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Despicable Me 4 is a 2024 American animated comedy film produced by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is the sequel to Despicable Me 3 (2017), the fourth main installment, and the sixth overall installment in the Despicable Me franchise. The film was directed by Chris Renaud, co-directed by Patrick Delage (in his feature directorial debut), produced by Chris Meledandri and Brett Hoffman, and written by Mike White and Ken Daurio. It stars the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Pierre Coffin, Joey King, Miranda Cosgrove, Steve Coogan, Sofía Vergara, Stephen Colbert, Renaud, Madison Polan, Dana Gaier, Chloe Fineman, and Will Ferrell. The film sees reformed supervillain and secret agent Gru (Carell) relocate his family to a safe house when his old rival Maxime Le Mal (Ferrell) seeks revenge. Subplots deal with Gru's family adjusting to their new lives, teenage neighbor Poppy Prescott (King) trying to follow in Gru's villainous footsteps, and a group of Gru's Minions (Coffin) becoming superheroes.
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Qualities That Are The Thrill Of The Double Life
- Incredible animation, in fact it's a step up from the previous despicable me movies
- The sound track is pretty good, especially the main theme song. "Double Life" by Pharrell Williams.
- Poppy Prescott is a interesting new addition, being lovable and having cool motives.
- Hilarious moments such as the scene where a Minion gets stuck in the vending machine and especially the scene where the Minions mess up the tennis match.
- Lovable and positive messages about the value of friendship, siblings, families, and teamwork throughout.
- A fun ending scene involving Gru and Maxime Le Mal singing "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", especially when classic villains like Vector, El Macho, Balthazar Bratt, and more villains return in this movie.
- The film has tons of hilarious and memorable quotes, such as
- "I'm unstoppable!!!"
- "Gru's been compromised!"
- "Stay focused!"
- "What did you think, huh? I was going to look like a bald loser with a dad bod?"
- "I can't say my name's Britney. That would be a lie!"
- "It's always something!! Look, I can never focus on just being evil."
- "Hey, you, your stupid machine won’t read my card."
- "Our cover's blown!"
- "Assemble the Mega-Minions!"
Despicable Qualities
- Maxime Le Mal is an inferior villain, especially compared to the previous mainline villains such as Vector, El Macho, and Balthazar Bratt.
- One of the problems of this movie is that there are two many subpilots.
- In fact, Margo, Edith, Agnes, and Lucy Wilde get sidelined in favor of Gru, Gru Jr., Maxime Le Mal, Silas Ramsbottom, and the Minions.
- Despite Despicable Me 4 taking place after Despicable Me 3, Dru barely appears.
- Gru Jr.'s addition raised some eyebrows for some people, especially since Gru and Lucy had a baby but Margo, Lucy, and Agnes don't age.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 56% of 162 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.6/10. The website's consensus reads: "Fast paced and teeming with slapstick gags, Despicable Me 4 is as overstuffed as a piñata but full of enough candy to give audiences an enjoyable sugar rush." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 52 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale (same as the first two films), while those surveyed by PostTrak gave the film an 82% positive score, with 63% saying they would definitely recommend it.
Variety admitted the film is entertaining but found the plot overcrowded with useless characters: "One thing is absolutely certain: We haven't seen the last of these characters, even if we might prefer that a few of them sit out the next sequel—like the Mega Minions, who aren't nearly as cute as they sound." A similar appraisal can be found in Screen Rant, as well as in The Hollywood Reporter, observing, for example, the underdeveloped role of the villain in the midst of the various plot lines: "Running a brisk 95 minutes, Despicable Me 4 doesn't leave enough time for Maxime to enact his plans in a way that packs an emotional punch." ABC News commented: "Should a review of a 'Despicable Me' movie be a thoughtful analysis or just a list of the funny stuff the Minions do in it? As much as I might believe in the value of film criticism, I kind of suspect that even the finest points of assessment would be dismantled about as fast as a Minion can say 'Bello!'"