Despicable Me 4

critic Reviews

, 56% Rotten Tomatometer Score
  • Fast paced and teeming with slapstick gags, Despicable Me 4 is as overstuffed as a piñata but full of enough candy to give audiences an enjoyable sugar rush.
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    Mark KermodeKermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)
    The biggest problem with Despicable Me 4 is that it isn't The Mininos Movie 2.
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    Zaki HasanSan Francisco Chronicle
    Talk about despicable.
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    Ed PottonTimes (UK)
    Yet it’s saved by the trademark mischief and exuberance of Illumination, the French animators who are as integral to the franchise as Steve Carell’s vaguely Slavic voice acting.
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    Robbie CollinDaily Telegraph (UK)
    It’s pure E numbers – 90 minutes of mad animals, disco music, violence and belching – and if a good film can be made of those things, this is what it looks like.
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    Elizabeth WeitzmanTime Out
    Writers Mike White and Ken Daurio seem to have stitched their screenplay together from various drafts, an unfocused approach exacerbated by disjointed direction from Chris Renaud and Patrick Delage.
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    Brandon YuNew York Times
    “Despicable Me 4,” the latest, messily passable iteration of the deliriously successful franchise that follows the adventures of the reformed supervillain Gru.
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    Matt BrunsonFilm Frenzy
    It expands the saga in ways that ricochet between interesting and uninspired.
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    Clotilde ChinniciLoud and Clear Reviews
    The franchise does not particularly need yet another sequel, but the success of the Despicable Me series is most likely not going to stop anytime soon.
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    Valerie KalfrinAWFJ.org
    Giving the villain in Despicable Me 4 a cockroach fixation is an apt metaphor for the plot, which scatters all over the place like those buggers when the lights click on.
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    Allison RoseFlickDirect
    Despicable Me 4, the fourth in the series plus two Minion films, lacks in plot, but its intended audience likely won't mind.
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