Gru, a criminal mastermind, adopts three orphans as pawns to carry out the biggest heist in history. His life takes an unexpected turn when the little girls see the evildoer as their potenti... Read allGru, a criminal mastermind, adopts three orphans as pawns to carry out the biggest heist in history. His life takes an unexpected turn when the little girls see the evildoer as their potential father.Gru, a criminal mastermind, adopts three orphans as pawns to carry out the biggest heist in history. His life takes an unexpected turn when the little girls see the evildoer as their potential father.
- 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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Storyline
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
When one pyramid of Egypt is stolen, the despicable suburban villain Gru feels frustrated since he considers himself the greatest criminal mind ever. However he plans to steal the moon, in the greatest heist of history, with the support of the evil Dr. Nefario and his army of minions. Gru intends to hire a loan in the Bank of Evil (former Lehman Brothers) to build a rocket and steal the shrink weapon to reduce the size of the moon. But the banker Mr. Perkins intends to invest in the young Vector, who actually had stolen the pyramid. When Gru robs the shrink weapon, Vector steals it from him and kept the weapon in his impenetrable fortress that is protected by state of art security system. Gru sees that the orphans Margo, Edith and Agnes from Miss Hattie's Home for Girls have full access to Vector's house to sell cookies. Gru plots a scheme, adopting the three girls to use them to recover the shrink weapon from Vector. But the three little girls change the behavior of Gru and his minions.
"Despicable Me" is a sort of contemporary version of the Charles Dickens' classic novel "A Christmas Carol" and a highly entertaining animation with one of the sweetest villain ever, three adorable little girls and a group of adorable minions. The story is not corny but human, and the jokes with Bill Gates that is the source of inspiration of the nerd Vector and with the investment banking Lehman Brothers Holding Inc. that declared bankruptcy in 2008 and affected the lives of small private investors are witty. In the end, Gru is not the criminal mastermind that he supposed to be. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Meu Malvado Favorito" ("My Favorite Meanie")
"Despicable Me" is a sort of contemporary version of the Charles Dickens' classic novel "A Christmas Carol" and a highly entertaining animation with one of the sweetest villain ever, three adorable little girls and a group of adorable minions. The story is not corny but human, and the jokes with Bill Gates that is the source of inspiration of the nerd Vector and with the investment banking Lehman Brothers Holding Inc. that declared bankruptcy in 2008 and affected the lives of small private investors are witty. In the end, Gru is not the criminal mastermind that he supposed to be. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Meu Malvado Favorito" ("My Favorite Meanie")
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- Dec 10, 2010
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Details
Box office
- Budget
- $69,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $251,683,815
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $56,397,125
- Jul 11, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $544,174,973
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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