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Despicable Me 2
Gru's heroics extends as he teams up with some official to stop lethal muscle fighting with new gadgetry and cars.
24 January 1978, Longmont, Colorado, USA
27 September 1960, San Diego County, California, USA
31 August 1947, Los Angeles, California, USA
23 December 1963, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
18 July 1966, Potomac, Maryland, USA
13 March 1990, Torrance, California, USA
January 06, 2014
Franchises are born more from box-office success than creative necessity, and this sequel has only a fraction of the originality demonstrated by its predecessor.
July 03, 2013
"Despicable Me 2" lags on occasion, but every time I found my attention waning, the filmmakers did something wicked to goose me.
July 15, 2013
This is one of those rarities, an animated sequel that improves on the original.
April 09, 2016
It's hard to tell if directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud faced interference on the part of the studio, but the film lacks any discernible spark beyond frenzied goofiness.
July 03, 2013
How do you tell a story about a bad guy who is no longer a bad guy? Despicable Me 2 embraces the dilemma and adds new ones.
August 01, 2014
The first act of Despicable Me 2 is so winning and engaging that it's almost a tragedy how the rest of the film falls into bargain basement formula.
July 03, 2013
[A] remarkably tepid sequel to the surprise 2010 hit ...
March 21, 2014
...a passable followup that's sure to amuse and entertain fans of the original.
July 03, 2013
As a sequel [it] stands level with the first film (also directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud), and may have the edge on it.
February 04, 2014
Carrell's almost better this way, with his mugging fully abstracted by animation, whereas we start to miss Wiig's actual face.
July 11, 2016
Despicable Me 2 earns the right to be slight and nutty because it cultivated those feelings in its predecessor.
July 08, 2013
Co-directors Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin, who do Minion voices expertly, never let up on the laughs. A fart joke in 3-D may not be three times as wacky, but the high spirits of Despicable Me 2 are irresistible fun.
