Product Description
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In a happy suburban neighbourhood surrounded by white picket
fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead
lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbours, hidden deep beneath this
home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by an army of tireless,
little yellow minions, we discover Gru (Steve Carell), planning
the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to
steal the moon (Yes, the moon!) to prove to his Mum (Julie
Andrews) that he is better than the other super-villains,
especially the new kid on the block, Vector (Jason Segal).
Gru delights in all things wicked. Armed with his arsenal of
shrink rays, freeze s and battle-ready vehicles for land and
air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he
encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who
look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a
potential dad.
One of the world’s greatest super-villains has just met his
greatest challenge: three little girls named Margo, Edith and
Agnes in the box office hit Despicable Me.
Special Features:
* 3 brand new Minion Movies (Home Makeover, Orientation Day and
Banana)
* Voices Of Despicable Me
* The World Of Despicable Me
* Despicable Beats
* A Global Effort
* Gru’s Rocket Builder Game
* Super Silly Fun Land Games and feature commentary
* Plus Miss Hattie’s Top Secret Cookie Recipes
* Pocket Blu and U-Control
Audio:
* 3D version - English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English Audio
Description Track 2.0, French, Italian, German, Spanish,
Japanese, Polish, Dutch DTS Surround 5.1
* 2D version - English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English Audio
Description Track 2.0, French, Italian, German, Spanish,
Portuguese, Icelandic, Turkish DTS Surround 5.1
Subtitle:
* 3D version - English SDH, French, Italian, German, Spanish,
Japanese, Dutch, Polish
* 2D version - English SDH, French, Italian, German, Spanish,
Icelandic, Portuguese, Turkish, Arabic
.co.uk Review
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Despicable Me is a compelling animated comedy about an aging
supervillain's falling popularity at the hands of a younger
supervillain and three young orphan girls. Gru is a true,
bad-to-the-core evildoer who's earned the title of the world's
No. 1 supervillain. But when young upstart Vector steals the
Pyramid of Giza, Gru's status suddenly sinks to No. 2. Gru
counters his fall by speeding up his plan to shrink and steal the
moon, enlisting the help of his army of minions and the elderly
Dr. Nefario, but a lack of funding and the difficulties involved
in stealing the needed shrink-ray threaten to derail
everything. Adopting three young orphan girls is an unlikely, but
seemingly effective means to further Gru's evil mission, but Gru
quickly discovers that caring for three young girls is more work,
and distraction, than he could ever have anticipated. What
unfolds is an unexpected shift in attitude that will forever
change the lives of Gru, Vector, and all three young girls. A
visually appealing film produced by Chris Meledandri (Ice Age,
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, and Horton Hears a Who), Despicable Me
is full of weirdly shaped characters and settings that are
somehow a perfect fit for Sergio Pablos's story. What's
especially refreshing is that in this film, 3-D effects are used
skillfully and effectively: even when the effects are exploited
for comic reasons, they don't become a distraction, as is all too
common in many recent movies. The film is full of corny banter
and silly antics that inspire plenty of spontaneous laughter, and
the minions, while not the best-developed characters, sure are
comical. Ultimately, there's also a wholesome message about
following one's heart. Steve Carell is the perfect
villain-gone-soft in his role as Gru, Jason Segal is quite funny
as Vector, and Julie Andrews makes a surprising appearance as
Gru's very un-motherly mom. The story isn't new, the humour is
relatively juvenile and somewhat forgettable, and it's no Toy
Story 3, but Despicable Me celebrates silliness in a way that's
satisfying and highly entertaining. (Ages 6 and older) --Tami
Horiuchi