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Despicable Me 4 (2024)
Just Rewatch the first two movies.
9 July 2024 - 65 out of 80 users found this review helpful.
I went into this movie wanting to enjoy it. I really liked the first two and somewhat liked the third. The first minions movie was alright and the second one was just okay.
This movie is not even close to any of the previous five.
I'll start with the pros:
- Great animation. Illumination has come a long way in the 14 years since the first movie has been released.
- Decent soundtrack. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is one of my favorite songs, so I was happy when I heard that at the end of the movie. There's a few other songs that are just okay, and "Maneater" being in the trailer was a good song choice as well. Pharrell Williams also dropped a great song for this movie.
Now for the cons:
- Too many story lines. This movie is all over the place. At one point, there were SIX different story lines going on. Sometimes, this can work well. In this context, however, 1 1/2 hours are not enough time to be cramming in six story lines.
- No character development. In the first movie, Gru's character develops when he meets the girls. At the end of the movie, he faces Vector in an honestly "edge-of-your-seat" moment. He shows fear and anger when the girls are taken. He jumps over missiles and fights sharks to get to them. In the 2nd movie, he goes through a similar scene to save Lucy. In this movie, his biological son is kidnapped and he doesn't even seem to care? He says, "no, give him back!" a few times, but besides that he doesn't care. He even SINGS with the kidnapper at the end of the movie.
- Forgettable antagonist. The villain of this story is completely forgettable. The first two villains were fun and entertaining and it felt like there was actual reason for them to hate Gru. The villain of this movie hates Gru because Gru sang the song he was supposed to sing in a high school talent show. Seriously?
- Under-utilized plot points. There's so many of them too. Super-powered minions that are utilized for maybe 3 scenes. One of the girls breaks a guy's foot and doesn't have any consequences. Lucy burns down a hair salon, also no consequences. Too many plot points for a short movie. Gru and some random child kidnap a honey badger from his old school. That's all you hear about that plot point.
- Over-utilized minions. It's pretty obvious that Illumination has been capitalizing off the minions after the success of the 2nd film. They're still doing it today.
- Over-the-top voice acting. The voice acting is almost jarring at some points. Gru is obnoxious and acts like a child at times. Agnes(?)'s voice has gotten higher pitched in every movie and now it's at the point where it's almost grating on the ears.
In general, I would say this movie is good for mindless entertainment or at least good for kids, but I went in expecting mindless entertainment and got only marginal entertainment. Good movie for kids, but I think fans of the original movies would be rather disappointed in this quick cash grab of a movie.
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