Despicable Me 2-Kids Movie Reviews

Gru (voice of Steve Carell), his three adopted daughters, and the beloved minions are back in this sequel to the popular 2010 movie Despicable Me. Now we see Gru as a loving father, not the evildoer who wanted to steal the moon. However, problems occur when Gru is asked to track down an evil felon. Initially he’s not sure he wants to fight crime, though when partnered with the beautiful agent Lucy Wilde (voice of Kristen Wiig) he changes his mind; after all his girls have been wanted him to date more. Despicable Me 2 is a wonderful animated film for the whole family.

Rating: 4 and 1/2 out of 5 buckets
Release Date: December 10, 2013
MPAA Rating: PG
Best Age Group: 5+
Sexual Content: Mild
Violent Content: Moderate
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
Drugs and Alcohol Content: Mild
Will it Appeal to Kids? Yes

See the trailer here!

Talking Points:

There are endearing messages about the value of family. Gru was once a mean, unhappy man, but with the adoption of his 3 daughters, he turned into a caring and loving father.

Despicable Me 2 is very entertaining; it has a great storyline, fun music and interesting characters. It will appeal to young kids as well as pre-teens and even teenagers.

Sexual Content: Mild

Gru and Lucy kiss.

Violent Content: Moderate

There is a lot of slapstick violence with characters bonking heads, zapping each other, and stumbling into one another.
Minions hit each other with clubs and mace.
A rabbit turns into a large monster and attacks a lab technician.
A group of minions were given a drug, they also turned into monsters running all over the place.

Crude or Profane Language:Mild