the little tagline thing on this app for this film is BACK 2 WORK and I’m not sure if that’s an official tagline from the film’s promotion or if letterboxd came up with that themselves but I have to say that is the laziest tagline I’ve ever read in my entire life. it has no relevance to the themes or specific elements/points of reference of the franchise, it purely bases its limited wit off of the fact that this is the 2nd instalment. you could put that tagline under any sequel and it would work, mission impossible 2? BACK 2 WORK. iron man 2? BACK 2 WORK. you know what they should use for despicable me 4? BACK 4 MORE.…

Hilarious as hell thanks to total Minion madness, but also completely hollow at its core due to the absence of the very ingredient that made its predecessor an unexpected success of its year, Despicable Me 2 is an unabashedly funny ride when the screen is occupied by the little yellow henchmen but apart from that, everything about this sequel is a step down.

The follow-up to Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2 continues the journey of Gru as the ex-supervillain finds himself adjusting to a normal family life with his three daughters & is also attempting an honest living in the jam business. But when he is recruited by the Anti-Villain League for assistance in their latest investigation, his prime suspect turns…

The Good: Regular minions. Purple minions. Anything involving the minions. Heck, the only worthwhile scene in the entire movie is their cover of legendary R&B group All-4-One's immortal 'I Swear'... which one could now easily find on YouTube.

The Bad: "Hey, guys, the first one made over half a billion dollars, and now they gave us 80 mil to make another one! Alright, come on, let's come up with an even better story! So, does anyone have some great ideas? Anyone?" (silence followed by uproarious laughter) "Man, that was a good one! You're funny. It's a sequel... for a goddamn kids movie. The parents will practically throw their money at us. We don't need no fucking story."—I'm 99% sure this…

Sit down, kiddies. Let me tell you a story.

Back when this movie came out, I actually went back to see it two more times, because I loved it, apparently. I don't know why. This is possibly because I was a dumb 12-year-old girl back then, and I couldn't tell a good movie from a shit one. This was back in that wonderful, innocent time where I wasn't aware of things like critics and knowledge of what makes a film or a novel or any piece of media decent. And let me remind you, I liked Shark Tale back then! SHARK. TALE. But that's not the film we're talking about, now is it?

As for Despicable Me 2, I can…