Despicable Me 3 (2017)

Gru meets his long-lost, charming, cheerful, and more successful twin brother Dru, who wants to team up with him for one last criminal heist.

Directors:

Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin

Writers:

Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio

Stars:

Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker

33 nominations.

Cast

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)
Katia Saponenko	...	Niko's Mother (voice)

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

twin brother | minion | hair | twins | diamond | 

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Taglines:

Need a break?

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Genres:

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

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for action and rude humor

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the first Illumination Entertainment movie produced in a 2.35:1 widescreen aspect ratio. All of the company's previous movies were produced in the taller 1.85:1 aspect ratio.

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Goofs

At the beginning when Balthazar Bratt does his diamond heist, the AVL obtain incorrect coordinates of his location. His heist took place off the coast of Hollywood, however on an online map the coordinates show that he was in Tennessee.

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Quotes

Gru: [on a boat, which is zooming toward Bratt's tower] I'm going in. Take the wheel.
Dru: Ah, I still don't see why I can't go with you!
Gru: Hey, we've discussed this! Now is not the time to mess with the plans!
Dru: Fine...
[Gru shoots up onto the tower]

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Crazy Credits

The Illumination logo shows 4 Minions - Kevin, Stuart, Mel, and Bob - attempting to say "ILLUMINATION", but they are knocked out by their items including the Fart Gun which sprays green gas.

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Connections

References Despicable Me (2010)

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Soundtracks

Physical
Written by Steve Kipner (as Stephen Kipner), Terry Shaddick
Performed by Olivia Newton-John
Courtesy of Olivia Newton-John
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Boring

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.

Details

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Country:

USA France Japan

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 June 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Despicable Me 3

Box Office

Budget:

$80,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$72,434,025, 2 July 2017

Gross USA:

$264,624,300

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,034,800,131

Company Credits

Production Co:

Illumination Entertainment, Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Atmos (Dolby Atmos+Vision) Dolby Digital Auro 11.1 DTS (DTS: X) Dolby Surround 7.1 Dolby 12-Track Digital Sound Dolby Atmos DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1