Despicable Me (2010)

All Critics (192) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (154) | Rotten (37) | DVD (8)

One of the year's most likeable family entertainments.

October 13, 2010 Full Review | Comment (1)

Tom Huddleston

Time Out

Top Critic

Despicable Me is darned cute. I know cute isn't to the lofty level of "message storytelling" but it can be entertaining to watch when done correctly.

July 9, 2010 Full Review | Comment (1)

Laremy Legel

Film.com

Top Critic

This animated thing pretty near out-Pixars Pixar.

July 9, 2010 Full Review | Comments (7)

Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

The result is a sweet and witty bit of animated fun with both eye-popping 3-D effects and a warm heart.

July 9, 2010 Full Review

Tom Long

Detroit News

Top Critic

There's a fine line between gleeful anarchy and wasted energy, and Despicable Me has a wonderful knack for staking out its spot and staying on the right side.

July 9, 2010 Full Review

Chris Vognar

Dallas Morning News

Top Critic

So much is going on in this movie that, while there's nothing worth despising, there's not much to remember either.

July 9, 2010 Full Review | Comments (12)

A.O. Scott

New York Times

Top Critic

I expected another short, simple kids' film with a few jokes and maybe a few loud noises to keep the children interested, but to my surprise, it ended up being much more than that.

September 23, 2012 Full Review

Jeff Beck

Examiner.com

A consistent stream of chuckles and a lot of convincing heart.

February 20, 2012 Full Review

Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

A movie that mistakes grotesquery for wit--in other words a perfect vehicle for Steve Carell.

May 25, 2011 Full Review | Comments (2)

Louis Proyect

rec.arts.movies.reviews

The film benefits immensely from a Carell lead vocal turn that's loopy and droll.

April 14, 2011 Full Review

Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Despicable Me is bright and pretty enough that kids will like it, which is certainly its aim. It's also brainless, heartless and soulless.

March 18, 2011 Full Review | Comments (16)

Joshua Starnes

ComingSoon.net

This breezy movie is more fun when it doesn't worry about saying anything important and lets the zany antics unwind.

March 9, 2011 Full Review

Mark Pfeiffer

Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

Despite its evil theme, Despicable Me is likable and heartwarming family entertainment.

February 6, 2011 Full Review

Roger Tennis

Cinemaclips.com

The main goal in Despicable Me is to tell this story with as little sap as possible, and on that it fares well.

January 21, 2011 Full Review

Jeffrey Chen

Window to the Movies

Guaranteed to keep the kids entertained, but the film shamelessly borrows from far too many other movies to keep the adults happy.

December 24, 2010 Full Review | Comments (2)

R. L. Shaffer

IGN DVD

With no other performance coming close to being as layered as Carell's, the rest... is played for laughs to such an extent that it never reaches Pixar-plotted heights.

October 27, 2010 Full Review | Comments (2)

Kevin A. Ranson

MovieCrypt.com

It would be a serious examination of the family in the postmodern age, were it not so laugh-out-loud funny.

October 19, 2010 Full Review | Comment (1)

Anton Bitel

Eye for Film

A very likeable 3D animation that combines originality and charm with a pleasing, spiky humour.

October 18, 2010 Full Review | Comment (1)

Henry Fitzherbert

Daily Express

The animation is fine and crisp with some imaginative use of colour, while the 3D really brings the action to life.

October 15, 2010 Full Review | Comment (1)

David Edwards

Daily Mirror [UK]

A frenetic 94 minutes of laughter, thrills and heart-warming sentiment.

October 15, 2010 Full Review | Comment (1)

Catherine Jones

Liverpool Echo

Another Pixar-wannabe rolls off the production line, reminding us why we should accept no substitutes.

October 15, 2010 Full Review | Comments (3)

Anthony Quinn

Independent

When an actor has just hit a career low -- as I think Steve Carell did in the desperate Dinner for Schmucks -- it's a relief to see them bounce back with a performance that clicks, in a hit film that really needs their services.

October 14, 2010 Full Review | Comments (2)

Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph

It is a perfectly agreeable family entertainment, but not exactly original and nowhere near Pixar's great creations.

October 14, 2010 Full Review

Peter Bradshaw

Guardian [UK]

There are enough dashes of originality and narrative surprises to keep adults entertained, at least.

October 14, 2010 | Comment (1)

Adam Woodward

Little White Lies

The film is constantly laugh-out-loud funny, and the voice cast (which also includes Julie Andrews as Gru's disapproving mother) is exemplary.

October 14, 2010 Full Review | Comment (1)

Terry Staunton

Radio Times

Balanced a tad uneasily between action fantasy and redemptive heart-tugger, this frenetic CG animation has an identity crisis as big as its hero's inferiority complex. That said, it'll do until Megamind arrives.

October 14, 2010 Full Review | Comments (3)

Neil Smith

Total Film

• 1. Gru: I said DART gun.
  – Submitted by Ian O (15 days ago)
• 1. Vector: Curse you tiny toilet!
  – Submitted by Rachael R (3 months ago)
• 1. Gru: Uggghh I hate that guy.
  – Submitted by Brendan C (4 months ago)
• 1. Edith: What are you warming up for?
  2. Vector: Stuff.
  3. Margo: What sort of stuff?
  4. Vector: Super cool stuff you wouldn't understand.
  5. Agnes: Like sleeping?
  6. Vector: They are not pyjamas!
  – Submitted by Doraemons H (5 months ago)
• 1. Agnes: Why are you wearing pyjamas?
  2. Vector: This aren't pyjamas! Is a warm up suit.
  – Submitted by Doraemons H (5 months ago)
• 1. Gru's Mom: Okay, I'm out of here. [Kicks the instructor] Hi ya!
  – Submitted by Matthew R (6 months ago)

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