I had no intention of paying to see Despicable Me 4 in the theaters but an NYC heatwave and my being outside nearing heat exhaustion required I get into the AC ASAP so I ducked into a theater to see the next movie was regardless of what it was. It was an amusing romp and time well spent beyond the cooling off.
The plot has Gru and his Anti-Villain League arresting his arch nemesis ----- at the class reunion. --- vows revenge from prison. Since he has morphed into a cockroach man the cockroaches break him out. Gru and family are put into witness protection and most of the minions go to work for the AVL. Complicating matters is the teen girl who lives next door to Gru, she knows Gru’s true identity and she wants Gru to help her pull a caper.
This isn’t high art but it is entertaining. The minion stuff is hit or miss with the superhero riff probably being best- especially at the end. The Gru and family stuff is dead on wonderful, with the film going into the stratosphere when the blackmail starts. That should have been more of the film, but that’s quibble.
While the film feels like two shorts welded together, the film still shines. I laughed out loud a bunch of times and the retired superhero minions getting called back into action had me acting like a giddy three year old as it reminded me of Ralph Bakshi’s THE MIGHTY HEROES going into battle during the open credits of that series.
The film is ultimately pure joy, with only the minion nonsense during the end credits being a real disappointment.
Recommended for fans.
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