"[I]t's funny, clever and warmly animated with memorable characters..."
Hollywood Reporter 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "[A] rousingly funny, heartfelt and imaginative 'toon blessed with the vocal talents of Steve Carell and loaded with whimsy and smarts."
Box Office "[S]prightly filmmaking....[A] charming tale of bad intentions and happy endings." -- Grade: A-
Entertainment Weekly 3 stars out of 4 -- "The film is funny, energetic, teeth-gnashingly venomous..."
Chicago Sun-Times "[T]he animation is a grabber all the way through....Stylish..."
Wall Street Journal "A picture that manages to feel both original and pleasingly nostalgic without straining for either effect."
Movieline "[A] giddy joy....Mostly, DESPICABLE ME is a joyously creative, refreshing piece of work..." -- Grade: B
A.V. Club 3 stars out of 4 -- "[A]n improbably heartwarming, not to mention visually delightful, diversion..."
Washington Post 3 stars out of 5 -- "Combining INCREDIBLES-style hardware with a SHREK-esque protagonist....Satirical, scatological and slapsticky..."
Total Film "[Pharrell Williams] contributes some of the coolest, glitchiest would-be mumbled rap ever heard."
Sight and Sound 3 stars out of 5 -- "Naturally, there's a trip into space and a spectacular near disaster, but it's the heart which makes DESPICABLE ME effective."
Empire 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he yarn has its own sly humour."
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