The plot: Gru welcomes a new member to the family, Gru Jr., who’s intent on tormenting his dad. However, their peaceful existence soon comes crashing down when criminal mastermind Maxime Le Mal escapes from prison and vows revenge against Gru.
Despicable Me 4 was not that good.
Pros: The voice acting are still good for what they do. Animation is still look great. Those minions does still hilarious where there on screen and Gru Jr was cute as well.
Cons: There’re were too many plotlines that made this movie incoherent. The mega-minions weren’t used that much. I didn’t get engaged with the main story. It doesn’t slowdown that much, and the main villain was boring. Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Directed by Chris Renaud
Produced by Chris Meledandri; Brett Hoffman
Written by Mike White, Ken Daurio
Starring: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Pierre Coffin, Joey King, Miranda Cosgrove, Stephen Colbert, Sofía Vergara, Steve Coogan, Chris Renaud, Madison Polan, Dana Gaier, Chloe Fineman & Will Ferrell.
Edited by Tiffany Hillkurtz
Music by Heitor Pereira (score); Pharrell Williams (songs and themes)
Production companies: Illumination
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
The Voice Casts:
- Steve Carell as Gru, a former supervillain turned Anti-Villain League agent; who is Margo, Edith, and Agnes’ adoptive father, the biological father of Gru Jr., and Lucy’s husband, who poses as “Chet Cunningham”
- Kristen Wiig as Lucy Wilde, an Anti-Villain League agent, Gru’s wife and adoptive mother to Margo, Edith, and Agnes, and Gru Jr.’s biological mother, who poses as “Blanche Cunningham”
- Will Ferrell as Maxime Le Mal, a French-accented supervillain with enhanced cockroach parts who seeks revenge on Gru and his family
- Joey King as Poppy Prescott, an aspiring supervillainess who has admired Gru for a long time, and Gru’s new neighbor in Mayflower
- Sofía Vergara as Valentina, Maxime’s femme fatale girlfriend
- Stephen Colbert as Perry Prescott, Poppy’s father, Patsy’s husband, and Gru’s new neighbor in Mayflower
- Chloe Fineman as Patsy Prescott, Poppy’s mother, Perry’s wife, and Gru’s new neighbor in Mayflower
- Miranda Cosgrove as Margo, Gru and Lucy’s oldest adopted daughter, who poses as “Bree Cunningham”
- Steve Coogan as Silas Ramsbottom, the previously retired director of the Anti-Villain League
- Pierre Coffin as the Minions, the yellow henchmen of Gru, most of whom later get jobs at the Anti-Villain League as agents
- Dana Gaier as Edith, Gru and Lucy’s middle adopted daughter, who poses as “Blair Cunningham”
- Madison Polan as Agnes, Gru and Lucy’s youngest adopted daughter, who poses as “Britney Cunningham”. Polan replaces Nev Scharrel from the third film
- Chris Renaud as Principal Übelschlecht, the principal of Lycée Pas Bon
Additionally, John DiMaggio, who had previously voiced one of the former henchmen of Wild Knuckles in Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) and a Scoutmaster in the Minion Scouts animated short, voices Karl, a bus driver who works for the AVL transporting the remaining Minions to their new destination. Laraine Newman voices Melora, a salon customer who was accidentally burned by Lucy, and Romesh Ranganathan voices Dr. Nefario, Gru’s gadgeteer who provides inventions for him and his Minions. Ranganathan replaces Nefario’s long-time actor, Russell Brand.
Non-speaking cameos at the end of the film include Gru’s neighbor, Fred McDade, his mother Marlena, and his twin brother Dru, as well as several villains from previous installments: Vector, his father Mr. Perkins, El Macho, Balthazar Bratt, Scarlet and Herb Overkill, and the remaining members of the Vicious 6; Belle Bottom, Jean-Clawed, Svengeance, Stronghold, and Nun-Chuck.
I still recommend watching this sequel.
Rating: 2 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe