When I first walked out of this movie it was an easy 4 star movie because it was so funny, but then after a day or so I had time to reflect on what was funny and what didn't make me laugh.
For starters the plot that the trailers explained was excellent: Super villains battling for #1 super bad guy acclimations. But I was surprised and slightly disappointed to find that there was a hint of 3 men and a baby to this, where the primary character #2 super villain, Gru is trying to out do #1 bad guy, Vector. Gru see's orphaned girls trying to sell cookies and how easily they get into Vector's inpenetrable layer, and decides to adopt them to fulfill his own selfish needs. Where the trailers I saw never explains how the girls fit into this, I was disappointed to have the focus of the movie shift from "1-upping #1 super villain," to "give the orphan girls a home."
I found Steve Carrel's acting to be thoroughly enjoyable and his Russian accent simply added to how enjoyable his character was, however the situations he's put into don't add much too make the movie something stellar. In fact Gru's little yellow minions steal the show, much like Skrat from Ice Age does for the Ice Age trilogy, which is a shame, because this movie had a lot of potential. I found myself wanting more minions than Gru's wacky baby sitting adventure.
All in all, much like Ice Age is cute to watch, you end up wanting to have more of the comedy relief than you do the main players, which means Dream Works again puts more emphasis on the sub-componants of a movie and leaves it's primary elements lacking.
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