Despicable Me

2010 · Film · 1h 35m

Animation, Comedy, Crime, Science Fiction, Family

7.7 average

A grumpy villain gets outmatched by three little girls and a swarm of gibbering yellow chaos — silly, sweet, endlessly rewatchable.

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What it is

A determined supervillain plans an audacious theft to prove his status as the greatest criminal mastermind. To advance the scheme, he adopts three orphaned girls, but their growing bond challenges his ambitions and begins changing the life he thought he wanted.

The feel

No romance·A crowd-pleaser·Warm and uplifting·An invented world

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