Two weeks ago Hunter and I were given the opportunity to attend a private advanced screening for the new Universal Pictures film, Despicable Me.
It. Was. Awesome.
Here’s the thing with me. When it comes to kid movies I tend to get bored halfway through. But this movie had my attention and me laughing throughout the whole movie. And not just me either, the entire movie theater kept erupting in laughter which makes me laugh even harder because you have a bunch of adults laughing at a kids movie.
To describe this movie in one word: Fun.
Hunter couldn’t stop talking about it for days, he kept telling people about certain parts in the movie that were funny, he loved it. After seeing it, I think Hunter and I may go see it again once it comes out. I know its definitely one DVD I’ll be buying in the future and honestly I can’t wait for it to come out on DVD already!
The movie is about a super- villain named Gru (Steve Carell) who lives in a happy suburban neighborhood in a big black house with dead lawn. Hidden beneath his home is a secret hideout, home to an army of (lovable) yellow minions. These little yellow minions remind me of the penguins in Madagascar- (they’ll get their own show eventually I’m sure). Gru delights in all things wicked. Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Gru and his minions are planning the worlds biggest heist. He is going to steal the moon!
But first he keeps getting one-up’d by another villain, Vector. So Gru does what any villain would do. He adopts three little girls named Margo, Edith and Agnes to help him defeat Vector. Except of course, these three little orphaned girls who seem him as no one else has ever seen him as: a potential Dad.
The casting consists of Steve Carell, Julie Andrews, Miranda Cosgrove, Kristen Wiig, Jason Segel and Russell Brand just to name a few.
Despicable Me hits theaters July 9 in 3-D CGI. Now, I’m not a big 3-D fan but this movie had some great 3-D action that made it totally worth it. I for one think this movie will be THE movie to see this summer.
For more Despicable Me fun check these sites out:
- Official Website: http://www.despicable.me
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DespicableMe and http://www.facebook.com/minions
- GRUTube: http://www.youtube.com/despicablememovie
- Gru-gle: http://www.gru-gle.com
- GrugleEarth: http://www.grugleearth.com/
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My family and I were given the opportunity to attend a screening of this film as no cost to us by Universal Pictures. The opinions stated in this post are solely of my own.
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We’d love to see this movie, because the reviews have really perked our interest, and we think Steve Carell is crazy awesome.
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I love animated movies. And I think my son would love watching it as well! Plus it looks very funny,
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I’ve been interested in seeing this. Can you tell me what it was rated and what age group it would be best for? My 3 year old loves going to the theatre but I have a hard time finding appropriate movies for her
I would like to see it with the kids because it’s a family movie
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We saw a preview for this movie when we saw Toy Story 3 last weekend, and this looks SO fun. The minions are adorable, and Steve Carrell is one of my faves. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Because my kids love it when I take them to a children’s movie.
I love Steve Carrell and the movie looks really good.
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I want to win this because my husband is dying to see it and my daughter would enjoy the goodies!
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This movie looks great! I cannot wait to take my step kids to see it.
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I love Steve Carell! We saw an advance screening thanks to our awesome public library, and it was great! Can’t wait to see it again, because the boys couldn’t stop laughing.
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