Plot
In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences and flowering rose bushes sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden deep beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by an army of mischievous little minions, we discover Gru (Steve Carell). Gru is humiliated when a superior super-villain steals The Great Pyramid of Giza. Gru results to planning the biggest heist in the history of the world: he is going to steal the Moon. Gru tries to get a loan from the local Bank of Evil where he meets Vector (Jason Segel), and finds out that it was Vector who stole the Pyramids. The bank president refuses to give Gru a loan until he obtains the shrink ray for the plan.
Gru and his minions steal the shrink ray from a secret lab but it is soon stolen from them by Vector who gets away by shrinking Gru's aircraft. After several failed attempts to infiltrate Vector's base, Gru adopts Margo, Edith, and Agnes to help him get into Vector's base by having the girls sell him cookies which Gru replaces with his own cookie robots that steal the shrink ray from Vector's vault. Gru builds a relationship with the girls and decides to keep them as his own; however Dr. Nefario (Russell Brand) sees the girls as a distraction and has them sent back to the orphanage.
It is revealed that the bank president is Vector's father and explains its refusal to give Gru a loan. Gru shrinks the moon and steals it, but he is late for the girls dance recital which he promised to attend. Gru also finds out that Vector has kidnapped the girls and he sets out to rescue them. After being forced to give Vector the shrunken moon, Gru chases Vector in his aircraft where the girls are being held prisoner. Gru realizes that everything that gets shrunken by the ray eventually grows back to full size, and larger objects grow back faster.
During the chase, the moon begins to grow, and it breaks the cell that the girls were in. They all jump to Gru's aircraft and the moon is blasted back into space, with Vector marooned on it. Gru and the girls continue to live a happy life together at the films end.
Cast
- Steve Carell as Gru, the world's #2 supervillain and the film's protagonist.
- Jason Segel as Vector (a.k.a. Victor Perkins), the world's #1 supervillain and the film's antagonist.
- Russell Brand as Dr. Nefario, Gru's hearing impaired scientist assistant.
- Julie Andrews as Gru's mother.
- Will Arnett as Mr. Perkins, the Supervillain Bank president and Vector's father.
- Kristen Wiig as Miss Hattie, mistress of a local oprhanage.
- Miranda Cosgrove as Margo, the oldest girl of the group of orphans.
- Dana Gaier as Edith, the middle girl of the group of orphans.
- Elsie Fisher as Agnes, the youngest girl of the group of orphans.
- Pierre Coffin as Tim / Bob / Mark / Phil / Stuart, five of Gru's minions.
- Chris Renaud as Dave, one of Gru's minions.
- Philip Bolden as CJ
- Ken Jeong as Talk Show Host
- Danny R. McBride as Fred McDade, Gru's next door neighbor.
- Jack McBrayer as Tourist Father / Carnival Barker
- Mindy Kaling as Tourist Mother
- Jemaine Clement as Jerry, one of Gru's minions.
- Rob Huebel as Anchorman / Newscaster
Music
The score to Despicable Me was composed by Pharrell Williams and Heitor Pereira, recorded with a 67-piece ensemble of the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox.[3] Recording artists Pharrell, Lupe Fiasco and Robin Thicke also recorded songs for the film.[4]
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