Product Description

“**** This Year’s COOLEST Animated Comedy!” – Jeff Craig, Sixty Second Preview

Get ready for a minion laughs in the funniest blockbuster hit of the year!

Vying for the title of “World’s Greatest Villain”, Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) – along with his hilarious crew of mischievous minions – plots to pull off the craziest crime of the century: steal the moon! But when Gru enlists the help of three little girls, they see something in him nobody else has ever seen: the perfect dad. From executive producer Chris Meledandri (Horton Hears a Who, Ice Age), and featuring the voices of an all-star comedic cast, including Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Miranda Cosgrove and Julie Andrews, Despicable Me is “rousingly funny, heartfelt and imaginative” (Pete Hammond, Boxoffice Magazine).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #270 in DVD
• Brand: Universal Studios
• Released on: 2010-12-14
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .0 pounds
• Running time: 95 minutes

Features

• Condition: New
• Format: DVD
• AC-3; Animated; Color; Dolby; Dubbed; DVD; Subtitled; Widescreen; NTSC

Amazon.com
Despicable Me is a compelling animated comedy about an aging supervillain's falling popularity at the hands of a younger supervillain and three young orphan girls. Gru is a true, bad-to-the-core evildoer who's earned the title of the world's No. 1 supervillain. But when young upstart Vector steals the Pyramid of Giza, Gru's status suddenly sinks to No. 2. Gru counters his fall by speeding up his plan to shrink and steal the moon, enlisting the help of his army of minions and the elderly Dr. Nefario, but a lack of funding and the difficulties involved in stealing the needed shrink-ray gun threaten to derail everything. Adopting three young orphan girls is an unlikely, but seemingly effective means to further Gru's evil mission, but Gru quickly discovers that caring for three young girls is more work, and distraction, than he could ever have anticipated. What unfolds is an unexpected shift in attitude that will forever change the lives of Gru, Vector, and all three young girls. A visually appealing film produced by Chris Meledandri (Ice Age, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, and Horton Hears a Who), Despicable Me is full of weirdly shaped characters and settings that are somehow a perfect fit for Sergio Pablos's story. What's especially refreshing is that in this film, 3-D effects are used skillfully and effectively: even when the effects are exploited for comic reasons, they don't become a distraction, as is all too common in many recent movies. The film is full of corny banter and silly antics that inspire plenty of spontaneous laughter, and the minions, while not the best-developed characters, sure are comical. Ultimately, there's also a wholesome message about following one's heart. Steve Carell is the perfect villain-gone-soft in his role as Gru, Jason Segal is quite funny as Vector, and Julie Andrews makes a surprising appearance as Gru's very un-motherly mom. The story isn't new, the humor is relatively juvenile and somewhat forgettable, and it's no Toy Story 3, but Despicable Me celebrates silliness in a way that's satisfying and highly entertaining. (Ages 6 and older) --Tami Horiuchi

Video Description
From KIDS FIRST!: Despicable Me is about a man named Gru, who is the world's greatest villain until a young new villain named Vector steals the pyramids of Egypt. This antagonizes Gru, so he decides to hold his reputation by stealing the moon by using a shrink ray and a rocket. The only problem is Vector has the shrink ray which he stole from Gru, which Gru stole from the East Asia company. While Gru is spying on Vector's house, he sees three orphan girls delivering cookies for Vector. Gru immediately comes up with the perfect plan to steal the shrink ray: He adopts the three girls and has them deliver cookies to his house, and at the same time, Gru sneaks into the house to steal the shrink ray. His plan goes accordingly. As his minions build the rocket for him to go to the moon, Gru forms a bond with his three new adopted daughters: Margo, Edith, and Agnes and they view Gru as the perfect father. Now, Gru has to choose between pursuing his dream of stealing the moon or going to his daughters' dance recital, since both important events are on the same day. Will Gru maintain his title of being the world's greatest villain or were Margo, Edith, and Agnes sweet enough to persuade Gru's cold heart to go to their dance recital? The technical aspects of the movie are superb. The animation of the movie is very lifelike. For example, the reflections of the characters looking at themselves in the windows and the foggy gray vivid smoke coming out of Gru's automobile. I also found the voice-over of the characters to be effective. The voice-over contained a lot of emotions and clearly portrayed the characters in the movie. However, the storyline of the movie is very silly. The message of the movie did not quite work out for me. I believe the message is that the coldest of hearts can be changed, but I did not find Gru to be a mean man. Several scenes portray him more as a failure. From his childhood, Gru has been put down by his mother, until now when the bank would not even give him a loan to build a rocket for him to steal the moon. I recommend this movie to children ages 9 and up because the movie uses a lot of big words that some children may not understand. For example, despicable, malicious, the movie mentions a formula about mass, etc.. However, the movie is a laugh out loud animated comedy, and you will find yourself giggling in most scenes. It is very funny and sweet and generally for everyone! (by Gabriella Chu, KIDS FIRST! Film Critic, age 13) DVD. Age: 8-12. UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME VIDEO.