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Despicable Me 2

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Now that Gru has forsaken a life of crime to raise Margo, Agnes and Edith, he's trying to figure out how to provide for his new family. As he struggles with his responsibilities as a father, the Anti-Villain League, an organization dedicated to fighting evil, comes calling. The AVL sends Gru on a mission to capture the perpetrator of a spectacular heist, for who would be better than the world's greatest ex-villain to capture the individual who seeks to usurp his power.
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Despicable Me 2 offers plenty of eye-popping visual inventiveness and a number of big laughs.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh metro.co.uk I even laughed at the fart guns. I never laugh at fart guns. Rated: 4/5 Sep 5, 2017 Full Review Bruce Diones The New Yorker This is one of those rarities, an animated sequel that improves on the original. Jul 15, 2013 Full Review Tasha Robinson The Dissolve The assumption seems to be that the public can't get enough Minions. Despicable Me 2 sets out to test that assumption to its absolute limit. Rated: 3/5 Jul 11, 2013 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Nothing is surprising about Despicable Me 2, but then there’s something very unsurprising about that. Rated: 1.5/4 Sep 2, 2022 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies It’s loaded with laughs and it was great to spend more time in this wacky world with these wacky characters. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 20, 2022 Full Review Cory Woodroof Lumination Network Despicable Me 2 is the exactly same movie as Despicable Me, and I couldn't be more pleased in the fact. Feb 11, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Kelly D Great movie, funny for adults and kids alike Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/15/21 Full Review cloud Z. It’s probably my lest favorite despicable me movie but it’s alright, this movie brought a new legacy character Lucy and then introduced the AVL. I think the villain of this movie was kinda mid. This movie wasn’t like a big plot tho it was gru gets invited to the AVL and then they stop the villain, not the most original plot. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/30/25 Full Review Bernardo C This is a very big movie, with million of laughs and a creative story with the characters of despicable me. This is a big second movie to kids. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/29/25 Full Review Russell H So far these are funny with the minions. My daughter seems to like them. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/29/25 Full Review Daniel B Siento que es casi imposible odiar la saga de “Despicable Me”. Sí, está lejos de la animación de otros estudios como Disney o Dreamworks, y también entiendo cómo muchos catalogan las películas de Illumination como “superficiales”, pero no podemos negar que ver estas películas es una experiencia divertidísima. Y esta “Despicable Me 2” está a la altura de su predecesora; sí, tal vez con más chistes y acción que en la primera parte, donde se centraba más en el desarrollo interno de los personajes, pero ya una vez establecidos en la historia, esta ya puede tomarse las libertades de ser una experiencia súper divertida, ¡y vaya que lo cumplen! Uno de los riesgos más grandes en la animación es introducir nuevos personajes a una historia ya establecida, y más en apenas una segunda parte. Pero Lucy como nuevo personaje funciona muy bien: es la antítesis de Gru en casi todo, y la evolución de su relación funciona muy orgánicamente. No sientes este romance como invasivo en la historia. El villano, El Macho, aunque le falta contexto, visualmente es increíble, y aunque me parece que aceleran su desarrollo, funciona como fuerza opositora de la película. Al igual que el diseño de los Minions morados; en verdad, sí, se nota que todos estos conceptos están introducidos para ser comercializados hasta explotar, pero la película en rasgos generales es tan buena que no te importa el descarado "Product Placement". Siendo honestos, aunque este tipo de animación le da identidad a la saga, la verdad es muy simple, está lejos de las maravillas técnicas que hemos visto en otras cintas, incluso del mismo año en que esta fue estrenada. Al igual que la sobresaturación de los chistes que, aunque la mayoría funcionan, en esta entrega en particular sentí un pequeño temor de “aburrir” a los niños que vieran esta película. Pero aun así, me parece que, aunque más sutil que en la primera parte, esta retoma todos esos momentos más enternecedores que sirven para crear un vínculo del espectador con estos personajes, tanto Gru como las niñas y, sobre todo, los Minions. Estoy convencido de que antes de ser por sus chistes, todos los que los aman es por lo puro y bondadoso de su actuar, y eso es lo que hace especial a esta franquicia del resto. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/29/25 Full Review Vincent W Everyone knows the first is the best one, but I think this one gets too much hate Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/21/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Now that Gru has forsaken a life of crime to raise Margo, Agnes and Edith, he's trying to figure out how to provide for his new family. As he struggles with his responsibilities as a father, the Anti-Villain League, an organization dedicated to fighting evil, comes calling. The AVL sends Gru on a mission to capture the perpetrator of a spectacular heist, for who would be better than the world's greatest ex-villain to capture the individual who seeks to usurp his power.
Director
Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
Producer
Christopher Meledandri, Janet Healy
Screenwriter
Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Chris Meledandri
Rating
PG (Rude Humor|Mild Action)
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 3, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 1, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$368.0M
Runtime
1h 38m
Sound Mix
Datasat, SDDS, Dolby Digital
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