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In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by a small army of minions, we discover Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon. (Yes, the moon!) Gru delights in all things wicked. Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential Dad. The world's greatest villain has just met his greatest challenge: three little girls named Margo, Edith and Agnes. (official distributor synopsis)
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On the one hand it pushed the infantilism, but on the other hand there was a lot of action and jokes. Yes, we're talking about Despicable Me! It's admittedly an old familiar tale about a grumpy old man's twist of fate, and yes, you can tell right from the start how it's going to end. But I have to admit that I really laughed at various scenes (the aftermath of the shrinking moon with the tide and the werewolf) and enjoyed the great animation. In short, it's as cliched as it can be, but it managed to engage and entertain me as a viewer.
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An animated film that one does not expect much from, but it turns out that even an unpleasant character can be the main "hero". Of course, it is for children and everything turns out well in the end, but this movie has a quite good emotional structure and the development is quite logical and believable. The Minions are clearly a strong aspect, which is the characteristic touch that makes the film even more interesting.
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The animation gets full stars, without the slightest hesitation. I was worried that the story wouldn't be clichéd. It wasn't. I was worried that the main "hero" would get too soft during the hour and a half. He didn't. I was worried about the film being too childish. It wasn't (again)! Despicable Me is an incredibly entertaining mix of a children's and adult spectacle that is full of jokes, offers several references to "slightly different" films (I was particularly taken by the "godfather" head in bed), it has excellent visuals and music, and when it comes to emotions, it doesn't emotionally shame the audience, and is instead kind and gentle with them. It’s strong competition for the experts at Pixar. "I fly to the moon.... I shrink the moon... I'll grab the moon... I sit on the toilet... What?"
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A nice funny fairy tale that is just for boys and made me younger by 10 years. The Minions are too infantile and the fact that they can't be understood irritated me. But the main character is great, the weapons are inventive to the point of being wacky, and there's a decent laugh to be had. The main villain bothered me a little, we was a bit of a weirdo. Still, great- 80%
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Apparently, I missed the cultural background of the origin of the nerds, so now I know more. Despicable Me is quite an interesting cartoon with a strange combination of adult themes and children's ideas (the scene with the reading of the concertina book with the finger puppets is very cute), which in some places works as successful family entertainment and in other places I would doubt them.
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