Despicable Me 2 Reviews
Entertainment Spectrum
The minions are back and better than ever.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Movie Talk
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.
Combustible Celluloid
The movie captures that magical mixture: naughtiness and goodness.
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| Original Score: 3/4
MovieCrypt.com
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...
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| Original Score: 3.0/4.0
Aisle Seat
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.
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| Original Score: 3/4
MediaMikes
THIS is what 3D should be.
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| Original Score: 5/5
American Profile
A comical mash of cartoonish imagination and surreal detail that's just right for the mix of hyperkinetic humor and sentimental charm.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Laramie Movie Scope
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.
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| Original Score: B
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Top CriticThis is one of those rarities, an animated sequel that improves on the original.
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)
Ranks as one of the best animated sequels of all time.
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| Original Score: A-
Paste Magazine
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.
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| Original Score: 7.6/10
The Dissolve
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.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Illinois Times
Likable characters, inventive visuals buoy "Despicable 2."
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| Original Score: 3.0/4.0
ReviewExpress.com
Good film about family values
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| Original Score: 3/5
jackiekcooper.com
Let's hear it for the minions - they make this movie and are the real stars of the show.
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| Original Score: 7/10
Co-directors Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin, who do Minion voices expertly, never let up on the laughs. A fart joke in 3-D may not be three times as wacky, but the high spirits of Despicable Me 2 are irresistible fun.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Film Geek Central
I laughed harder and more often than in any movie I have seen so far this year!
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
AALBC.com
Sure, the pat Hollywood ending is a foregone conclusion, but nobody's complaining when the roller coaster ride is so thoroughly enjoyable!
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Examiner.com
It has quite a reputation to live up to due to its predecessor, and while it doesn't quite reach the heights of the previous film, this is still a very enjoyable and silly sequel that is a welcome return to the characters we've come to know and love.
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| Original Score: 3/4
