- CELEBRITY
- 06:30 AM, Apr 19
while not quite as charming or unique as the original, "Despicable Me 2" comes awfully close, extending co-directors Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin's delightfully silly sensibility to a bit larger universeby Peter Debruge [Variety ]
it falters in the middle and hesitates unnecessarily in setting up the love story, but Gru still has charm and kids will adore the Minionsby Helen O'Hara [Empire Magazine ]
a sweet-natured family filmby Peter Bradshaw [The Guardian ]
a disappointing sequel that's primarily let down by an unfunny central character and is further scuppered by a lazy script and a general lack of laughsby Matthew Turner [ViewLondon ]