I attended an advanced screening for this review. All opinions are my own.
“In the first Despicable Me movie in seven years, Gru, the world’s favorite supervillain-turned-Anti-Villain League-agent, returns for an exciting, bold new era of Minions mayhem in Illumination’s Despicable Me 4.
Following the 2022 summer blockbuster phenomenon of Illumination’s Minions: The Rise of Gru, which earned almost $1 billion worldwide, the biggest global animated franchise in history now begins a new chapter as Gru (Oscar® nominee Steve Carrell) and Lucy (Oscar® nominee Kristen Wiig) and their girls —Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (Dana Gaier) and Agnes (Madison Polan)—welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad.
Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal (Emmy winner Will Ferrell) and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina (Emmy nominee Sofia Vergara), and the family is forced to go on the run.
The film features fresh new characters voiced by Joey King (Bullet Train), Emmy winner Stephen Colbert (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) and Chloe Fineman (Saturday Night Live). Pierre Coffin returns as the iconic voice of the Minions and Oscar® nominee Steve Coogan returns as Silas Ramsbottom.”
My family loves the Despicable Me and Minions movies. We were so excited to see Despicable Me 4. We had a lot of fun watching the movie together.
There were a lot of fun moments in the movie. My kids were laughing a lot during the movie. There were several times that made me laugh out loud as well. The Minions are super silly as expected. We loved the addition of the new character, Gru Jr. All of us thought that he was so cute!
I really liked the additions of Will Ferrell and Sofia Vergara as the villains, Maxime Le Mal and Valetina. I thought they were both hilarious, ridiculous villains.
Despicable Me 4 is very similar to the other films and does not add anything new to the franchise but my family and I had a lot of fun together. My kids loved it. It would be a great movie for the family to see together.
Despicable Me 4 gets bragging rights!
Despicable Me 4 is now playing in theaters!
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