DESPICABLE ME 4
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, and Will Ferrell
Director: Chris Renaud
AMARÚ
Despicable Me 4 has some of the best animation Illumination Studios has released to date. After that, it’s the silliness you’d expect: Minions, memes, and lots of bodily function jokes. Gru’s (Steve Carell) three kids (now four) are still adorable, and the Minions are still fun mayhem, but this is the first time a franchise entry has felt more like an amalgamation of a bunch of TV episodes than a movie. Towards the end, one plotline takes center stage, allowing the film’s heart to shine a bit more, but make no mistake…this is a fourth-time diluted version of a just-ok animated series.
ADRIANO
Despicable Me 4 is another Despicable Me movie. Take that as you will. If you liked the other three, you'll be into this one. Me? I enjoy it as a shut-your-brain-off kind of movie, well aware that it's made for literal babies. It's got some funny slapstick and heart, but most of the jokes are pretty obvious. Plot-wise, for a 90-minute movie, there is a wild amount of time fodder and non-sequiturs that amount to not much. Kids are gonna fall in love, and adults won't hate it, but they won't think anything of it either.
