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Despicable Me 4
2024 94 min United States of America PG 6+
★6.2
Action, Animation, Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
Director: Chris Renaud, Patrick Delage
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Description
Gru and Lucy and their girls—Margo, Edith and Agnes—welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru also faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina, forcing the family to go on the run.
Budget:
$100M
US Gross:
$361M
Worldwide:
$972.02M
Starring
Steve Carell
Actor
Kristen Wiig
Actor
Pierre Coffin
Actor
Awards
Saturn Awards 2025
— Best Animated Feature
Key opinion
Despicable Me 4 is widely regarded as a creatively exhausted entry that favors repetitive, merchandise-driven gags over the emotional depth and narrative focus of the earlier films. While its technical polish and frantic, kid-friendly slapstick provide light entertainment, critics agree it lacks originality and suffers from a disjointed, underdeveloped plot.
| Originality | The franchise demonstrates a clear creative decline, favoring recycled plots and mascot-like character dynamics over the original film's emotional heart. | |
| Production | The film maintains a high standard of visual technicality and slick animation, consistent with the high production values of the series. | |
| Screenplay | New subplots and characters, such as the Mega Minions and Poppy, feel underdeveloped and function primarily as setups for spin-offs or merchandise rather than integral storytelling components. | |
| Humor | Opinions on the humor are divided; while some viewers enjoy the reliable, dopamine-inducing slapstick and pop-culture wit, others find the comedy to be stale, uninspired, or overly reliant on repetitive Minion antics. | |
| Pacing | The film’s structure is debated; some appreciate the frantic, high-energy pacing as consistent with the franchise's style, while others find the episodic nature and lack of central focus to be tiring. |