Despicable Me

            Alright I know I said this would be out a few days ago, but it has been kind of a hectic week. But whatever, so here it goes. Today, I am reviewing the highly successful, family oriented, animated feature Despicable Me. I had heard many good things about this movie going in, from other reviews from actual critics as well as from friends. Thankfully, the movie was not over hyped as I enjoyed it a lot as it was smart, clever, funny, and very entertaining.
             The movie is about Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), an evil super villain, who might just be past his prime, as new rival super villain Vector (voiced by Jason Segel), seems to be out doing him at every opportunity. In order to out do Vector once and for all and prove he is the world's greatest super villain Gru must steal something from Vector's hideout. In order to do this he adopts three orphan girls to help him infiltrate the place.
              Of course, a super villain with three orphan girls is an odd match up and quite a struggle for Gru to deal with at first. Over time however, the girls and Gru settle down as Gru gets into the groove of being a father and becomes quite attached to the girls. In the end he has to come to a decision of what he cares about more in his life; being a father or the world's best super villain?
               Through all of this plenty of hilarity ensues through Gru's high jinks. There are also of plenty of other celebrity voice appearances throughout the movie. Julie Andrews lends her voice to Gru's mother, Russel Brand plays Dr. Nefario, Gru's friend and helper, and then there's Kristen Wiig, Will Arnett, Miranda Cosgrove and others. Probably the best bit players in the movie though has got to be all of the minions. These are the little yellow guys with the high pitched voices that are Gru's helpers. They are all over the place during the movie and might just be the funniest part through out.
                Overall, if you are like me and somehow haven't seen this movie yet, then I completely recommend you see it very soon. It is a real good time and I think does something better than most other animated movies of this nature do. And that is appeal to the adult audience with more humor aimed at them. There's plenty of humor for the kids, but I believe this movie did a good job of consistently throwing in some adult related humor that the younger people viewing won't even notice.
                It's time for the grades now and I definitely give this movie a thumbs up and three stars out of four. It's a well written story and I see how it made the amount of money it did at the box office. Go see this whether it be for the first time or a repeat viewing.