Despicable Me 2 (2013)

When Gru, the world's most super-bad turned super-dad has been recruited by a team of officials to stop lethal muscle and a host of Gru's own, He has to fight back with new gadgetry, cars, and more minion madness.

Directors:

Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud

Writers:

Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio

Stars:

Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 65 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Carell	...	Gru (voice)
Kristen Wiig	...	Lucy (voice)
Benjamin Bratt	...	Eduardo / El Macho (voice)
Miranda Cosgrove	...	Margo (voice)
Russell Brand	...	Dr. Nefario (voice)
Ken Jeong	...	Floyd (voice)
Steve Coogan	...	Silas (voice)
Elsie Fisher	...	Agnes (voice)
Dana Gaier	...	Edith (voice)
Moises Arias	...	Antonio (voice)
Nasim Pedrad	...	Jillian (voice)
Kristen Schaal	...	Shannon (voice)
Pierre Coffin	...	Kevin the Minion / Bob the Minion / Stuart the Minion / Additional Minions / Evil Minions (voice)
Chris Renaud	...	Additional Minions / Evil Minions / Italian Waiter (voice)
Nickolai Stoilov	...	Arctic Lab Guards (voice)

Storyline

While Gru, the ex-supervillain is adjusting to family life and an attempted honest living in the jam business, a secret Arctic laboratory is stolen. The Anti-Villain League decides it needs an insider's help and recruits Gru in the investigation. Together with the eccentric AVL agent, Lucy Wilde, Gru concludes that his prime suspect is the presumed dead supervillain, El Macho, whose his teenage son is also making the moves on his eldest daughter, Margo. Seemingly blinded by his overprotectiveness of his children and his growing mutual attraction to Lucy, Gru seems on the wrong track even as his minions are being quietly kidnapped en masse for some malevolent purpose.

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Plot Keywords:

minion | woman agent | 2010s | 21st century | overprotective father | 

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Taglines:

When the world needed a hero, they called a villain.

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for rude humor and mild action

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA France Japan

Language:

English Ukrainian

Release Date:

3 July 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Despicable Me 2

Box Office

Budget:

$76,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$83,517,315, 7 July 2013, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$368,061,265

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$970,761,885

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Illumination Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS Dolby Atmos Dolby Surround 7.1 Auro 11.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the second time we find a Kristen Wiig character in a cupcake bakery. In this film, she has a scene with Gru in "Bake My Day". In Bridesmaids (2011) she used to own "Cake Baby"* bakery where she made cupcakes.

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Goofs

When Gru is trying to enter El Macho's secret lair, a blob of guacamole falls on one of the tiles, causing an ax to fall. The guacamole disappears for the remainder of the scene.

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Quotes

Margo: Hey, what celebrity do you look like?
Gru: Uh, Bruce Willis.
Margo: Mmm, no.
Agnes: Humpty Dumpty!
Edith: Ooh, Gollum!

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Crazy Credits

Throughout the first half of the end credits, three minions - Kevin, Stuart, and Bob - hold auditions for Minions (2015).

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Connections

Referenced in Movie Dude 98 Reviews: Minions (A Viewer Request) (2017)

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Soundtracks

I Swear
Written by Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers (as Frank Myers)
Performed by Pierre Coffin
Produced by Ali Dee

User Reviews

Great Fun!

So Despicable Me 2 is a very family funny/friendly animated comedy which at points really does make you laugh! If you are reading this now and haven't yet seen the trailer, I would recommend you don't watch the trailer and just go straight to the film, Some of the best parts are shown in the trailer. To watch this film you don't really need to have seen the first however I would recommend you do as at points the film refers to Despicable Me (1).

I'm going to keep this review short and simply say, I gave this film a 9* rating as I found it strongly entertaining, not as funny as I thought but still a great film! The story line was also very easy to follow and keeps you engaged throughout.

Would recommend this film to anyone! I would say most people will enjoy this film, find it entertaining and recommend it to there friends!

This film is perfect for any family to view!