Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

The charming story of an evil genius who attempts to get revenge on another evil genius by adopting 3 orphaned girls. Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) is the complete evil genius, he has the car, he has the killer pet monster, he has a scientist to make evil weaponry, and he even has henchmen (or minions) to do his bidding. When a young upstart of an evil genius gets one over on Gru and steals the shrink ray that Gru has his eye on, a dish of revenge is prepared. Adopting 3 orphaned girls to fulfil his plan Gru never expects that his life will change as much as it does.This is a great film, a beautiful imagination of what animation and creativity can produce. Gru is the perfect Evil Villain, the kind of bad guy you'd expect to be facing off against a James Bond or Batman. Steve Carell voices him with such charm, making him seem awkward but at the same time confidently menacing when required. Other stars have lent their voices to this film to great effect - Jason Segel, Julie Andrews, Will Arnett, Kristen Wigg, I would never have guessed without being told that Russell Brand voices Dr Lothario. The comedy and cute element of the film has to be the minions, they have clearly driven the film and have spawned their own movie and merchandise. Based on trailers, and against other animated films which try to make a cutesy/comedic element of the film the main driving force, it's nice to see that the minions didn't completely steal the show. You still have the film in its own right, with its own weight to drive the show forward - they just really compliment it.I enjoyed this as an adult, and my 2 year old nephew enjoyed watching it too. It's a good family movie with enough adventure, action and humour to appeal to the entire family. I'd rate this as 8 out of 10 and could happily re-watch this anytime.

When a criminal mastermind uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, he finds their love is profoundly changing him for the better. Despicable Me mixes laughs, action and lots of Spy stuff in a way where it works perfectly. First of all the whole plot with the Moon sounds ridiculous but on screen it works so freaking well done and packed alongside with the chemistry between Gru and this 3 little girls it makes for a real heartwarming animated flick. It's not a movie that was meant to win Oscars or last a life time but it has some great messages for kids and terrific humor plus lots of minions doing their minions stuff that seem to work. (A+)

Despicable Me was Illumination's first film and they proved that Dreamworks was not Pixar and Disney's big competitor now. In the 1st quarter I was confused and kind of turned off by the film. In the second quarter I was starting to feel the appeal, the minions were hilarious. Vector really did break the movie for sure, he was so unlikable. In the 3rd quarter things started to pick up and I was liking it even more. By the 4th quarter I knew that it was good. Despicable Me was the cozy not over the top animated movies that we've been waiting for years to see 1st quarter 6.5/10 2nd quarter 7/10 3rd quarter 8/10 4th quarter 8.5/10

After pretty much working my way through all the Disney/Pixar animated films, "Despicable Me" was my first venture into Universal territory. The filmmaking styles are most definitely different, although I would argue that Pixar still holds a big edge.For a basic plot summary, "Despicable Me" tells the story of Dr. Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), a supervillian trying to stay on top of the supervillian world. While dueling with the young, up-and- coming supervillians, Dr. Gru gets involved with a trio of orphan girls who eventually lend him some basic humanity.Clearly, Universal utilizes a completely different formula than Pixar. Here, the animation is a little goofier and the action almost never ceases. A bit of emotion is still injected into the film, but nowhere near Pixar levels. In this case, the never-ending action gets a bit tiresome and the emotion is actually a bit too little, too late.Overall, however, "Despicable Me" will entertain all children with its fast pace, quirky humor, and abundance of sight gags. For folks any older, though, it just doesn't measure up to the Pixar stable of emotional depth and all-ages humor.