![]() ![]() (a movie I absolutely love) in the way that it combines sweetness and humor in a manner that's never cloying or annoying. So yeah, it's pretty clear that I liked this movie a lot. That's not a criticism, just an observation. Steve Carell and Jack McBrayer (in a small but hilarious part) are really the only voices that are easily recognizable. I wouldn't have known that Jason Segel, Kristin Wiig, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, or Will Arnett were even involved, if not for the credits and the fact that I had read about them beforehand. The voice talent is great, but I will admit that most of them were pretty much unrecognizable. The character designs are stylized and fun, the soundtrack is a nice change of pace for this kind of film, and the pacing is excellent, with nary a dull stretch. Despicable Me is also a vivid, bright movie that's pleasing to the eye in all the right ways. It's fun to see what will pop up next (keep your eyes open for a particularly amusing reference to a particularly un-amusing scene in The Godfather). It has the expected amount of jokes that will give kids (and older people, too) the giggles, as well as lots of comedy that only the grown-up crowd will appreciate. This is seriously the funniest animated movie that I've seen in quite a while. ![]() My favorite thing about Despicable Me is how humorous it is. And on those two fronts, Dreamworks has a definite success on their hands. But Despicable Me isn't trying to be profound, it's aiming for amusement and entertainment. On an emotional and story-telling level, it's not nearly as profound or involving. No, Despicable Me is not "better" than Toy Story 3. I sit on the toilet." Any animated movie that was released during 2010 is inevitably going to be compared to Toy Story 3, so let's get that out of the way, first. ![]()
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