In the first film, the Minions were used as filler (like Ice Age’s Scrat) to keep children laughing in between plot points, but Despicable Me 2 cleverly weaves them into the plot they’re still padding, but now they’re relevant padding. “Hee hee, bottom,” babbles a Minion in the background.Ī lot of Despicable Me 2’s success will ride on whether you find the Minions funny, but Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud know full well that ickle viewers enjoy that bizarre blend of jibberish and slapstick. They want him to spy on a possible bad guy in the local shopping mall who has a dangerous new chemical compound, explains their chief, Silas Ramsbottom. Now, he’s decided to go straight but soon finds himself kidnapped by Lucy Wilde (Wiig), an agent with the Anti-Villain League. Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul’s writing won us over with Agnes’ outbursts in Gru’s first outing, a tale that saw him grow a conscience and raise three little girls as his own. Whatever the reason, she knows – as all kids do – that the important thing to do is to shout about it as loudly as possible. It might be because she’s surrounded by tiny yellow minions that make silly noises and fight all the time. It might be because her dad, Gru (Carell), is a super villain who announces his weapons before he shoots them. It might be because it’s her birthday soon. “I’m so HAPPY!” yells Agnes (Fisher) at one point. Without overselling it, Despicable Me 2 is one of them. There aren’t many films that really understand children – and even rarer, know how to put that understanding on screen. Watch Despicable Me 2 online in the UK: Sky Cinema / NOW / Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play Cast: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove, Elsie Fisher
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