Despicable Me 4 (2024)
Despicable Me 4 is a 2024 action movie directed by Chris Renaud, with a running time of 1h 34m. It stars Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell.
Reformed supervillain Gru has a full house: wife Lucy, daughters Margo, Edith and Agnes, and a brand-new baby, Gru Jr., who has apparently decided his life's work is annoying his dad. When an old rival, the flamboyant Maxime Le Mal, breaks loose and comes hunting for revenge, the family is bundled off to a safe house and their normal comes undone. Meanwhile a handful of Minions get juiced with superpowers and start playing hero. Illumination keeps the fourth outing bright, fast and gag-packed, with Steve Carell back as Gru and Will Ferrell voicing the villain.
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What is Despicable Me 4 about?
Reformed supervillain Gru has a full house: wife Lucy, daughters Margo, Edith and Agnes, and a brand-new baby, Gru Jr., who has apparently decided his life's work is annoying his dad. When an old rival, the flamboyant Maxime Le Mal, breaks loose and comes hunting for revenge, the family is bundled off to a safe house and their normal comes undone. Meanwhile a handful of Minions get juiced with superpowers and start playing hero. Illumination keeps the fourth outing bright, fast and gag-packed, with Steve Carell back as Gru and Will Ferrell voicing the villain.
When was Despicable Me 4 released?
Despicable Me 4 was released on 20 June 2024.
How long is Despicable Me 4?
Despicable Me 4 runs 1h 34m.
Who made Despicable Me 4?
Despicable Me 4 was directed by Chris Renaud.
Where can I watch Despicable Me 4?
Despicable Me 4 is available on Prime Video, Amazon, AppleTV and Fandango at Home.
Where to watch Despicable Me 4
Stream: Prime Video
Rent: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home
Buy: Fandango at Home
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Cast
- Steve Carell as Gru (voice)
- Kristen Wiig as Lucy (voice)
- Will Ferrell as Maxime (voice)
- Sofía Vergara as Valentina (voice)
- Miranda Cosgrove as Margo (voice)
- Dana Gaier as Edith (voice)
- Madison Polan as Agnes (voice)
- Pierre Coffin as Minions (voice)
- Chris Renaud as Principal Übelschlecht (voice)
- Steve Coogan as Silas (voice)
- Stephen Colbert as Perry Prescott (voice)
- Chloe Fineman as Patsy Prescott (voice)
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A few thoughts on Despicable Me 4
For more all-ages adventure with a comic streak, the 2024 series Avatar: The Last Airbender balances heart and spectacle, while Eiichiro Oda's One Piece turns a globe-trotting treasure hunt into endless slapstick. Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma ½ shares the fast, silly family-chaos energy, and Doctor Who delivers villains and escapes the whole household can enjoy.
Animated comedies bursting with slapstick and chaos
Despicable Me 4 keeps Illumination's formula bright and gag-packed, with Gru, a new baby and a horde of Minions causing mayhem. These animated comedies chase the same fast, silly energy, stacking sight gags, chases and lovable troublemakers into family movies built to make kids and parents laugh at the same jokes.
Family animated adventures with heart and jokes
Under the chaos, Despicable Me 4 is a story about a villain learning to be a dad. These animated adventures balance that same mix of comedy and warmth, sending misfit families and unlikely heroes on colorful journeys where the laughs come easy but the bonds underneath are what stick.
Blockbuster adventure franchises for family movie night
When the Minions gear up and the stakes go global, Despicable Me 4 leans into big popcorn spectacle. These franchise adventures deliver that same crowd-pleasing scale, packed with chases, treasure, time travel and daring escapes, the kind of sequels a whole family can pile onto the couch for without missing a beat.
Reformed villains and superpowered heroes across screen and page
Gru is a supervillain turned family man, and this outing hands the Minions actual superpowers. These stories play in the same sandbox of heroes and villains, following reformed bad guys and reluctant champions whose powers, schemes and change of heart drive the whole adventure, in animation, film and manga alike.