You know I have a rule regarding animated movies; they are either brilliant or they plain suck. I've yet to see an animated movie that falls in the middle of the pack as 'average' or 'just ok'. At least thats how it is with me. I partially blame Pixar for this because every movie that has ever come out of that studio has been jaw droppingly unbelievable. Remember Toy Story, Monsters, Wall-E? All Pixar! So does Universal Studio has what it takes to stack up against the best of the best? Lets find out!

The movie stars the ever versatile Steve Carell as the world's greatest (self proclaimed) super villain Gru; that is until the title is taken away from him by a peculiar villain named Vector (Jason Segal). Naturally Gru is not fond of that and plans the greatest heist in history to take back his crown as the greatest super villain. The movie features some of the most lovable characters in recent history; the minions, Agnas and not to mention Gru himself. 

The only problem I see with this movie, in fact all other non-pixar movies except for Shrek is that it contains no memorable characters. Lovable? Yes. Memorable? No. It gets a little too cute sometimes and that derails it from leaving a lasting impression long after you've watched it. But I commend it for doing something different and pulling it off. The movie rests entirely on Steve Carell's performance and I must say he does a bang up job as portraying a Russian villain. The visuals are stunning as well. Despicable me is as close as you can get to a Pixar movie without it actually being a Pixar movie. Its definitely a must watch!