While there are several interesting things going on at a rapid fire rate, there seems to be no real center to this thing. Even in an animated film, we want a story and characters that we recognize. The animation is awesome and I enjoyed the Mean Kid actor and his adult incarnation. I quickly became bored with the minions. They have no soul or interest to me.

Gru is fired from the Anti-Villain League for his failure to capture child-star turned villain Benjamin Bratt, and Lucy also leaves as a gesture of solidarity. The Minions quit, because Gru refuses to return to villainy. Gru discovers he has a wealthy and successful long-lost brother Dru, the white to his black, but it remains to be seen whether the brothers will get on with each other.After two previous movies and a Minions stand-alone, we pretty much know what to expect from the Despicable Me Universe. A lot of knockabout slapstick humour, imaginative and funny animation, excellent voicework, an emphasis on family, and a plot which sets Gru's despicable tendencies against more important values. And that's exactly what we get here. So what makes number 3 different from what came before?Two things. The first is that Steve Carrell gets to do Dru as well as Gru (not the easiest of things to say. Fortunately, I'm typing it, not saying it). You can hear the fun Carell is having, especially when the two brothers pretend to be each other, fooling nobody at all.The second is Trey Parker, playing Benjamin Bratt exactly as if he was a South Park character ie. miles over the top. Now it may seem like foolish to point out something over the top in a film which has hundreds of little yellow idiots in it. But the main characters usually play the voices straight, which contrasts nicely with the outrageous visuals. However, Parker's voice performance here is absolutely perfect.There is quite a lot of plot here, and the Minions are sidelined somewhat, but as a result they are all the more welcome when they do show up. And, as usual, they are a hoot. There are loads of sight gags, especially centred around dancing. Many are blink-and-you'll-miss-'em,so keep your eyes peeled.The 3D is pretty good.This is fun, the kids will love it, and I liked it too.

Logic - If you like watching movies with consistent logic, or movies that have established rules that they follow or movies that are at least coherent, then skip this movie. This is just a load of nonsense. Yes, there is a plot, but a lot of it makes very little sense. Your disbelief is going to be so suspended, it might break. Plot - See above point. Also, there are a ridiculous number of side plots in this movie. All of them manage to be stupid and unfunny and boring. Characters - The characters in this movie are even more boring and simplistic than ever. They're also even more inconsistent. They keep ignoring everything that has already been established. I feel really bad for the voice actors. I cannot believe that Trey Parker is in this movie. I have no clue how he agreed to be in this nonsense. Animation - The animation keeps getting worse over time. It is so incredibly lazy.This movie is not funny. It is not entertaining. There is no joy to be found here. This is a terrible movie. I really hope they don't make another one. The only good thing about this movie is that its pretty short. The only reason I saw this in theaters was because my mom made me see it with my dumb brother. That theater was pretty full and guess what? NOONE LAUGHED.

Balthazar Bratt was a child TV star in the 1980s but turned to a life of crime when his career ended after he hit puberty. Now he is one of the world's foremost villains. Former super-villain Gru, now a key member of the Anti-Villain League (AVL) is sent to foil his latest heist attempt but fails, and is cast out of the AVL, as is his wife, Lucy. Gru is so desperate he considers returning to a life of crime. Discovering that he has a twin brother, Dru, Gru teams up with Dru with the aim of stealing the world's largest diamond.I liked the first two Despicable Me movies, and the Minions movie. None of them were brilliant, having a basic, largely predictable plot and not being exactly laugh-a-minute but they were did have a lot of heart and were funny enough to be entertaining. Overall they were reasonably good fun.With Despicable Me 3, the writers have clearly run out of ideas. Plot is even more basic, just being one escapade after another, with a random, haphazard structure. Jokes are few and far between. The natural sweetness and innocence which made the other three movies so enjoyable are missing, replaced by a rather superficial cutesiness. They really should have ended the series after Minions.