Diane wanted to see Despicable Me 4 in June, but we came down with Covid-19 so that plan was put on hold. When Diane checked the AMC website, she found that Despicable Me 4 would soon be leaving after this week so she booked some tickets to the 2:45 P.M. showing yesterday. When we arrived at our local AMC Theater, there were plenty of cars. When we entered the theater (Number 4 of 8 theaters in this complex) it was almost full of parents with young kids.
For those of you not familiar with the Despicable Me franchise, it’s a series of animated films featuring a former Villian, Gru (voiced by Steve Carell). Gru is a grouchy, brilliant, and arrogant former supervillain, who now serves as a secret agent for the Anti-Villian-League (AVL) in order to fight other supervillains. In Despicable Me 4, Gru and his family are sent to a Safe House when Supervillain and Gru’s old high school rival, the coackroach-obsessed Maxime Le Mal (Will Ferrell) vows to steal Gru’s baby son.
There’s a lot of silliness in Despicable Me 4 but the audience we saw it with loved it. Plenty of laughter and giggling! I laughed a few times, too. GRADE: B-
I’ve never seen any of the series, even when our grandson and older granddaughter were small. Maybe we’ll catch up in a couple of years when our younger granddaughter gets a little older. “Despicable me” could describe any or all of the con-men, opportunists, and just plain crazies who dominate today’s politics and commerce.
Fred, two of those “Despicable Me” guys you refer to had a glitch-prone interview last night: Trump and Elon Musk!
Never seen any of them.
Jeff, you and Jackie would laugh at the Minions.
Wait, this isn’t Elon Musk’s life story?
Jeff, I notice that Elon Musk hasn’t made his promised $45 million donation to Trump this month…
If this is going to turn into a political whine site, I’ll be going until after the elections!!!
Bob, no political whining tomorrow! I’m be reviewing a book about a young sorceress!