Despicable Mme 3, is the third installment of the globally acclaimed series from Illumination entertainment directed by Pierre Coffin, the voice of behind the minions and Kyle Balda. The second part ended with Gru getting married to Lucy and working together with her for the Anti-villain league (AVL).
The movie picks up where it left, with Gru and Lucy chasing this new villain in town Balthazar Bratt who became a real life villain because Hollywood refused to continue his TV show where he acted as a villain. So he gets angry with them and decides to take revenge by becoming a real life version of the TV series villain. Something which separates the despicable me series from the others is the presence of awesome and cool villains but this series had the weakest villain of them all. Seriously, there was something so unique and awesome about both Vector and El-Macho but this dude is just boring.
Gru comes to know of a twin brother Dru he had after the death of his father. He doesn't seem to display any sort of emotion at the news of his dad's death but he's certainly excited to meet his brother. The movie feels like it fast forwards real life emotions and is in a hurry to make Gru and Dru meet. Dru is also voiced by Steve Carell but with awesome golden hair and wants to become a villain to continue theier family legacy, he's like Gru but less awesome and dumb but more rich. The first half of the movie was definitely more fun than the second half. There were a lot of scenes where I had to roll over my eyes.
Let's talk about the most disappointing thing in the movie, minions. The first two films knew exactly how to balance Gru's awesomeness along with some really funny minion moments. True, Gru can hold the franchise together on his own along with Agnes, Edith and Margot but minions are the main reason people come to see this. There's too few minion moments and absolutely no Doctor Nefario, another really funny character we all love. Perhaps the reason why they were too sceptical with the minions having more screentime is due to the failure of the minions movie to perform as good as the others among critics as the studio expected . Sometimes its not enough if they sell just stuffed toys and earn a billion dollars I guess. But whenever the minions are on screen, they totally steal the show and make you laugh your guts off. I might have said they were not shown enough but when they're there, its so awesome. Their sense of humour, dressing sense, jokes about body parts, these jokes never get stale. It was like eating some really delicious food but still leaving the hotel hungry. Another big issue is that the plot wouldn't have changed much even in their complete absence, that's something I was really disappointed with. They were just there to produce some momentary laughs instead of being an important plot device.
I really don't know what's with the number three when it comes to successful franchises, Star Wars, the dark knight trilogy, the X-men series, the third one is always the worst, except toy story. If only they can all be like toy story. War for the planet of the apes is coming out this year, better not let me down Matt Reeves, we're counting on you.
So overall, despicable me 3 could still be an enjoyable time if you go with an open mind, you'll still be entertained but this part has the weakest villain and very less minion time. Steve Carell was good, the three girls never seem to age, they literally look the same as when they were adopted from the orphanage, I guess strange things happen in this universe. Some loose ends here and there but if you just want to have some fun family time, then this is the place to be.
Verdict: 6.9/10
The movie ends with a cliffhanger hence the possibility of another sequel is definitely on the table.
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