Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Steve Carell | ... | Gru / Dru (voice) | |
Kristen Wiig | ... | Lucy (voice) | |
Trey Parker | ... | Balthazar Bratt (voice) | |
Miranda Cosgrove | ... | Margo (voice) | |
Dana Gaier | ... | Edith (voice) | |
Nev Scharrel | ... | Agnes (voice) | |
Pierre Coffin | ... | Minions / Museum Director / Additional Voices (voice) | |
Steve Coogan | ... | Fritz / Silas Ramsbottom (voice) | |
Julie Andrews | ... | Gru's Mom (voice) | |
Jenny Slate | ... | Valerie Da Vinci (voice) | |
Michael Beattie | ... | TV Show Host / Scar-Faced Man (voice) | |
Andy Nyman | ... | Clive the Robot (voice) | |
Adrian Ciscato | ... | Niko (voice) | |
Brian T. Delaney | ... | Commercial Announcer / Military Officer / Additional Voices (voice) | |
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Katia Saponenko | ... | Niko's Mother (voice) |
After he is fired from the Anti-Villain League for failing to take down the latest bad guy to threaten humanity, Gru (Steve Carell) finds himself in the midst of a major identity crisis. But when a mysterious stranger shows up to inform Gru that he has a long-lost twin brother - a brother who desperately wishes to follow in his twin's despicable footsteps - one former supervillain will rediscover just how good it feels to be bad.
I do reckon that at 31 years - i am not the target audience of this movie. There are of course movies that address both, children and adults alike - but this is not one of those.
The plot was ... pretty stupid. Not stupid in a comedic way - but stupid in a "that makes no sense" way. There was no notable character progression, the minions were a snooze and the newly introduced characters made no sense. Shedding light on Grus past might have been interesting, especially since there was the scene of a young Gru in the minions movie - but instead we got a kind of family reunion with little to no impact at all. So they just got to know each other - and they like each other .. well, good. Thats it.
The villain - the most important part of such a movie - was rather weak, too for my taste. Memorable in design and behaviour, but rather weak in terms of motivation and threat. (considering Gru had to deal with a genius villain that was trying to steal the moon in the first movie ... the villain in the 3rd was just a substantial step down)
Jokes fell mostly flat - but there weren't many for an adult audience.
I d say - a nice movie for kids, but in contrast to some of the classic pixar movies ... not for adults.