Despicable Me 2 (2013) – Sequel starring Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig

★★★★☆

5 word summary:

So silly but very enjoyable.

5 sentence review:

Gru's next step on his road from evil is to get a love interest and she comes in the quirky secret agent played by Kristen Wiig, the two get into a few scraped while trying to discover who stole a dangerous chemical.

There is a lot of charm in this franchise, from the cute little girls to the oddly loveable minions, and this film adds to the charm by affirming the themes of family and unity that were present in the first film.

Aside from the deeper aspect of this film, the humour is also enjoyable, although quite heavily dependant on slapstick (which is forgiveable because the film is aimed for a younger audience).

The new characters, like Lucy and El Macho, are good additions who managed to hold their own in amongst the already assembled kooky collection of characters.

It's an enjoyable and well made sequel that builds on its original rather than simply trying to replicate it (which in my opinion is the downfall of any sequel).

5 good things:

1. The heart-warming moments.

2. The soundtrack (I have to admit that I've listened to Happy too many times).

3. The humour.

4. The guacamole hat.

5. The minions' musical number.

5 bad things:

1. The girls haven't' seemed to have aged enough, I wish they were older.

2. They obviously focused a lot on the minions, who are funny but not really important.

3. No one noticed that minions were going missing.

4. The minion with sirens on his head was only in one scene.

5. Gru wasn't dressed as a fairy for the whole film.