Despicable Me 2 Reviews

The minions are back and better than ever.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

It's the zany goggle-wearing yellow-hued Minions who provide most of the film's chuckles and who justify the otherwise pointless 3D when they break the fourth wall at the start of the credits with a set of loopy antics.

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The movie captures that magical mixture: naughtiness and goodness.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

The only thing that really holds this sequel back... it just doesn't seem epic enough to be a "summer blockbuster"... then again, maybe that's a good thing...

Full Review | Original Score: 3.0/4.0

Doesn't belong in the top ranks of animated fare but, like its predecessor, it contains enough humor, charm, and warmth to make it a solid family film.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

THIS is what 3D should be.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

A comical mash of cartoonish imagination and surreal detail that's just right for the mix of hyperkinetic humor and sentimental charm.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

I think this is a fine animated comedy for kids, and parents can sit through it without despair. It just doesn't quite fit the adult audience quite as well as the first one did.

Full Review | Original Score: B

The story is unfocused, and capped by a resolution that has notable holes in reason, but even that could be forgiven in a cartoon with an arsenal of laughs.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

What a nice surprise: Gru is just as funny as a good guy. 'Despicable Me 2' is, believe it or not, a romance-focused romp that has its share of villains. This time around, though, Gru is not among them.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

This is one of those rarities, an animated sequel that improves on the original.

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Ranks as one of the best animated sequels of all time.

Full Review | Original Score: A-

If the first film was in some ways a re-imagining of Seuss, with a grinchy Gru's heart growing from two sizes too small to one too large, Despicable Me 2 continues his rehabilitation from complete societal outlier to minion-infested community fixture.

Full Review | Original Score: 7.6/10

The assumption seems to be that the public can't get enough Minions. Despicable Me 2 sets out to test that assumption to its absolute limit.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Likable characters, inventive visuals buoy "Despicable 2."

Full Review | Original Score: 3.0/4.0

There's still an attempt at the playfully naughty misanthropy, but it feels tired and worn.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10

Everything that is good about it-including those wonderfully nattering minions who have even more screen time and play a bigger role in the narrative-is what was good in the first film, so there isn't any sense of growth or expansion

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

Good film about family values

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

I guess it shouldn't be a surprise that a watered-down premise would get even blander in the sequel, but it's disappointing to see just how far it's fallen.

Full Review | Original Score: C-

It's not that the movie is unlikable. It's that it feels like a trip through a random checklist of things that played well in the first film.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5