Steve Carell voices Gru, a man who wants to be the best evil genius going and embarks on a plan to steal the moon in order to prove to himself (and his mother) that he really is just that damn good. Along the way, his plan involves adopting three young girls in order for his plan to succeed, and the evil genius finds himself wanting to have fun more than world domination.
In terms plot, the film never really sags and the motivations of the characters are spot on. Children will be just as entranced with the 3D effects as the adults will be with the often witty humour and fantastic sense of the absurd. The film's highlights for me, and many others I would have thought, come in the guise of the tiny yellow followers who dominate the film with their random, playful antics. The three girls whom Gru adopts are the real stars of the show though, each lovingly characterised to be so endearing (especially the youngest - 'It's so fluffy I'M GONNA DIE!!!') that they will melt the iciest of hearts.
While many cynics might class the film as sappy and aggravatingly simple, this is a really enjoyable, loveable film that will make you laugh, and if you're that way inclined, blubber like a schoolgirl. And the 3D is actually okay.
8/10
