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Why minions are all males? Which minion is the dumb one? Next Article What staccato means? Despicable Me 2 solves that problem, giving us a somewhat better story which develops the characters from the first film.

In terms of character development, it's similar to the arc in the original, with the focus being on Gru confronting childhood fears while dealing with a task in his everyday life.

But where the first film saw him stand up to his overbearing mother by proving his worth as a foster father, in this film he deals with feelings of romantic inadequacy as a child by giving his newly-adopted daughters the mother they have always wanted.

Much like the first film, these emotional developments are played with a feather-light touch and unfold largely within the boundaries of generic convention. We're quite used to seeing klutzy female characters who want to impress their bosses in Legally Blonde, for example , and Kristen Wiig gets to do the same kind of fast-talking wisecracking that made her such a hit in Bridesmaids.

But the relationship between Gru and Lucy does come across as believable and entertaining, and as long as we're having fun the familiar elements don't seem to matter so much.

Despicable Me 2 is also more heartwarming than the original. Beyond its many plot points about evil minions, going undercover in shopping malls and so forth, it's basically a story about well-meaning people wanting to protect and provide for those closest to them. While the first film was occasionally hampered by a Dreamworks-esque desire to be arch and hip, this is more content with its tone and direction; it's happy to let the romance unfold and be shaped by its particular sense of humour.

In my review of The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists! And while the level of craft on Despicable Me 2 is perhaps not quite as high or at least not so obvious , this same argument still applies.

Because the film is more comfortable within its own skin, all the touches which could otherwise feel derivative become more like enjoyable nods to other stories. The scene where the car drives off the pier and turns into a submarine is a clear and loving nod to The Spy Who Loved Me, while the whole underwater sequence owes a big debt to the set-pieces in Finding Nemo. The Anti-Villain League is still a little too close for comfort to Austin Powers, but the film doesn't dwell on that to such an extent that it becomes a problem.

In the same vein, the minions' island is akin to the Village in The Prisoner: its inhabitants are drugged and kidnapped to get them there and are then kept in a state of continuous contentment to prevent rebellion.

And, of course, there are big hints of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in the transformations and creation of the 'evil' minions. This brings us on to the set-pieces in the film, which are bigger in scale than the original and are marginally better-executed. There's always the temptation with a bigger budget to increase the physical scale without matching the emotional or narrative stakes, but the film does just about enough to stop things getting out of hand.

Certainly the set-pieces like this help to disguise some of the film's narrative shortcomings. While its plot has more legs than the first film, certain sections still feel a little laboured or drawn out. The opening sequence at the birthday party, the scene in the wig store and some of the scenes with Agnes being hit on could have been slightly trimmed, with Steve Carell becoming a little too freeform in the first instance and the material not being strong enough on its own to carry the others.

This brings us onto the voice casting, which is generally very good. Carell and Russell Brand both continue to impress in their roles, with both performers reining in their wilder, more indulgent aspects and taking their characters on just a little bit.

Wiig is very funny as Lucy Wilde, occasionally coming across as a Saturday Night Live show-off but mostly playing it cool and coming off as likeable. When it comes to the young girls, however, the results are more of a mixed bag. Miranda Cosgrove, who first came to prominence in School of Rock, is very adept as Margo, and Elsie Fisher continues to be cute and fun as Agnes. But middle child Edith has very little to do, with Dana Gaier getting the lines that nobody elses wants to say and not making very much of them.

Having her as a tomboy is all well and good, but the film also makes the curious decision to make her obsessed with weapons. The visuals of Despicable Me 2 are pretty pleasing on the eye. It retains the bright colour palette of the original, though with a more consciously pantomime or comic-book feel to take account of the villain's personality. The characters still have a balloony or rubbery quality to them, but this mainly serves to benefit the slapstick rather than making it difficult to bond with the characters.

It's still not up there with the best of PIXAR or Dreamworks, but neither are these aspects overbearing and distracting. Despicable Me 2 is a marginal improvement on its predecessor, having better and funnier jokes structured around a more successful plot.

While it still falls short of the standard set by PIXAR, being neither as memorable nor as original as it could have been, it still succeeds as a pleasing, light-hearted diversion with a number of good performances.

One only wonders whether the Minions spin-off due out next year will be able to sustain this momentum. Daniel M Super Reviewer. See all Audience reviews. There are no approved quotes yet for this movie. Best Horror Movies. Worst Superhero Movies. Best Netflix Series and Shows. Go back. More trailers. Dexter: New Blood: Season 1. The Shrink Next Door: Season 1. No Score Yet. Yellowstone: Season 4.

Blade Runner: Black Lotus: Season 1. Gentefied: Season 2. The Game: Season 1. Always Jane: Season 1. Condor: Season 2. South Side: Season 2. Paris in Love: Season 1. The Challenge: All Stars: Season 2. Arcane: League of Legends: Season 1. Narcos: Mexico: Season 3. You: Season 3. Squid Game: Season 1. Only Murders in the Building: Season 1. After giving Dr. Nefario a 21 fart-gun salute send-off with the minions, Gru contacts Lucy and takes on the task of recovering the stolen mutagen.

The PX's distinct chemical signature narrows the search to the confines of The Paradise shopping mall. Gru works undercover as the owner of a cupcake shop in that mall with Lucy being assigned as his partner. He suspects one of the owners of a restaurant, named Eduardo Perez , in the mall to be an old super-villain called El Macho. El Macho supposedly met his fiery demise after body-strapping TNT and riding a shark into an active volcano. Lucy and Gru then decide to break into his restaurant and narrowly escape from being caught, but find nothing to attach Eduardo to the crime.

While the team is having more progress investigating wig merchant Floyd Eagle-san , Margo begins to develop a crush on Eduardo's son, Antonio , to Gru's frustration. The whole family is invited to Eduardo's Cinco de Mayo party at his mansion where Gru's over-protectiveness of his daughter leads him to make baseless wild accusations to the AVL about Eduardo as El Macho and his son, which are scoffed at.

Later that day, a determined matchmaking neighbour, Jillian , sets a reluctant Gru up on a date with her rude and superficial friend Shannon. During the date, Shannon discovers Gru's wig and threatens to humiliate him, but Lucy saves him by shooting her butt with a Mild Moose Tranquilizer Dart which made her butt tocks clench and passed out quickly.

They take Shannon home and Gru falls in love with Lucy. When he arrives at the mall the next day, the Anti-Villain League arrests Floyd Eagle-san, who protests vehemently that he was framed, after the AVL team uncovers the empty mutagen jar in his shop.

Gru, unable to muster the courage to ask Lucy out despite deliberating for a long time, incinerates his telephone out of frustration. The family then goes to Eduardo's party. Gru follows Eduardo and discovers that he was correct about Eduardo. Gru also discovers that Dr. Nefario has been working for Eduardo and that the duo has been capturing and mutating some of the Minions into the same purple-furred monsters as the serum creates.

Eduardo offers Gru a chance to conquer the world, but Gru makes his excuses and hastily leaves with the girls. Margo has also broken up with Antonio as he became interested in another girl. Gru tells Margo he stinks.