Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.
Ultimately kids will love it, so if Despicable Me 2 feels like little more than spectacular silliness, it's hard not to admire a film with such a canny grasp of what its young audience wants.
It falters in the middle and hesitates unnecessarily in setting up the love story, but Gru still has charm and kids will adore the Minions.
Despicable Me 2 should delight its Minion-like armies of small fans everywhere. Expect a long-running franchise.
Nothing here to challenge anything from the Pixar golden age, but Despicable Me 2 is a sweet-natured family film.
Funnier – and perhaps cuter – than its predecessor.
2010’s Despicable Me was a disposable piece of silliness designed to delight the younger end of the animation market, so it’s no surprise that this sequel offers more of the same.
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