Despicable Me has reignited my love for animated films. I've recently lost interest in animated films for unknown reasons but Despicable Me and How To train Your Dragon have started to win me over again. Despicable Me isn't trying to be anything oscar worthy, but it most certainly should get a lot of praise for being a fun ride from start to finish.
Gru (Steve Carell) is a skilled mega villain who is distressed to find out that an other villain is stealing his spotlight. Vector is the irritating new guy who seems to be able to outsmart and out maneuver Gru at every occasion. When the idea to shrink the moon arises, both guys fight over a shrink gun that will allow them to become the best super villain on earth. Gru must use three little orphan girls in order to steal the shrink gun from Vector but he gets more than he bargain for from them.
Despicable Me looks funny in its animation design and has a great script aswell. We get some great voice work from Steve Carell and Jason Segel. Carell does a fine job at as the evil villain with a heart thats gonna be melted. I must say though that Russell Brand's voice work is almost unrecognizable fro the Dr. Nefario character. Brand is usually anything but unnoticeable. I mentioned the look of the film previously and although it's over the top in its style, it has a lot of attention to detail. The character design is really nice, especially the youngest of three orphans called Agnes.
The way the three girls change Gru from emotionless Scrooge, to a loving softy, is typically tackled but enjoyable nonetheless. However the films biggest laughs come from the little yellow minions who are weird and wacky, but classic creations that had the audience around me in tears. The humour is undoubtably amiable and simple but I belive the oldest to the youngest movie goer will love it. If you haven't seen Despicable Me yet, do yourself a favour and see it even if its only for the priceless minions.
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