Monday, February 28, 2011

Despicable Me Review













Despicable Me


Release Date: 9th September 2010 – Australia


Production Companies
Universal Pictures (presents)

Illumination Entertainment

Distribution
Universal Pictures Australia


Genre: Animation/Family/
Comedy

Rating: PG

Runtime: 95 minutes



Budget: $69,000,000

Box Office Gross: $543,157,985 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
A supervillain genius named Gru feels jealous over the success of a younger villain named Vector, who has not only stolen the Pyramid of Giza but continually mocks Gru's abilities. In response, Gru endeavours to pull off the greatest heist in the world, to steal the moon. He attempts this with his army of dimwitted minions and an old crazy scientist. As a spanner in the works, he comes across three orphaned young girls who inadvertently become Gru's responsibility. The girls prove more challenging
than any heist he's ever
pulled off.


Voice Cast
Steve Carell – Gru
Jason Segel – Vector
Russell Brand – Dr. Nefario
Julie Andrews – Gru's Mom
Will Arnett – Mr. Perkins
Kristen Wiig – Miss Hattie
Miranda Cosgrove – Margo
Dana Gaier – Edith
Elsie Fisher – Agnes
Pierre Coffin 
– Tim the Minion/Bob the Minion/Mark the Minion/Phil the Minion/Stuart the Minion
Chris Renaud – Dave the Minion
Jemaine Clement – Jerry the Minion
Jack McBrayer – Carnival Barker/
Tourist Dad
Ken Jeong – Talk Show Host
Danny McBride – Fred McDade
Mindy Kaling – Tourist Mom
Rob Huebel – Anchorman
Ken Daurio – Egyptian Guard

Crew

Director – Pierre Coffin
Additional Character Designer/Director – Chris Renaud
Based on a Story/Executive Producer – Sergio Pablos
Screenplay – Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul

Executive Producer Nina Rappaport
Producers – John Cohen, Janet Healy

and Christopher Meledandri
Production Supervisor – Christelle Balcon
Production Managers – Christina DeSilva,
Jean-Luc Florinda and Jill Ragaway
Production Designer – Yarrow Cheney
Art Director/Additional Character
Designer – Eric Guillon
Character Designer – Carter Goodrich
Story Supervisor – Dave Rosenbaum
Animation Director – Lionel Gallat
Animation Supervisor – Laurent de la Chapelle
Supervising Animators – Pierre Avon,
Nicolas Baudin, Barthélémy Boirot,
Luc Degardin, Jean Hemez, Pierre Leduc
Elisabeth Patte and Julien Soret
Layout Supervisor  Kyle Balda
Computer Graphics Supervisor  Bruno Chauffard
Lighting Supervisor – Nicolas Brack
Editors – Gregory Perler and
Pam Ziegenhagen
Additional Editors – Steven Liu,
Patrick Voetberg and Claire Dodgson
Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor/
Re-Recording Mixer – Christopher Scarabosio
Supervising Sound Editor – Dennis Leonard
Sound Design Consultant Randy Thom
ADR Supervisor – Daniel Laurie
Sound Effects Editors – David C. Hughes,
Steve Bissinger and Jeremy Paul Bowker
Re-Recording Mixer – Tom Johnson
Original Songs and Themes/Score –
Pharrell Williams
Score – Heitor Pereira
Music Producer – Hans Zimmer
Music Supervisor – Kathy Nelson
Score Recordist and Mixer – Alan Meyerson


Review
Although I noticed that DESPICABLE ME had several common elements with other great animated comedies, it didn't stop this movie from having its distinct personality. Some of its humour is reminiscent of the Looney Tunes shorts. It also features rare heartfelt moments that could have come from a Pixar film. I praise Steve Carell's incredible voice performance as Gru. The hilarious scenes include when Gru attempts to break into Vector's house, the tiny toilet and Dr. Nefario showing Gru his two new inventions.

DESPICABLE ME is an animated movie that's terrifically hilarious, and it came out in 2D & 3D. It has a heart and plenty of laughter that would amaze children and please adults.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie


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