Universal Pictures | Release Date: July 3, 2013
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f3l1p3Sep 9, 2014
Este filme é muito legal. É bom, com várias sacadas, divertido, fala sobre o amor (tanto dos pais quanto de paixão) e ainda fez os Minions virar modinha. Muito legal mesmo.
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reellmJul 30, 2015
3/5★ While not as fresh and emotionally resonant as the first one, Despicable Me 2 offers enough laughs and visual delights to entertain and distract you from the fact that it just doesn't capture the spark its prequel had.
Also: When it
3/5★ While not as fresh and emotionally resonant as the first one, Despicable Me 2 offers enough laughs and visual delights to entertain and distract you from the fact that it just doesn't capture the spark its prequel had.
Also: When it comes to cutesy animated sidekicks, more is less.
Verdict: Enjoyable.
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DCEdmondsNov 13, 2014
"Despicable Me 2" 10 Scale Rating: 6.0 (Decent) ...

The Good: As with the first film, Gru (Steve Carell) is just an entertaining character. For anyone who enjoys villains in cinema and television, there are plenty of well done little barbs
"Despicable Me 2" 10 Scale Rating: 6.0 (Decent) ...

The Good: As with the first film, Gru (Steve Carell) is just an entertaining character. For anyone who enjoys villains in cinema and television, there are plenty of well done little barbs and inside jokes in the movie.

The Bad: It just didn't have the heart or the entertainment value of the first film. While it wasn't a bad film, it just doesn't quite get going and even drags on in spots. For an animated feature, that's rare. The minions just aren't all that funny anymore.
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JohnKristoferDec 22, 2014
Despicable Me 2 is I think better than the original and I Know you won't agree with me but this just my Opinion.Extremely cute,hilarious and enjoyable for all ages!
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DBPirate1129Jan 11, 2015
An even better film than the original with even more laugh-out-loud scenes and new characters in the form of Agent Lucy Wilde and the main villain El Macho. It has an even better story than its 2010 predecessor.
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emiliomiceli31Aug 8, 2015
mi villano favorito 2 es una de las peliculas favoritas de los niños y lleva un gran mejora en cuanto a su precuela de 2010 y deberia lamenos ser candidato al oscar
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AGNJul 9, 2015
Okay, Despicable Me 2 wasn't a great movie but what I remember about this movie was that it was a fun summer kiddie romance movie. It had a great song at the end, and the minions were even funnier. I will review minions this weekend.
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spongeswiftMar 31, 2017
Despicable Me 2 is mediocre. I can't say that it's bad but with it's odd plot and overall just weird villains I can say that it's a mixed bag and for sure worse than the 1st movie. It was the kiss goodbye for Despicable Me movie's with decentDespicable Me 2 is mediocre. I can't say that it's bad but with it's odd plot and overall just weird villains I can say that it's a mixed bag and for sure worse than the 1st movie. It was the kiss goodbye for Despicable Me movie's with decent plotlines. Expand
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chillerbootJul 16, 2015
The first film was amazing. It had a great story arc and we watched Gru gradually grow and develop as a character.

This one is not so good. It trades comedy for pop culture references, and the comedy it does have just falls flat. Half
The first film was amazing. It had a great story arc and we watched Gru gradually grow and develop as a character.

This one is not so good.

It trades comedy for pop culture references, and the comedy it does have just falls flat. Half of the screentime is devoted to the minions, who are generally not funny and are just wacky characters for the kiddies. The plot is also quite boring, and has no trace of the personal stakes for Gru that the first film did. It's just a boring mess.
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MadMaxFuryRoadMay 26, 2015
This extremely good family movie is funny at times. I disagree with many people as I think it is better than the first. Everything was just a lot bigger and better and the minions are cute. They need the minions as their little icon or theThis extremely good family movie is funny at times. I disagree with many people as I think it is better than the first. Everything was just a lot bigger and better and the minions are cute. They need the minions as their little icon or the movie would just be some plain, boring kids movie. Expand
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GregePorterAug 31, 2015
Bottom line: Pretty lame movie. I didn't really want to see it and I wish I hadn’t.

Steve Carell as the criminal mastermind, Gru, returns in Despicable Me 2. He retires from the exciting life of super villainy to raise his three daughters
Bottom line: Pretty lame movie. I didn't really want to see it and I wish I hadn’t.

Steve Carell as the criminal mastermind, Gru, returns in Despicable Me 2. He retires from the exciting life of super villainy to raise his three daughters in peace. A secret formula for a chemical that transforms ordinary animals or people into murderous purple monsters has been stolen and Gru, who has been recruited by an international organization that captures super villains, is on a mission to recover the formula and save the world.

I like Carell as Gru as far as it goes. I believe that he is genuinely trying to make children laugh. I didn’t like many of the jokes but I do support the noble intent. Just like the first one, I thought the three girls were adorable. There is a scene in the beginning during Agnes’s (the youngest daughter played by Elsie Fisher) birthday party. Gru tried to order a fairy princess actor to make an appearance but when the actor cancels, what is he to do? He dresses up in the costume and throws fairy dust everywhere. Agnes jumps with joy before turning the other attendee’s attention to cake. Before leaving, she leans over and says, “Pssst, I know it’s you, Gru. I just acted like that for the other kids.” How sweet! The interactions between Gru and the girls are happy, pleasant and sincere. I wasn’t a big fan of Gru’s new super spy partner Lucy (Wiig). I found her goofy and unnecessary. There was a romantic subplot between Lucy and Gru and between the eldest daughter and some ‘dreamy guy’ but it isn’t anything to write home about.

The jokes in Despicable Me 2, overall, were lame standard fare in terms of children’s movies: pelvic thrusts, fart jokes, getting hit in the groin, fat people jokes, etc. Now, why, for all that is good in the world, must we have silly dancing sequences? This movie has three! I’m just going to let this subject go because, I believe, I have addressed it in previous reviews, but it suffices to say that I find such scenes uncomfortable not amusing.

The majority of this movie is goofy and unnecessary so feel free to pass on Despicable Me 2. It doesn’t do the original justice. If I had kids, I wouldn’t take them to see this movie; it just goes to the lowest common denominator for a cheap, immature laugh. I’m giving it a half a point for its efforts at trying to be a pleasant movie and one point for the animation and the few funny jokes.
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CriticFerJun 30, 2017
The movie is good, but is not that great like the first one. It surfers to had a predictable plot twist, a really boring villain and the sub plot of Margo doesn't go to anywhere in the main plot. But the characters are great, the storyThe movie is good, but is not that great like the first one. It surfers to had a predictable plot twist, a really boring villain and the sub plot of Margo doesn't go to anywhere in the main plot. But the characters are great, the story follows good as the first one, the animation gets better, the humor is funny and the music of Pharrell Williams still shins as music. Not the best, but still a really enjoyable movie. Expand
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CriticaFerSep 14, 2017
Esta buena, nada espectacular pero entretiene mucho. Una secuela que le sigue fiel a la primera con una sólida historia y humor entretenido. Muy disfrutable.
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EpicLadySpongeJan 6, 2016
It's so amusing to watch and despicable to watch. Despicable Me 2 will let some of the laughter you'll pull out waste it all for the movie... and then there are some moments that'll enjoyable as well.
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BarneyOnMTJan 5, 2016
WHAT I LIKED: A couple of great ideas capture (and in somes places improve) the humour of the first, and it's still rather quirky and fun - with more plot this time to keep interest
WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE: Just like the first, it also fails to
WHAT I LIKED: A couple of great ideas capture (and in somes places improve) the humour of the first, and it's still rather quirky and fun - with more plot this time to keep interest
WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE: Just like the first, it also fails to capture the magic of it's huge array of characters, and just isn't as classic as some animations
VERDICT: It's relatively fun, but 'Dispicable me 2' is even more forgettable than the first.
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SrPepeJul 6, 2018
Muchísimo mejor que la entrega anterior, esta vez vemos un Gru distinto y la adhesión de un gran personaje.
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MonkiReviewsMay 28, 2017
The sequal is better than the original! It has a better villain and story than the original. Gru and the girls are closer than they were in the original, which is nice to see.
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DirectorCriticsApr 30, 2017
This movie could be better if we saw just the Gru´s part, but no, we have to see the ridiculous girls part too, that and bad jokes just for kids makes this movie bad.
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JPKJun 7, 2019
Just As Good As The First One
Despicable Me 2 is a hilarious sequel to Despicable Me and just might be slightly better than the first film.
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Dragonfly44Jan 21, 2019
It’s a fun and sometimes hilarious movie but not an exceptionally good one.
Rating - 64%
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FilipeNetoApr 27, 2018
This film is the more than expected sequel to "Despicable Me", which is naturally motivated by its huge box office success. The script revolves around a theft of a chemical formula that turns the most harmless creatures into monsters. TheThis film is the more than expected sequel to "Despicable Me", which is naturally motivated by its huge box office success. The script revolves around a theft of a chemical formula that turns the most harmless creatures into monsters. The central characters of the first film are back, but the entire script is a poor excuse to make a sequel and revolves around the Minions, clearly the stars of the film, almost obscuring the main character. It's worth watching this movie just because of them. It was a conscious bet of the production team, given the explosive popularity reached by these little yellow creatures similar to cheese snacks. It worked. He managed to make the film a success. But the quality of the movie lost with that.

The plot also plays with romance involving Gru or his eldest daughter. This is a more interesting and appealing subplot but its not enough to make the film truly interesting. This is an adventure movie, not a romantic story like "Lady and the Tramp", "Beauty and the Beast" or others. And the truth is that this film has a lot of funny, it's very romantic but it has little adventure and action, and the public that hoped for it later felt disappointed in their expectations.

This movie is not bad. But it's also not as great as the first movie was. The first movie was a good story, with good characters, an excellent comic vein and good animation. This movie had all of this except the good story, which should be the center of everything else. It's still funny, but that is not enough to make it a great movie.
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4Nick3Mar 4, 2018
I really loved where they went this one. The effort in everything here is very good. Despicable Me 2 tops its predecessor just barley. Great work by Illumination here.
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meydianarizki21Nov 9, 2020
great movie for the whole family to enjoy

Much funnier than the first one, Despicable Me 2 actually has me liking the second installation in a series much better than the original. A lot of sequels add in new characters. Some serve a
great movie for the whole family to enjoy

Much funnier than the first one, Despicable Me 2 actually has me liking the second installation in a series much better than the original. A lot of sequels add in new characters. Some serve a purpose. Others not so much. This movie adds in new characters that are important. With funnier lines, funnier actions, and tons of minion madness, the movie has us focusing less on Gru's villainy, and more on the love life he never had.
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sebastianaliAug 8, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es una pena. Esperaba que esta secuela fuera superior pero me ha decepcionado. Si, los minions son super carismáticos y me encantaron al igual que la anterior! Pero siento que se podrían haber aprovechado mas y es lo único que realmente destaca de la película. Cuenta con muchísimas situaciones forzadas y huecos argumentales, por ejemplo, la relación entre Lucy Wilde y las 3 niñas es inexistente! Ya se quieren un montón al final de la película a pesar de haberse recién conocido, y no verse anteriores personajes como Perkins o Vector fue un desacierto. Y en cuanto al personaje "El Macho" y el Dr Nefario, sus intenciones son bastante genéricas, en realidad, la trama se siente bastante genérica y muy pocos momentos de la misma interesaron, siendo los únicos momentos interesantes como ya dije, las apariciones de los minions, el resto de situaciones humorísticas son cliché, o increíblemente absurdas sin tener ningún sentido. Tiene los mismos problemas que la anterior y por eso, creo que la han empeorado. La primera zafaba, pero esta llega a ser algo mediocre. No la puedo recomendar, ya que se siente como una secuela innecesaria que no aporta nada a la trama en general de la saga, pero para gustos colores. Expand
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Experiment626Apr 6, 2022
One of the series where I feel the sequel surpasses the original. Fun for adults and children. Good humor for all ages. The story line progresses doesn't regress like many sequels of today.
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TomtagApr 14, 2019
This wasn't as good as the first one but it had much better acting and not bad story
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zNeverSleepingApr 27, 2020
Não é tão engraçado quanto o primeiro.

Ao meu ver, foi um erro deixar as crianças de lado, que são o brilho do filme, junto com os minions. Aqui a atenção é direcionada ao Gru e sua nova companheira. Não acredito que a química realmente
Não é tão engraçado quanto o primeiro.

Ao meu ver, foi um erro deixar as crianças de lado, que são o brilho do filme, junto com os minions. Aqui a atenção é direcionada ao Gru e sua nova companheira. Não acredito que a química realmente tenha funcionado, e o tempo de tela deles foi muito discrepante. O vilão não tem muita carisma e é tão vazio que nem faria muita diferença se fosse excluído do filme. Porém, ainda há cenas agradáveis e a obra lhe concederá umas gargalhadas aqui e ali, sendo, no final das contas, excelente para seu publico alvo.
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pur__0_0__Jul 11, 2021
I watched Despicable Me only to understand what was the deal with the Minion memes. Although I did understand what it was all about, I decided to take a look at the sequel also, since I found so many things to like in that movie, especiallyI watched Despicable Me only to understand what was the deal with the Minion memes. Although I did understand what it was all about, I decided to take a look at the sequel also, since I found so many things to like in that movie, especially the characters and the comic timing. And I'm really glad I decided to make that decision. Despicable Me 2 is, in every way, better than the first movie. Although I don't really like animated movies which don't hold much value other than giving the laughs, this movie is actually much better than most such movies.
The thing I really like about Despicable Me 2 is that it is able to expand over the story that the prequel did. Normally in animated movies that are just made for the laughs, the sequels don't work so hard to make the story. They just bring back the villain, and bring in more explosions. There are also characters who are suddenly pulled out of nowhere, which isn't something that happens over here. This movie knows it's just made for the laughs, yet it takes the effort of making it more complicated than it needs to be.
Dr Nefarious retires in this movie. I really liked him. He seemed to be something like a grandfather to all the Minions. I still remember the scene where the Minions are working and one of them wears a fruit dress and dances singing something like "Eto hola macarena kala kala macarena" (I don't know what it was, but it was so memorable). Then there's the scene where Gru is invited to the secret agency where the two Minions laugh at Bottom.
The thing I like about Despicable Me is how many characters there are to love. There's the Minions who are so adorable, there are the three daughters whom I feel like pulling cheeks of, there are the new characters in the form of the Mexican man and Gru's wife. They all have characteristics and emotions, and the movie takes time to explore over all of them. In live action movies this is easy since their runtime is higher, but in animated movies where the runtime is less than two hours, this is actually a pretty big deal.
Although Despicable Me 2 isn't exactly what I'd call a memorable movie, it is fun while it lasts; something it promises of being. It's not something that you're gonna carry in your memory for the rest of your life, but that's probably what makes it so much fun to rewatch. It's a definite recommendation for anyone who is looking forward to watching something fun for the weekend with children.
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atabeyordekciAug 18, 2021
When Gru, the world's most super-bad turned super-dad has been recruited by a team of officials to stop lethal muscle and a host of Gru's own, He has to fight back with new gadgetry, cars, and more minion madness. (6)
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superfrog281Jul 28, 2023
Just as entertaining as Despicable Me 1, the sequel did very good for me with great funny moments as well as great animation and a brand new cast of characters.
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alerikandersonMay 9, 2023
I think it's a bit overrated by still a good enough direct sequel to this series.
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