Film critic Jonathan Sim's review of Despicable Me 4, a new animated comedy movie starring Steve Carell and Will Ferrell.
When you’re having a bad-bad day and it’s about time that you get your way, one movie will want to make you steamroll whatever you see.brings back more of Pharrell’s lovely music and also happens to have a movie attached to it. The villain-turned-father Gru is back for another adventure where he must take on Maxime Le Mal, a French supervillain seeking revenge on Gru over an unresolved conflict in their past. If that sounds interesting, then good.
The film starts with Gru attending a high school reunion and facing the villainous Maxime. Firstly, pairing Carell and Ferrell together again is a beautiful idea. These two legendary comedians have been sharing the screen for decades, including the two Anchorman movies, Bewitched, Melinda and Melinda, and even a few episodes of The Office. Ferrell is bringing a tremendous amount of energy to his French-accented role. Carell is also excellent in everything he does.
Now, this fourth movie gives Gru a baby son. There’s so much potential here. We could have a film about a father struggling to connect with his son. We could see a father willing to do anything to keep his son safe. We can have all of the fun Minion shenanigans and wild antics while also telling something meaningful and compelling, as the first two movies did. But are we going to do that? No, we are not.
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