Despicable Me (2010) - Golden Globe Nominee!

"Whip-smart. Offbeat and original.  Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
"Hilarious! A blast for all ages  Matt Sullivan, In Touch Weekly
"Roaringly funny, heartfelt and imaginative.  Pete Hammond,Boxoffice Magazine

Editor's Note A mysterious criminal mastermind has stolen one of the pyramids in Egypt, sparking a fit of jealous envy in evil genius Gru (Steve Carell), who hasn't managed to make headlines since he and his minions swiped the Times Square JumboTron years back. Ever since Gru was a little boy, he dreamed of going to the moon. Now, if Gru can just build a rocket and get his hands on a powerful shrink-ray, he can cement his reputation as the greatest thief who ever lived by stealing the Earth's satellite right out of the sky. But immediately after Gru heists the shrink-ray, the cunning super-nerd Vector (Jason Segel) swoops in and snatches it right out of his hands. Now, in order to claim the moon, Gru must first reacquire the weapon from Vector. Armed with the knowledge that his nemesis has a mean sweet tooth, Gru adopts cookie-selling orphans Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Agnes (Elsie Fisher), and Edith (Dana Gaier) and commissions a new line of cookie robots from the evil Dr. Nefario (Russell Brand), his personal weapons specialist. But as Gru and his diminutive yellow minions prepare to carry out the biggest heist in history, something strange happens. Gru discovers that the three little girls who have come into his life are much more than simple pawns. They actually seem to care about Gru, and it turns out the scheming evildoer makes a pretty good father. When Gru realizes that his upcoming moon mission clashes with a ballet performance by the girls, he must decide what's more important -- being a present parent or cementing his nefarious reputation once and for all.

	Tom Johnson - Sound Re-Recording
	Kathy Nelson - Music Director
	Ken Daurio - Screenwriter
	Vicki Hiatt - Music Editor
	Cinco Paul - Screenwriter
	Lionel Gallat - Director of Animation
	Christopher Scarabosio - Sound
	Christopher Scarabosio - Sound Re-Recording
	Pharrell Williams - Composer
	Pharrell Williams - Song Composer
	Slamm Andrews - Music Editor
	Carter Goodrich - Character Design
	Jean Hemez - Animation Supervisor
	Skywalker Sound - Sound
	Pierre Avon - Animation Supervisor
	Pierre Leduc - Animation Supervisor
	Nicolas Bauduin - Animation Supervisor
	Heitor Pereira - Composer
	Mac Guff - Animation
	Barthelemy Boirot - Animation Supervisor
	Luc Degardin - Animation Supervisor
	Elisabeth Patte - Animation Supervisor
	Julien Soret - Animation Supervisor
	Nicholas Brack - Lighting Director
	Julie Andrews - Voice
	Steven Carell - Voice
	Will Arnett - Voice
	Jason Segel - Voice
	Ken Daurio - Voice
	Russell Brand - Voice
	Kristen Wiig - Voice
	Miranda Cosgrove - Voice
	Rob Huebel - Voice
	Jemaine Clement - Voice
	Jack McBrayer - Voice
	Mindy Kaling - Voice
	Chris Renaud - Voice
	Ken Jeong - Voice
	Pierre Coffin - Voice
	Danny McBride - Voice
	Dana Gaier - Voice
	Elsie Fisher - Voice
	Jeannine Berger - Post-Production Supervisor
	Sergio Pablos - Story
	Pierre Coffin - Director
	Chris Renaud - Director

Hollywood Reporter
"[I]t's funny, clever and warmly animated with memorable characters..." 06/09/2010

Box Office
4.5 stars out of 5 -- "[A] rousingly funny, heartfelt and imaginative 'toon blessed with the vocal talents of Steve Carell and loaded with whimsy and smarts." 07/05/2010

Entertainment Weekly
"[S]prightly filmmaking....[A] charming tale of bad intentions and happy endings." -- Grade: A- 07/09/2010

Chicago Sun-Times
3 stars out of 4 -- "The film is funny, energetic, teeth-gnashingly venomous..." 07/07/2010

Wall Street Journal
"[T]he animation is a grabber all the way through....Stylish..." 07/09/2010

Movieline
"A picture that manages to feel both original and pleasingly nostalgic without straining for either effect." 07/09/2010

A.V. Club
"[A] giddy joy....Mostly, DESPICABLE ME is a joyously creative, refreshing piece of work..." -- Grade: B 07/08/2010

Washington Post
3 stars out of 4 -- "[A]n improbably heartwarming, not to mention visually delightful, diversion..." 07/09/2010

Total Film
3 stars out of 5 -- "Combining INCREDIBLES-style hardware with a SHREK-esque protagonist....Satirical, scatological and slapsticky..." 10/01/2010

Sight and Sound
"[Pharrell Williams] contributes some of the coolest, glitchiest would-be mumbled rap ever heard." 11/01/2010

Empire
3 stars out of 5 -- "Naturally, there's a trip into space and a spectacular near disaster, but it's the heart which makes DESPICABLE ME effective." 10/15/2010

Uncut
4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he yarn has its own sly humour." 03/01/2011

Salon.com 8 of 10
An enjoyable blend of sweetness and silliness, with loads of giggles and just enough dark-edged humor to keep the adult companions interested (the Bank of Evil, where Gru seeks financing for his schemes, carries a small-print legend above its grandiose portals: "Formerly Lehman Brothers"), Despicable Me ranks as the second-best digital-animated family film of the summer. But when the gold medal belongs to Toy Story 3," there's no shame in that. And unlike every other 3-D film I've seen since Avatar, this one actually uses the technology with grace, daring and a sense of wonder. - Andrew O'Hehir

Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
To make a villain into the hero of an animated comedy is daring, but the filmmakers bring in three cute kids to restore good feelings. They are Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (Dana Gaier) and Agnes (Elsie Fisher). Gru finds them at his friendly neighborhood orphanage, run by the suspicious Miss Hattie (Kristen Wiig). His plan is to keep them at his home until his moon scheme is ready to hatch, and then use them to infiltrate Vector's home by subterfuge ? pretending to sell cookies, say. It follows as the night does the day that the orphans will work their little girl magic on Gru and gradually force the revelation that the big lug has a heart, after all. - Roger Ebert