Despicable Me

 

All right, he is him, ugly and mean but Despicable Me is so much more in keeping with the subject. What a shame I did not see it in English. I must admit it is hard to explain why you like a word rather than another. “Despicable”...as if meanness were felt in the syllables. Anyway.

This animated comedy tells the story of Gru (aka Steve Carell in English and the over media-friendly Gad Elmaleh in French), a criminal mastermind helped by an army of tiny yellow things called minions and an old stone deaf scientific. Gru is not actually the greatest mean guy on the planet but rather the failed criminal being now too old for sensational jobs – and his banker. New villains flourishing on the market are in fact far more rising, such as the feeble Vector is. The very one who stole one of the great pyramids of Egypt. Yes, that's true. But beware, Gru is about to set his ultimate scheme going : stealing the moon. It is not that his plan is complicated but Vector will put a spoke in his wheels. One aspect of his brilliant projects consists of adopting three young girls who sell cookies. You will know why soon enough. Nothing is perfect and these girls will change his life in a radical way for his greatest pleasure and ours at the same time. Actually, two totally different kind of stories mingle. The characters are so cute, so moving, so funny. It is impossible you remain stony-faced. I am still confused about those minions..not that funny or cute. Again the media aroused much more expectations.

Even though we can say the film lacks originality and that there has been to much advertising for what it really is, there is no way you can deny its humour and tenderness.