Megamind (2010)
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 173
Fresh: 126 | Rotten: 47
It regurgitates plot points from earlier animated efforts, and isn't quite as funny as it should be, but a top-shelf voice cast and strong visuals help make Megamind a pleasant, if unspectacular, diversion.
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 11
It regurgitates plot points from earlier animated efforts, and isn't quite as funny as it should be, but a top-shelf voice cast and strong visuals help make Megamind a pleasant, if unspectacular, diversion.
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Movie Info
Notorious Metro City villian Megamind (voice of Will Ferrell) becomes an unlikely savior to the troubled metropolis after defeating beloved do-gooder Metro Man (voice of Brad Pitt) and creating a new opponent who refuses to play by the rules. Megamind was only an infant when his parents loaded him into an emergency escape pod and jettisoned him into space just as their planet was being sucked into a black hole. His destination: planet Earth. Meanwhile, another slightly more wholesome baby sets
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Cast
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Will Ferrell
MegaMind -
Brad Pitt
Metro Man -
Tina Fey
Roxanne Ritchi -
Jonah Hill
Tighten, Titan -
David Cross
Minion -
Ben Stiller
Bernard -
Justin Theroux
Megamind's Father -
Jessica Schulte
Megamind's Mother -
Tom McGrath
Lord Scott, Prison Guar... -
Emily Nordwind
Lady Scott -
J.K. Simmons
Warden -
Ella Olivia Stiller
Schoolchildren -
Quinlin Dempsey Stiller
Schoolchildren -
Brian Hopkins
Prisoner -
Christopher Knights
Prison Guard -
Mike Mitchell
Father in Crowd -
Jasper Johannes Andrews
Crying Baby -
Jack Blessing
Newscaster -
Stephen Kearin
Mayor
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All Critics (174) | Top Critics (35) | Fresh (126) | Rotten (47) | DVD (9)
For a film whose stock in trade are tongue-in-cheek reversals of comic-book cliché, it too often settles for trite audience-pleasing.
Top CriticThe fast-paced wisecracks and ironic asides that are the studio's hallmark help to push the film past the lumpy, generic storytelling.
No doubt some of it is charming enough to induce giggles in its preteen target audience... What's needed is a narrative invention to match the technical invention.
You'll enjoy it. And then you'll forget it.
The story's the thing. And this one is as subtly deep as it is ridiculously fun.
I do love Ferrell, whose absurdist man-child routine has always been a matter of taste.
[Megamind] has splendid visuals, a good story, and enough witty dialogue to turn it into an enjoyable experience that's worth checking out.
It may not raise the bar of this rapidly developing genre, but it manages to pack a lot of fun and spectacle into its running time.
It does have the odd cheeky nod for the grown-ups -- and it is presented in inglorious 3D -- but it's also got a screenplay overflowing with charm, intelligence, wit and a real spark.
Would be lost in the crowd, perhaps deservedly so, if it didn't pull aces on its execution.
If you have to choose between this and the superficially similar Despicable Me, choose Megamind. It's less predictable, funnier, cleverer and generally more enjoyable.
This is a harmless animated movie that's full of empty laughs. The main problem with all those empty laughs is that they arrive wrapped in a package you've seen before, probably even if you're still a kid.
Hardly a knockout, but Megamind is an immensely enjoyable animated adventure that spoofs and pays homage to the superhero genre.
There's a distinctly deflated ambiance to the shenanigans, leaving the picture serious eye-candy on the prowl for bellylaughs it infuriatingly never finds.
Megamind is dramatically and comedically inert.
...often shrewd, colorful, witty, and well animated, I found it oddly flat, too.
Straying from a predictable, easily defined structure, Megamind instead serves up consistent surprises, challenging audience expectations and engaging the mind as well as tickling the funny bone.
Falling short of a mind-blowing experience, Megamind is still fine family entertainment that doesn't require deep thinking.
Its story's third-act inversions still provide a pointed rebuke to superhero narratives' set-in-stone dynamics.
What it lacks in originality, this wickedly funny take on a superhero villain makes up for in a multi-layered plot, terrific voicing and well balanced energy.
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What is a villain if not someone who has been pushed too far in life and has started to push back? And with nothing to push against, what do they become?
A well-plotted, genuinely fun spin on the Superhero/Supervillian genre with talented voice talent put to good use rather than simply stunt-cast
'Megamind' may not be thought-provoking, but it is fun. And, come to think of it, it does give us something to ponder along the nature-or-nurture concepts of destiny.
A snappy script and superior voice work make this animated action-comedy much more fun than expected
It's a sassy comedy with a lot of one-liners, some of which apparently came from improvisation between Ferrell and Fey, both in good vocal form. The quality of animation is outstanding, as you would expect.
Audience Reviews for Megamind
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- Metro Man: And I love you, random citizen!
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- Tighten: Cool, so Thursday? Soft Thursday? Chicks don't like bouncy houses.
- Roxanne Ritchi: Good night Hal.
- Tighten: That's a soft yes on Thursday. Kicks news van in frustration. What's wrong with me? Renting a bouncy house? Chicks don't like bouncy houses, they like clowns!
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- Metro Man: Revenge is a dish best serve cold!
- MegaMind: Well it can easily re-heated... In the microwave of evil!
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- MegaMind: Oh!, My big giant blue head!
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- MegaMind: Oh! My big giant blue head!
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- Roxanne Ritchi: [exasperated] Girls, girls, you're both pretty! Can I go home now?
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