REVIEW: Despicable Me 3By Quinn OxleyJune 30, 2017I almost didn’t write a review for this one. I cared so little about it.

I feel similarly now to how I did after I saw Cars 3. The first one was subpar for the studio, but still decent viewing. The second one was a travesty of epic proportions. And now that the studio has learned its lesson, the third installment is better, but better doesn’t necessarily mean great. Or even all that good.

Gru (Steve Carell) has a brother, and his brother wants him to be a villain. That’s the jist.

Credit where credit is due - Dru isn’t just a copy of Gru. The two have distinctly different voices with similarities strong enough to indicate a relation, and this kind of attention to detail in a kid’s movie (especially one in keeping with the quality of this franchise) is commendable.

But most of the rest of Despicable Me 3 is pretty forgettable. Despite a handful of good laughs, I didn’t feel connected to the characters or much care about what was happening.

I really don’t have that much to say.

Oh, except that the movie references and basically gives the finger to Finding Nemo in the first five minutes, which I thought was hilariously inappropriate.

Rating: 3.75/10

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