Jeri Jacquin
Get the family together because coming to theatres this
Friday from directors Eric Guillon, Kyle Balda and Pierre Cofflin along with
Illumination Entertainment is DESPICABLE ME 3.
Gru (Steve Carell) and Lucy (Kristen Wiig) are on their next
mission for the Anti-Villain League going after Balthazar Bratt (Trey Parker),
a once child star who took his role into adulthood. With his keytair and 80’s
dance moves, Bratt gets away with a diamond as large as his head!
Returning to the AVL headquarters, Silas Ramsbottom (Steve
Coogan) announces that he will be stepping down. Taking his job is Valerie Da
Vinci (Jenny Slate) and her first move is to fire Gru. Lucy threatens to walk
if she follows through with the firing and now both are out of a job. The
Minions aren’t happy when Gru refuses to return to villainy and stage a walk
out.
Going home to explain it all to Margo (Miranda Cosgrove),
Edith (Dana Gaier) and Agnes (Nev Scharrel), the parents assure the girls it
will all work out. That’s when a stranger shows up and announces that Gru has a
twin brother names Dru (also voiced by Steve Carell). Not believing it Gru
forces his Mom (Julie Andrews) and he learns the truth about his family.
Packing the family up, they fly to Dru’s luxurious estate
and Gru learns more about who his father was. He also learns that Dru wants to
be villainous and it’s Gru’s chance to capture Bratt while Lucy works on her
Mom-skills. Bratt isn’t about to make anything easy as he has plans for tinsel
town.
In their efforts to strengthen their family, Gru, Lucy and
Dru along with the girls learn that love of family is amazing and there is no
bad guy big enough to break them apart!
Recently at CinemaCon, Steve Carell spoke about his iconic
work as Gru saying the DESPICABLE ME franchise is filled with “characters that
are funny for adults as well as kids and that’s what has made it all
successful”. How did the voice of Gru come to be? Carell says, “I tried voices
on my daughter and when I did the voice of Gru they told me that was the one.
Gru’s voice was like I flew over Eastern Europe
and Dru’s voice had to be different. It had to be very fun, free and giddy in a
way”.
Wiig as Lucy is trying her best to be a good Mom and it
takes being herself to let everyone know that no one messes with Mama Bear! I
just think the character of Lucy is crazy cool. Cosgrove, Gaier and Scharrel as
Margo, Edith and Agnes are just girls growing up in a different household that
is filled with unexpected adventure and they roll with it.
Parker as Bratt had me cracking up! His shoulder pads,
keytar and dance moves along with a balding mullet and bubblegum means he isn’t
about to let Gru, Dru, Lucy or anyone else stop him from a little Hollywood
payback.
DESPICABLE ME 3 is going to give families everything they
have come to love about Gru, the girls and even the minions. This may not be
the average family but it sure is one filled with love, excitement,
understanding and fun. One would have thought that completed the family.
Of course not, Illumination expands their family with Dru
and a unicorn, well of sorts, which means a double dose of excitement. There
are the usual jokes with the minions trying to be jail house rockers but they
know where they truly belong. The animation is strong, vibrant and has such
creativity that I am always surprised yet not surprised.
Gru and Dru have found one another which means Lucy and the
girls have their hands full. That doesn’t have to be a bad thing but if
Illumination wants one more story line I have a few ideas that I wouldn’t mind
sharing!
So gather up your own minions and head to the theatres to
begin your summer with family fun of a different kind with DESPICABLE ME 3.
In the end – ohhhhhhhh brother it’s good to be bad!
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