Tag: Despicable Me

Despicable Me

Despicable Me

dir. Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud (2010)

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Amidst a glut of animated films, Despicable Me is one of the few that remain consistently funny and engaging. Gru, the ingeniously drawn and distinctively voiced (by Steve Carell) Cold War -styled supervillain, is one of the great characters of modern cinema.

 

Minions

Minions

dir. Pierre Coffin & Kyle Balda (2015)

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This feature-length precursor does remarkably well to find and sustain a story built around three of Despicable Me’s enthusiastically inept, gibberish-speaking, villain-worshiping throwaway comic extras (while, incidentally, the portrayal of Queen Elisabeth surely must go down as her finest appearance in fiction).