Despicable Me

Despicable Me is one of those "Awwww so cute" animation movies which shamelessly use really big-eyed cute kids and cute furry little creatures to make you smile - and succeed big time at it ! While not breaking any new ground like Wall-E, it has its own adorable creatures - the Minions - tiny yellow capsule shaped creatures that scurry around making you smile at their antics

The plot of the movie is something only animation studios can come up with. An over-the-hill thief Gru finds himself being upstaged by a younger challenger Vector, who filches the great pyramid and replaces it with a inflatable replica. To one-up on him, Gru decides to steal the moon itself, using a shrink ray - which happens to be in Vector's house. To distract Vector, Gru adopts three cute little orphan girls, whom he intends to dump after he is done with Vector. But ofcourse, we know how it goes

Gru is voiced by Steve Carell, who brings a nice somewhat Russian accent to Gru - while the star of the show are definitely the Minions. Dedicated to Gru, but not above dumb antics, the movie is worth seeing for them alone. Wouldnt be surprised to see a sequel or a derivative of the movie starring the Minions. The animations look similar to Toy Story, and 3D is superflous to the movie - you can easily skip it and watch it in 2D. But between the melt-your-heart kids and the grinning Minions, you will definitely find something to love in Despicable Me.