When a criminal mastermind uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, he finds their love is profoundly changing him for the better.When a criminal mastermind uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, he finds their love is profoundly changing him for the better.When a criminal mastermind uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, he finds their love is profoundly changing him for the better.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 3 wins & 41 nominations total
Steve Carell
- Gru
- (voice)
Jason Segel
- Vector
- (voice)
Russell Brand
- Dr. Nefario
- (voice)
Julie Andrews
- Gru's Mom
- (voice)
Will Arnett
- Mr. Perkins
- (voice)
Kristen Wiig
- Miss Hattie
- (voice)
Miranda Cosgrove
- Margo
- (voice)
Dana Gaier
- Edith
- (voice)
Elsie Fisher
- Agnes
- (voice)
Pierre Coffin
- Tim the Minion
- (voice)
- …
Chris Renaud
- Dave the Minion
- (voice)
Jack McBrayer
- Carnival Barker
- (voice)
- …
Danny McBride
- Fred McDade
- (voice)
Mindy Kaling
- Tourist Mom
- (voice)
Rob Huebel
- Anchorman
- (voice)
Ken Daurio
- Egyptian Guard
- (voice)
Ken Jeong
- Talk Show Host
- (voice)
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Did you know
- TriviaDirectors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud wrote a language for the gibberish the minions speak throughout this movie. They called it "minion-ese". Each word the minions speak in this movie translates into an actual word.
- GoofsWhen Gru is laying down the rules for the girls after being adopted, the clock on the stove goes from 12:10 to 12:11 and back to 12:10 again.
- Crazy creditsTwo minions take turns trying to see how far each one can stretch their arm out into the audience (in 3-D).
- Alternate versionsWhen the movie aired on Freeform, a large portion of the spaceship carnival game was cut.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Biggest Loser: Episode #9.19 (2010)
- SoundtracksSweet Home Alabama
Written by Edward King, Gary Rossington, and Ronnie Van Zant
Performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
Cute and wonderfully inventive
I heard that this movie was very good, and after seeing seeing it myself, I have to say I heartily concur. While not my favourite film of the year, and the film never tries to be that, Despicable Me is cute and wonderfully inventive. While it could have been a little longer, what made Despicable Me work was a number of things. The animation for starters is stunning, I liked the colours and character designs but it was the backgrounds and retro-futurist design that blew me away, while the gadgetry is ingenious.
The music fits very well with the film and is memorable without being overly ambitious or simplistic, the story is ceaselessly inventive and fast paced with a surprisingly clever subplot about the importance of family. The characters also add a lot, Gru is wonderfully zany especially and I found it impossible not to fall in love with his minions, they are so cute. But my favourite assets of Despicable Me are the humour and the voice cast. The writing is just excellent, it was so funny and incredibly smart without feeling too much, while the voice work is exemplary especially from Steve Carell whose brilliant vocals add a lot to the film's success.
Overall, a truly great film with a lot to like. 9/10 Bethany Cox
The music fits very well with the film and is memorable without being overly ambitious or simplistic, the story is ceaselessly inventive and fast paced with a surprisingly clever subplot about the importance of family. The characters also add a lot, Gru is wonderfully zany especially and I found it impossible not to fall in love with his minions, they are so cute. But my favourite assets of Despicable Me are the humour and the voice cast. The writing is just excellent, it was so funny and incredibly smart without feeling too much, while the voice work is exemplary especially from Steve Carell whose brilliant vocals add a lot to the film's success.
Overall, a truly great film with a lot to like. 9/10 Bethany Cox
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- TheLittleSongbird
- Mar 5, 2011
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $69,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $251,557,985
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $56,397,125
- Jul 11, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $543,157,985
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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