{"id":4713,"date":"2016-11-25T11:37:58","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T16:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4713"},"modified":"2025-11-16T17:29:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T22:29:37","slug":"despicable-me-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4713","title":{"rendered":"Despicable Me-2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Despicable Me-2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Steve Carell, Jason Segel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #526<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/70115629.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4714\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/70115629-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70115629\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/70115629-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/70115629.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed November 25, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My immediate reaction upon seeing Despicable Me (2010) is that it&#8217;s a cute film, just custom-made for the masses- children and families alike. This is fine, but I was honestly hoping for something a bit edgier or of more substance, but I did enjoy it at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>The film is a fun, family-style affair for all ages with a nice story.<\/p>\n<p>It tells of a villain, named Gru, who is in competition with other super-villains and hatches a plan to shrink and steal the moon.<\/p>\n<p>He is reformed through three orphans (Margo, Edith, and Agnes) he first uses in his plan, but later comes to love and eventually adopts.<\/p>\n<p>The orphans predictably reform Gru and bring out the nice man within him.<\/p>\n<p>They change his life for the better.<\/p>\n<p>There is nothing wrong with this film, nor is there anything tremendous about it either. I know some people loved it.<\/p>\n<p>To me, Despicable Me (2010) was decent, but I wanted a bit more and perhaps a more complex or interesting plot, but that is just my taste talking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despicable Me-2010 Director Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud Starring Steve Carell, Jason Segel Scott&#8217;s Review #526 Reviewed November 25, 2016 Grade: B- My immediate reaction upon seeing Despicable Me (2010) is that it&#8217;s a cute film, just custom-made for the masses- children and families alike. 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