never thought would happen-letting three adorable girls into his hardened heart.
                         I'll start with what I didn't like about DESPICABLE ME. The film took a little bit to get started with setting up the character and the story. It's not until half way through the movie when Gru starts to bond with the three orphan girls that the movie revealed that it has a  heart. Once this happened, the movie really took off for me and the story took on a deeper meaning.
                       Is DESPICABLE ME a ground breaking animated movie like TOY STORY 3? No.
                       Is it a entertaining film that all will enjoy? Yes, unless you have the heart of a super villain.        Which brings me to something missing in the movie. ***MINOR SPOILER WARNING***There are no super heroes in the movie. Maybe in the sequel, because now a days, all movies, good or not, have sequels, the makers could have Gru compete with a super-hero for the affections of the three girls. Just an idea.
                     So despite a not so engaging first half, DESPICABLE ME reveals that it has a big heart and fun for all ages.
  Willies rating on a scale of 1-10: 8

                      

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