Despicable Me (Single-Disc Edition)

Despicable Me is a fantastic movie that our entire family enjoys! The story of Gru, his adorable adopted daughters, and those hilarious minions is filled with humor, heart, and plenty of laughs for both kids and adults. The animation is vibrant, and the characters are incredibly lovable, making it a perfect choice for family movie nights. We’ve watched it many times, and it never gets old! Highly recommend for anyone looking for a fun, heartwarming, and entertaining movie that the whole family will love.

I can't believe I loved this movie. I anticipated hating it. I thought that people that were super into Despicable Me were weird. I thought that the mumbling minions were dumb. I thought their association with Burger King was strange at best. But when my 4-year-old twins wanted desperately to watch it, I finally succumbed. And I lol'ed. It was actually good. Kudos, Steve Carell. Turns out you're not the worst after all. And Jason Segel was pretty funny as well. Not "This is the End" funny, but funny nonetheless.Here's Ebert's review. I can't give you anything more in-depth than that."Despicable Me” begins with the truth that villains are often more fascinating than heroes and creates a villain named Gru, who freeze-dries the people ahead of him in line at Starbucks and pops children's balloons. Although he's inspired by many a James Bond bad guy, two things set him apart: (1) His vast mad scientist lair is located not in the desert or on the moon, but in the basement of his suburban home, and (2) He dreams not of world control so much as merely dominating the cable news ratings as the Greatest Villain of All Time.Gru is voiced by Steve Carell, who gives him an accent halfway between a Russian mafioso and a crazed Nazi. His life is made more difficult because his mother (Julie Andrews) sometimes gets on his case. Memories stir of Rupert Pupkin in his basement, yanked from his fantasies by his mother's voice. Gru's most useful weapon is the Insta-Freeze Gun, but now, with the help of his genius staff inventor Dr. Nefario (Russell Brand), he can employ a Shrink Ray.Just as global-scale villainy is looking promising, Gru is upstaged by his archrival Vector (Jason Segel), who steals the Great Pyramid. Since that pyramid was previously pounded to pieces by the Transformers, the Egyptians should establish a CGI-free zone around it.Gru is cheered ever onward by his faithful minions, who are, in fact, called the Minions, and look like yellow exercise balls with one or two eyes apiece. The principal responsibility of the Minions is to cheer for Gru, who addresses them as if he's running for office. He hatches a plan to use the Shrink Ray and steal no less than the moon itself, and explains it to the Minions with a plan that reminded me of nothing so much as the guy in the joke who plans to get the gorilla down out of the tree using only a broomstick, a pair of handcuffs and a savage Dalmatian dog.To make a villain into the hero of an animated comedy is daring, but the filmmakers bring in three cute kids to restore good feelings. They are Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (Dana Gaier) and Agnes (Elsie Fisher). Gru finds them at his friendly neighborhood orphanage, run by the suspicious Miss Hattie (Kristen Wiig). His plan is to keep them at his home until his moon scheme is ready to hatch, and then use them to infiltrate Vector's home by subterfuge — pretending to sell cookies, say. It follows as the night does the day that the orphans will work their little girl magic on Gru and gradually force the revelation that the big lug has a heart, after all.“Despicable Me” lacks a franchise to ride into town on, but it may establish one. I'm not sure how Gru can think up anything more sensational than stealing the moon, but I'm sure Dr. Nefario is working on that as we speak. The film is funny, energetic, teeth-gnashingly venomous and animated with an eye to exploiting the 3-D process with such sure-fire techniques as a visit to an amusement park.The sad thing, I am forced to report, is that the 3-D process produces a picture more dim than it should be. “Despicable Me” is technically competent and nowhere near the visual disaster that is “The Last Airbender,” but take my word for it: Try to find it in 2-D. Or, if you see it in 3-D, check out the trailers online to see how bright and cheery it would look in 2-D. How can people deceive themselves that 3-D is worth paying extra for?

This movie is a classic and my kids and I own a few of the more recent movies. Most of the time one of our many subscriptions will have at least a few of the movies available but this original hasn't been one we could find to watch without paying for it. My 3 years had a no school day last Friday and I had to work. I let him choose a movie and he saw this one and wanted to watch it. To rent, it was 4.99. To buy, it was on sale for 7.99, so I thought, what the heck it's a good price! It's been a while since I've seen this OG despicable me and it's cute story of the origins of Grus adult family, highlighting how the girls come to live with him. Super cute and worth a watch for minions fans

funny and kids crack up at this the entire movie

Love these movies.

Now this is a weird animated film. About the world's...no wait..2nd best supervillian. A guy name Gru (Steve Carrell) who wants to steal the moon but most need the help of 3 little orphans...ok it does sound a little corney especially when Gru's minions are..little yellow men who most of the time, you dont know what they are saying.The film is pretty good with an all star cast that includes Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins, Sound of music, Shrek 2, etc), Will Arnett (Arrested Development, Blades of Glory, etc), Russel Brand (Get him to the Greek), Jason Segel (How I met your mother), Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live), Ken Jeong (Hangover, Community), Jack McBrayer (30 Rock), and moreProbably the stars of the film are the minions since most of the funny scenes involve them. In fact if you buy the two disc edition you get 3 mini movies starring the Minions. Heck sometimes in the movie the other characters will make you laugh, but I wont be suprise if the Minions get their own spinoff.The 1 disc comes with some special features:*Despicable Beats- a short video of making the music*Gru's Rocket Builder- a little game*A Global Effort- the crew talking about how some of the animation was done in *Commentary with Directors Chris Renaud & Pierre Coffin Featuring the MinionsThe two disc comes with a little more, some videos on the characters and 3 shorts (Mentioned)This is a fun movie for people of all agesPros:-Cute plot-The MinionsCons:-Could have had more special features