Despicable Me

"Superbad. Superdad."

2010 1h 35m EN

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7.3

SOLID

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80%

FRESH

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METACRITIC

⭐

7.6

IMDB

★7.3TMDB · 16,441🍅80%Rotten Tomatoes●72Metacritic★7.6IMDB · 628,264

AnimationComedyCrimeScience FictionFamily

Synopsis

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Determined to prove he's the world's greatest supervillain, Gru hatches an audacious plan to steal the Moon. To pull it off, he adopts three orphaned girls—Margo, Edith, and Agnes—intending to use them as pawns in his scheme. But the unexpected bond they form forces him to question the criminal life he's always known.

“Superbad. Superdad.”

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Cast

Steve Carell
Gru (voice)
Jason Segel
Vector (voice)
Russell Brand
Dr. Nefario (voice)
Julie Andrews
Gru's Mother (voice)
Will Arnett
Mr. Perkins (voice)
Kristen Wiig
Miss Hattie (voice)
Miranda Cosgrove
Margo (voice)
Dana Gaier Ellis
Edith (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Chris Renaud
Writers: Ken Daurio, Cinco Paul, Sergio Pablos
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Mid-budget at $69M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 7.9× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Despicable Me Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

CAST

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253+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Heitor Pereira. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Gregory Perler shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Steve Carell and Jason Segel and Russell Brand carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Chris Renaud directs. Heitor Pereira scores. Gregory Perler cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Mid-budget at $69M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 7.9× over at the box office.
3Released 16 years ago.
4Part of the "Despicable Me Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5253+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Original score by Heitor Pereira. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Gregory Perler shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Steve Carell and Jason Segel and Russell Brand carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Superbad. Superdad.".
10IMDB entry: tt1323594 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1116,441 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
12Classified under 18 themes, including "moon", "parent child relationship", "orphanage", "villain".
13Released under 18 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Original score: Heitor Pereira
Editing: Gregory Perler
Production design: Yarrow Cheney
Sound: Chris Scarabosio
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.78:1 (16:9)
Status: Released
Budget: $69,000,000
Box office: $543,284,256
Return: 787% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Despicable Me (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes: 80% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 72/100
IMDB rating: 7.6/10 · 628,264 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award3 wins & 41 nominations total

Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie

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Part of

Despicable Me Collection

The Despicable Me franchise centers on Gru, a supervillain (who later becomes a dad and a spy); his yellow-colored Minions; his three orphan girls, Margo, Edith and Agnes, and his wife Lucy Wilde.

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The Movie Mob2022-09-09
★ 9/10
Despicable Me's mischievous characters enhance and strengthen its heartwarming family-focused story. Despicable Me completely took me by surprise! Steve Carrell leads this heartwarmingly delightful, funny film with a fresh premise different from other kid's movies, hilariously lovable characters, and superb execution. Being one of my three-year-old's favorites, I have seen this movie 100 times, and it doesn't get old. Cartel's voice acting is as entertaining as possible, and the Minions are just a masterstroke of brilliance that my daughter exclaims, "it's so cute!" every time they're on the TV. But this animated heist film becomes much more as three orphaned girls warm the heart of criminal mastermind Gru as he grows from an evil loner to a caring father. Despicable Me was as touching as hilarious, and its creativity and fantastic characters make it my absolute favorite animated film of all time.
CinemaSerf2025-12-25
★ 7/10
I’m not sure he’d be terribly flattered by the comparison, but I kept seeing a skinny-legged Terry-Thomas every time I watched the dastardly “Gru” plot his latest scheme to prove he is the most evil of criminal masterminds. His latest plan is to steal the moon! Thing is, he needs a gadget that is being kept in the highest security by “Vector” in his fortress-like home. Try as he will, he simply cannot overcome the defences and so he has to think laterally. The result? Well that involves some cookies and three orphans. They will wheedle their way into the heart of his home and then the robotised cookies will do their stuff. Of course, not only doesn’t that work but poor old “Gru” starts to find himself feeling an uncharacteristic affection for these rugrats. Indeed, they start to become even more important than his grand design. How can he possibly capture the gadget, steal the moon, cement his global reputation and keep the children (and his army of minions) all happy, too? I don’t usually take to films with children in them, but I really did quite enjoy this crime caper with a difference. The “Gru” character is a masterpiece of increasingly soft-hearted wickedness; there are enough gadgets and gizmos to keep “007” busy for years and the story races along for ninety minutes of fun, menace and even a bit of inappropriate photocopying from his yellow perils too! It’s a characterful animation that innovates as it entertains and even I, who always thinks the baddie should emerge victorious, couldn’t begrudge the sequel-inviting conclusion.
Dr Nostromo2026-09-24
★ 7/10
74/100 Master thief, Mr. Gru, has a diabolical scheme to use 3 orphan girls to steal the moon. He didn't count on them stealing his heart. This delightfully fun and entertaining movie is well-written, quite humorous, very touching and full of minions that are a riot. Some of the characters were the type we've seen in other films as incredibly annoying, irritating and unlikable but they were expertly treated here with finesse and charm to make them truly likable, despite their evil intents. Add fantastic action and animation and you have a great film for the whole family. - DrNostromo.com