Despicable Me

About Despicable Me

Determined to prove he's the world's greatest supervillain, Gru hatches an audacious plan to steal the Moon. To pull it off, he adopts three orphaned girls—Margo, Edith, and Agnes—intending to use them as pawns in his scheme.

Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin directed Despicable Me, a 2010 animation comedy film. The film is filed under orphan, rivalry, ballet, and moon.

Steve Carell takes the lead as Gru (voice), Jason Segel as Vector (voice), Russell Brand as Dr. Nefario (voice), and Julie Andrews as Gru's Mother (voice). Released in July 2010, it runs 95 minutes.

The screenplay is by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. It was produced by Illumination and Universal Pictures. American members can watch it on Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV channel, and HBO Max.

Despicable Me 2, Monsters, Inc., and Minions make useful companions to Despicable Me, all filed under adoptive father, parent child relationship, and supervillain. TMDB voters put it at 7.3 out of 10 across 16,547 votes and it carries a PG rating.