I'm not sure if the shtick that is the Despicable Me franchise; or the Minions for that matter, is just not able to offer anything worthwhile anymore, or maybe it's simply the fact that this third installment is just a swing and a miss. This is all besides the fact that I thought it had a lot of potential with it's premise too. It's just unfortunate that it ended up being quite a bit disappointing.
I do like the plot ideas for the story though. Gru loses his job as a good guy, and then the surprising arrival of his twin brother tries to convince him to be a villain again. There's also a plot line about Lucy trying to figure out how to be a Mom to Gru's adopted kids. Plus the Minions want to go back to villainy, with humorous results. Oh, and then there's that 80s child actor who became an 80s themed super villain too. All those elements definitely look good on paper, but unfortunately this movie wasn't able to translate all that into a fully entertaining experience.
Story aside, I wanted to at least enjoy the comedic side of things. There were definitely a lot of jokes in this movie, whether it's based on satire, sight-gags, or clever lines, but I probably only genuinely laughed less than a handful of times. A lot of the humor were very sophomoric or just simply uninspired. Actually the sophomoric jokes may have been done that way on purpose, but it still doesn't matter if I didn't find them funny. Some of the comedic ideas may have been inspired in some way; like putting the Minions in prison, but even so they just didn't feel like they tried hard enough to make them great ideas.
There are things I did like about the movie though, like the "cheese festival" bits, the super villain car, the heist sequences, and the character of Lucy who I was really rooting for in this movie. There really was potential for "Despicable Me 3" to be fun to watch, but when the end credits sequence showed us what the movie should have actually been about, then you know they could have made a better animated film than what we got.
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