Despicable Me 4

Despicable Me 4

Gru and Lucy and their girls — Margo, Edith and Agnes — welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina, and the family is forced to go on the run.

  • Released: 2024-07-03
  • Runtime: 95 minutes
  • Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
  • Stars: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Pierre Coffin, Miranda Cosgrove, Steve Coogan, Dana Gaier, Will Ferrell, Sofía Vergara, Joey King, Stephen Colbert, Chloe Fineman, Madison Polan, Chris Renaud
  • Director: Chris Renaud
 Comments
  • freshpickedlily - 4 July 2024
    Do not.
    Made an account just to tell everyone how bad this movie was. It genuinely ruined my night and i didn't even finish the movie. They ruined the franchise with this movie. I would rather swallow a razorblade then hear another joke come from Grus mouth. I cannot tell you any more to spend your money elsewhere. In fact save your money. Get outta the house and do ANYTHING else. I feel sick knowing that children are growing up with this terrible movie instead of ratatouille, wall-e, finding nemo, finding dory even. If you look at this movie and think "hmm the fourth movie in a franchise??? It cant be that bad can it?" Believe me it can. If your thinking about taking your kids to see this, your better off staying at home and watching something else. Please.
  • owenjmiddleton - 2 July 2024
    Despicably repetitive
    Despicably repetitive.

    So despicable me 4 has come out.

    Okay and another kids film.

    Yes, yet another film in the minions franchise.

    I was told by my nine-year-old that it was made on a low budget so it made no sense to charge people a lot to see it.

    I don't know if that thing about the budget is true.

    However, maybe it's true about it not being fair to make people pay a lot to see it.

    It's completely repetitive.

    Without giving too much away Bad things happen to the heroes if they can be called that Move from point A to point B.

    Then the people who are after them track them down.

    Then some stuff happens that's filler.

    Then we have more of the plotting.

    More of the hiding.

    More filler.

    Okay you get the point. It's basically the same thing on a loop.

    Rinse and repeat.

    And the new characters aren't all very interesting.

    Very too dimensional.

    So what's exactly the point?

    Well, making money off a new minions movie.

    That's the point.

    So I didn't feel I could rate this very high.

    More so because my nine year old didn't like it very much.

    He sat through it and got it.

    But, he thought it was not the best film in the franchise.

    Observing that after Despicable Me one it's been a downhill slope.

    I was proud of him for picking up on that at only nine.

    Don't watch this if you can help it.
  • waltermwilliams - 25 June 2024
    What Walt's Watching
    Honey Badger is not just the nickname of a reality television star, but also the target of a nefarious crime Gru is forced to commit even though he's now a sworn badge carrying member of the Anti Villain League or AVL in "Despicable Me 4".

    I can hear some of you saying, "I didn't even know there was #3".

    Steve Coogan relishes his voiceover role as "Silias Ramsbottom" (snicker if you must you juveniles) as head of the AVL.

    You'll laugh out loud at the main Minions (including Dave) converted into Super Heroes each with their own super powers as they perform parodies of well known scenes from Spider-Man and other movies.

    And for those old enough to remember the 60's there's even a vehicular reference to "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang".

    Oh we love you our fine four-fendered friend.

    To avoid conflict with an arch enemy "Maxime La Mal" whose escaped a high security prison "Gru" and his family are moved to a seemingly safe house in the upmarket community of "Mayflower", a nice tribute to the ship that transported a group of English settlers, known as the Pilgrims, to the New World (America0 in 1620....enough of the history lessons really.

    "Frat Pack" star Will Ferrell loves playing animated villain protagonists ("Megamind") and he's at it again as "Maxime" and using another outrageous accent.

    Alongside his on screen girlfriend Sofia Vergara as "Valentina".

    She loves animated films, she's mad for it, this is her fourth.

    Wait for: Tears for Fears song "Everybody Wants To Rule the World" getting the "Despicable Me" treatment.

    Blink and you'll miss seeing all the villains from the other "Despicable Me" and Minions" movies in the prison scene that is so cool at the end.

    Listen out for: Hawaii 5-0 theme used in a couple of crime scenes.

    One of the reasons that "Despicable Me 4" still works so well even 14 years after the first one is consistency.

    Not just in the actors voicing the main characters, but also retaining the same director, Chris Renaud and writer Ken Daurio with the addition of Mike Whites creativity ("White Lotus").

    Initially I winced at the concept of adding a baby to Gru's family with Kristen Wiig as "Lucy Wilde" (once married to "Richard Wilde" now known as Richard Wilkins) However, the fathering duties make "Gru" even more loveable in light of the lengths he goes to in order to save his offspring from a baddie daddy and win over the little boys affections.

    Perfect fodder to keep your children and grandchildren amused during the Winter holidays and beyond.

    What made this screening even more special for me was in hosting a fundraiser for The Leukaemia Foundation's World Shave For A Cure which raised nearly $3,000 just before the curtains opened with local Limelight Cinema Duty Managers going under the razor.