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A Very Despicable Review

 


Finally saw Despicable Me 4, as an early birthday present for my aunt (the franchise's biggest fan). This time, Gru and his family (now including newborn baby Gru Jr.) are on the run and in hiding after Gru has his old nemesis Maxime Le Mal arrested. Unfortunately for him, Maxime escaped. Gru is also having issues with his new baby and neighbor while the AVL had the bright idea of turning the minions into superheroes. 🤦🏾‍♀️

The movie was pretty much what you'd expect from Despicable Me. It was indeed funny and enjoyable for family entertainment, however it was also the weakest of the four main movies. And as I mentioned in the July Releases post, they're squeezing the life out of this franchise and I'm not sure how much more they can do with these characters. The writing wasn't the strongest, there was actually a plotline involving Agnes that never got resolved. The minions like always were the funniest part of the movie. Who needs the Avengers when you've got the Megaminions (she said sarcastically😒)? Seriously, What The Hell was the AVL thinking? I also liked the storyline between Gru and Gru Jr., he was a BAD BABY. It's not a super strong arch but it was still sweet. Poppy was fine, that's it. As for her parents; dad doesn't wanna be bothered while mom disturbingly reminds me of a certain group of people I would rather not disclose on this blog. 

Maxime was fine, but at this point they've got way too many villains in the franchise and Maxime is easily the least memorable of the villains (his odd obsession with cockroaches is also concerning🤢). However, all the villains throughout the franchise did make a cameo and I LOVED IT!  If they do a fifth movie, not only do I suggest they make it the last, but also either have one of the past villains (most likely Vector) come back for revenge against Gru, or have all the villains he's faced band together and go after him.

That's pretty much it to be honest. Thanks for reading.
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