To stay safe, the family—including Margo, Edith, and Agnes—is forced to relocate to a safe house in the upscale community of Mayflower. While there, they adopt fake identities, leading to low-stakes humorous misunderstandings with neighbors, including the Prescotts.
Gru must fight without gadgets (they’re in the garage, guarded by Stuart-zilla, who is now obsessed with a squirrel). Lucy leads the toddlers in a diversion using baby rattles filled with wasp-repelling sound waves.
Gru (Steve Carell) is now a respected Anti-Villain League (AVL) agent living a happy suburban life with his wife Lucy (Kristen Wiig), their three adopted daughters (Margo, Edith, and Agnes), and their baby son, Gru Jr. Film Despicable Me 4
Upon release, the received mixed-to-positive reviews. As of late 2024, it holds a 56% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes but an impressive 88% audience score .
Seven films into the franchise (if you count the Minions spin-offs), Despicable Me 4 arrives not with the fresh, subversive punch of the 2010 original, but with the comfortable, slightly chaotic hum of a well-worn family appliance. On its surface, the film is a glossy, fast-paced spectacle of purple goo, avocado-shaped nemeses, and Mega-Minions. But beneath the fart-joke-and-gadget veneer, DM4 wrestles with a surprisingly resonant question: What happens when a man who defined himself by audacious evil is forced into the most mundane, domesticated existence imaginable? To stay safe, the family—including Margo, Edith, and
Watching the films in release order provides the best experience:
Film Report: Despicable Me 4 Despicable Me 4 is the sixth installment in the overall franchise and the fourth in the main storyline, released by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment in 2024. Directed by Chris Renaud and Patrick Delage, the film continues the journey of the reformed supervillain Gru as he navigates the complexities of expanding his family and evading new threats. Directors: Chris Renaud and Patrick Delage. Writers: Mike White and Ken Daurio. Lucy leads the toddlers in a diversion using
When the world first met Gru in 2010, no one predicted that the tale of a snobbish supervillain with a heart of gold would blossom into a $4.6 billion juggernaut. Yet, here we are. The release of marks not just a sequel, but a cultural event. As the summer blockbuster season unfolds, Illumination Entertainment has delivered another high-octane, banana-fueled adventure that challenges the franchise's own legacy.