Thursday, July 11, 2013

Movie review: Despicable Me 2

Directed by: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud

Starring: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt
 Rating: A-

Despicable Me 2 follows the hilariously fun trail blazed by the first Despicable movie. The sequel is charming, clever, funny, and believable. The characters, although some pretend to be evil scientists, are genuine. It is easy to understand their motivations. Their emotions are very clear through both inflection in their voices and the artful illustrations. The lines are delivered with great comedic timing, which leaves the viewer hanging on (although one doesn't have to wait long) for the next masterfully written line. The evolution of Gru is very interesting. In the first movie he is fully involved in evil schemes and his heart melts over his orphan girls, whereas in the second he ends up investigating nefarious plots and falling for a woman on his crime fighting team.

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