Reviews for this film from our members:
- Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
- Excerpt: There’s still an attempt at the playfully naughty misanthropy, but it feels tired and worn.
- Samuel Castro @ Ochoymedio.info [Spanish]
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: The craziest thing about this outing is its hermaphroditic humor…with its cross dressing minions and ‘Y.M.C.A.’ closer [Despicable Me 2] is cheeky family entertainment.
- Carlos del Río @ El rincón de Carlos del Río [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Es como si hubieran decidido crear una historia muy escuálida que les permitiera meter gags cada dos por tres, y funciona.
- [New – 11/28] | M. Enois Duarte @ High-Def Digest.com
- Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: [A] meandering, unfocused movie that tries to force more material out of a gimmick—without actually using the gimmick—than is possible.
- Kate Erbland @ Film School Rejects
- Dustin Freeley @ Movies About Gladiators.com
- Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: This sweet ‘n’ sticky sequel is stolen by the mischievous Minions.
- Vadym Grygoriev @ kinoblog.com [Ukrainian]
- MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: In an almost terrifying reversal from the first film, this is crude, racist, and sexist, in entirely well-worn ways. (But the Minions are still funny.)
- Benjamin Kramer @ The Voracious Filmgoer
- Wesley Lovell @ Cinema Sight
- Excerpt: Some movies don’t lend themselves well to sequels, but studios keep trying to wring as much adventure and money out of existing properties as they can. That’s one of the reasons why Despicable Me 2 just isn’t as good as its predecessor.
- Dan Lybarger @ Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
- Excerpt: Despicable Me 2 would be a delight if it had merely consisted of nothing but gags involving the minions. Watching them finding endless ways of re-purposing common objects or bungling yet another task Gru has assigned them is certainly a treat.
- Nell Minow @ The Movie Mom
- Darren Mooney @ the m0vie blog
- Excerpt: Actually, it’s quite likeable…
- Jerry Roberts @ Armchair Cinema
- Excerpt: A much better sequel than the original, because it sets aside all the of the emotional dead weight and just tries to entertain.
- Marcio Sallem @ Em Cartaz [Portuguese]
- Norm Schrager @ Meet In the Lobby
- Amir Siregar @ Flick Magazine [Indonesian]
- Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: While the arcane steampunk minions deliver a few chuckles here and there, the dumbed-down subplot comes across as a cheap device intended to pander to the film’s youngest audience members who appreciate things like fart jokes and mumbling conversation.
- Frank Swietek @ One Guys Opinion
- Excerpt: [Not] a worthy successor to the amiable original.
