Directed
by / réaliser par Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud
Reviewed by Nancy Snipper
Gru
has gone good. He’s now a foster dad with 3 little girls and he’s making
jellies for a living. Gone are the days when in Part 1 he was a villain who stole
the moon. Part 2 opens with a lab in the Arctic being sucked up by some strange
force. Trouble is, in the lab was a chemical that converts good creatures to
ferocious ones, so Gru is kidnapped by Ant-Villain League secret agent, Lucy
Wilde, who tasers him with her lipstick to bring him to the Anti-Villain League. They need his
services to track down the culprit. At first Gru refuses, but he has a change
of heart. The head of the League has traced it to some place in Paradise Mall.
The Machiavellian
mastermind behind stealing the chemical turns out to be Mr Macho who is running
a salsa restaurant in the mall. But he secretly is storing the chemical inside
his huge place. Gru finds out but it is not without problems that he is able to
put a stop to it all.
After
147 dates, Lucy and Gru get married, and all the little helpers he has, called
minions attend. They speak in gibberish, and it adds whacky sophistication to
the entire film. Dr. Nefario was Gru’s partner until he abandons him to go to
the wrong side – Mr. Macho’s side, but he has a change of heart, and because of
him and those minions, everyone ends up rather happy as one huge family. You do
not need to see Part 1 or be a kid to enjoy this film. The characters’ voices
and expressions were so clever, I was laughing out loud. A timeless classic
with slick animation that is a refreshing departure from Disney’s
saccharine-style rather predictable films.
(This film was viewed, compliments of Le SuperClub Videotron, 5000, rue
Wellington, in Verdun, Quebec.)
(Ce film a été visionné, avec les compliments
de Le SuperClub Videotron, 5000, rue Wellington, à Verdun, Québec.)
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