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從與瑪戈、伊迪絲和阿格蕾絲三個可愛的小女孩實現宿命的邂逅，曾經的大壞蛋格魯可真徹底轉型了，他金盆洗手，轉而化身為慈祥可親的爸爸和做得一手爛口味布丁果凍的商人。當然凡事沒有盡善盡美的，在此期間，憧憬大壞蛋傳奇人生的老搭檔納法利歐博士離他而去，另謀高就。某天，格魯被身懷絕技卻魯莽的特工露西·王爾德綁架，原來露西所在的集團研制出可以改變生物基因的藥物，可他們位于北極的實驗室被神秘竊賊偷走，因此才委托有過壞蛋經驗的格魯做臥底。經過一番考慮，格魯接受了這項任務，帶著超萌的小黃人們，和露西組成了爆笑連連的追兇搭檔。

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Cute, lovely, adorable, how many words with the same connotation can you come up with? Well, you'd better start taking your vocabulary lesson now, because once you've seen the second installment of the DespicableMe series, you’ll be searching your brain for words to describe the irresistible charm that directors Pierre Coffin , Chris Renaud and their team have tried to instill in their latest product.

In the first episode, super villain Gru realized his dream of stealing the moon and in the process adoptedthree orphan girls. Now as a father, Gru has retired from his evil business and focuses his productive capacity on making jam and jelly. But his peaceful days don't last long because a new super villain is out there wreaking havoc and Gru is called in by the Anti-Villain League for assistance. Undercover AVL agent Lucy Wilde is his partner.

Despite the success of the first installment, the viewers and critics have mixed feelings about the sequel.On the one hand, the previous piece is packed with all kinds of cuteness that one just cannot get enough.From Gru's East European accent to the lovely faces of the little girls, exquisite animation technique hasprojected amazing comical effects into the pictures, with the little yellow minions being the highlight ofthe film. In the second installment, these yellow critters are naturally given much more screen time, theyare the magic word that lures the viewers into cinemas.

On the other hand, the various forms of cuteness are not enough to save the botched addition. First of all,we liked the first installment because it offered a fresh perspective of a villain, which is not very often seen in animated comedies. And by the end of “Despicable Me”, the villain Gru ended his bad guy career and became a nice guy, removing one of the major attractions about the film. As a result, the second installment places the focus on romance and family relations, that’s basically not different from any other cartoon movies.

Also, if you take away the cute distractions, there is little else left in the film. In fact, the story doesn't really hold together. Even the pacing is flawed because everything has to make way for the rib-tickling every now and then. In the midst of all that laughing, the more story-conscious viewers would probablywonder when will be the next sign for story development. Well, they need a lot of patience for that.

“Despicable Me 2” has achieved top-notch visual and comical effects, but if the series is going to last long, they’ll need much more than that. On a scale from one to ten, I give “Despicable Me 2” a seven.

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