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Writers:
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Release Date:
9 July 2010 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Family | Fantasy See more »
Tagline:
Superbad. Superdad. See more »
Plot:
When a criminal mastermind uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, he finds their love is profoundly changing him for the better. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 21 nominations See more »
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User Reviews:
Hilarity and heart are a great mix for this Excellent movie! See more (216 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order)

Steve Carell ... Gru (voice)

Jason Segel ... Vector (voice)

Russell Brand ... Dr. Nefario (voice)

Julie Andrews ... Gru's Mom (voice)

Will Arnett ... Mr. Perkins (voice)

Kristen Wiig ... Miss Hattie (voice)

Miranda Cosgrove ... Margo (voice)

Dana Gaier ... Edith (voice)

Elsie Kate Fisher ... Agnes (voice) (as Elsie Fisher)
Pierre Coffin ... Tim the Minion / Bob the Minion / Mark the Minion / Phil the Minion / Stuart the Minion (voice)
Chris Renaud ... Dave the Minion (voice)

Jemaine Clement ... Jerry the Minion (voice)

Jack McBrayer ... Carnival Barker / Tourist Dad (voice)

Danny McBride ... Fred McDade (voice)

Mindy Kaling ... Tourist Mom (voice)

Rob Huebel ... Anchorman (voice)
Ken Daurio ... Egyptian Guard (voice)

Ken Jeong ... Talk Show Host (voice)
Charles Bright ... (voice)

Katie Leigh ... (voice)

Ranjani Brow ... (voice)

Scott Menville ... (voice)

Holly Dorff ... (voice)
Edie Mirman ... (voice)
Jackie Gonneau ... (voice)

Al Rodrigo ... (voice)
Wendy Hoffman ... (voice)
Jakob Roston ... (voice)

James Kyson ... (voice) (as James Kyson-Lee)

John Hans Tester ... (voice) (as Hans Tester)
Tony Lee ... (voice)
Debi Mae West ... (voice)
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Directed by
Pierre Coffin 
Chris Renaud 
 
Writing credits
Cinco Paul (screenplay) &
Ken Daurio (screenplay)

Sergio Pablos (story)

Produced by
John Cohen .... producer
Janet Healy .... producer
Christopher Meledandri .... producer (as Chris Meledandri)
Sergio Pablos .... executive producer
Nina Rappaport .... executive producer
Robert Taylor .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Heitor Pereira 
Pharrell Williams 
 
Film Editing by
Gregory Perler 
Pam Ziegenhagen 
 
Production Design by
Yarrow Cheney 
 
Art Direction by
Eric Guillon 
 
Production Management
Christelle Balcon .... production manager
Jeannine Berger .... post-production supervisor
Arnauld Boulard .... head of production
Solenn Colas .... assistant production manager
Christina DeSilva .... production manager
Jean-Luc Florinda .... production manager
Karine Friang .... assistant production manager
Anais Perlot .... animation production manager
Jill Ragaway .... production manager
David Rosenbaum .... production supervisor
 
Art Department
Katie Ballentine .... art coordinator
David Berthier .... storyboard artist
Callan Brunker .... storyboard artist
Sergio Casas .... color designer
Olivier Delabarre .... color designer
Derek Evanick .... additional storyboard artist
Jun Falkenstein .... storyboard artist
Matt Flynn .... storyboard artist
Stephan Franck .... storyboard artist
Marec Fritzinger .... environment designer
Clément Griselain .... color designer
Javier Ledesma .... storyboard artist
Carlos León .... color designer
Paul Mager .... set designer
Vincent Massy .... set designer
Steve Moore .... storyboard artist
Mark O'Hare .... storyboard artist
Wilbert Plijnaar .... storyboard artist (as Wilbert Plinjaar)
Loïc Rastout .... set designer
Peter Shin .... storyboard artist
James Suhr .... storyboard artist
Philippe Tilikete .... additional character & prop design
Philippe Tilikete .... props
Christophe Vacher .... art department
Adam Van Wyk .... storyboard artist
 
Sound Department
Marco Alicea .... digital transferer
Christopher Barnett .... assistant adr editor
Christopher Barnett .... foley mixer
Steve Bissinger .... sound effects editor
Jeremy Bowker .... sound effects editor (as Jeremy Paul Bowker)
Peter Buccellato .... original dialogue mixer
Sandy Buchanan .... sound recordist: UK
John Countryman .... digital transferer
Luke Dunn Gielmuda .... supervising foley editor
Coya Elliott .... assistant supervising sound editor
Sean England .... foley artist
Doug Ford .... engineering services
Nia Hansen .... sound recordist
David C. Hughes .... sound effects editor
Michael Jesmer .... sound recordist
Tom Johnson .... sound re-recording mixer
Roy Latham .... original dialogue mixer
Daniel Laurie .... adr supervisor
Leff Lefferts .... assistant sound designer
Jessica Lemes da Silva .... assistant sound effects editor
Dennis Leonard .... supervising sound editor
Zach Martin .... mix technician
Michael Miller .... original dialogue mixer
Larry Oatfield .... foley editor (as E. Larry Oatfield)
Christopher Scarabosio .... sound designer
Christopher Scarabosio .... sound re-recording mixer
Christopher Scarabosio .... supervising sound editor
Clint Smith .... sound recordist
Carlos Sotolongo .... original dialogue mixer
Randy Thom .... sound design consultant
Corey Tyler .... foley recordist
Dan Scott .... dialogue recordist (uncredited)
Mark Sheffield .... post-production sound engineer (uncredited)
 
Visual Effects by
Jerome Auliac .... digital compositor
Guillaume Barlier .... character technical director
Marie-Claire Bazart .... visual effects supervisor
John R.A. Benson .... stereoscopic supervisor
Alexandre Bermond .... lighting artist
Florian Bestel .... digital compositor
Vincent Blanqué .... visual effects artist
Adrien Borzakian .... characters surfacing supervisor
Marie Bourguet .... lead digital compositor
Xavier Breuil .... effects technical director
Bertrand Breuze .... senior compositor
Emmanuelle Carlier .... visual effects producer
Merlin Carroll .... rotoscope artist
Blandine Chanteur .... lighting artist
Matthieu Chatelier .... digital compositor
Bruno Chauffard .... CG supervisor
Bruno Chauffard .... computer graphics supervisor
Charles Chorein .... visual effects
Justine Codron .... lighter
Jean-Denis Coindre .... lead digital matte painter
Jean-Nicolas Costa .... digital compositor
Rudyard Cretenet .... digital compositor
Clement Darbois .... digital compositor
Vivian David .... lighting artist
Antoine Douadi .... digital compositor
Christophe Duflaut .... digital compositor
Steven Dupuy .... character effects artist
Labbe Elodie .... visual effects artist
Thomas Foncelle .... lead render wrangler
Lucien Fostier .... digital compositor
David Fourrage .... character modeler
Julien Frantz .... software developer
Valerie Gabriel .... stereo lead
Delphine Garrelis .... digital compositor
Damien Gautron .... lead character technical director
Pierre Gobilliard .... lighting artist
Stephan Guerin .... digital compositor
Stephan Guerin .... lighting artist
Mathieu Gérard .... digital effects technical director
Thomas Haas-Christensen .... character effects
Guy-Laurent Homsy .... layout/previs artist
Vincent Houze .... visual effects
Philippe Huberdeau .... digital compositor
Aurelien Hulot .... set modeling
Josselin Jallut .... character effects artist
Dean Koonjul .... digital compositor: Mac Guff Ligne
Jola Kudela .... digital compositor
Khaled Labidi .... digital compositor
Francois Launet .... set modeling lead
Thomas Lefebvre .... digital compositor
Yann Leroux .... lead digital compositor
David Liebard .... senior character technical director
Pierre Lopes .... lighting artist
Sergeï Lourié .... senior digital compositor
Olivier Lukaszczyk .... digital compositor
Mathieu Malard .... visual effects artist
Gaston Marcotti .... digital compositor
Olivier Martiny .... lighting artist
Le Meur Mathieu .... lighting artist
Molina Matthieu .... lighting artist
Thomas Metais .... software developer
Adrien Montero .... character modeler
David Pelle .... assistant computer graphics supervisor
Maya Pelle .... digital compositor
Alexis Peraste .... digital compositor
Benoit Philippon .... Stereoscopic Compositing Supervisor
Eric Placoly .... software engineer: research & development
Delphine Potevin .... assistant computer graphics supervisor
Simon Rafin .... digital compositor
Dane Rapaport .... digital compositor
Quentin Ricci .... pipeline technical director
David Rodrigues .... character cloth artist
Privat de Fortunie Romain .... character effects lead
Stephanie Saillard .... digital compositor: Mac Guff
Marine Samyn .... digital compositor
Gourdal Sebastien .... lighting artist
Antonin Seydoux .... compositing supervisor
Ken Shimizu .... character effects artist
Niranjan Siva .... digital compositor
Hugues Ssosse .... lighting artist
Sebastien Stoianov .... character effects artist
Jeremy Séguin .... digital compositor
Josselin Tonnellier .... effects technical director
Mathieu Trintzius .... senior character technical director
Nicolas Valade .... digital artist
Gerome Viavant .... digital compositor
Anthony Voisin .... digital compositor
Milan Voukassovitch .... character effects artist
Fabien Yorgandjian .... modeling artist
Henri Zaitoun .... layout artist
Joel Bentow .... main title animator (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Nicole Rivelli .... still photographer
 
Animation Department
Pierre Avon .... supervising animator
Kyle Balda .... layout supervisor
Nicolas Bauduin .... supervising animator
Keith Baxter .... story artist
Bart Boirot .... lead animator
Daniel Callaby .... animator
Lang-Willar Chloe .... animator
Céline Chotard .... animator
Gérald Clévy .... layout artist
Romain Côte .... Character and set modeler
Laurent de la Chapelle .... animation supervisor
Jonathan del Val .... senior animator
Patrick Delage .... lead animator
Audrey Fobis .... animator
Laurent Francois .... animator
Lionel Gallat .... animation director
Vincent Garcia .... animator
Carter Goodrich .... character designer
Jean Hemez .... lead animator
Jean Hemez .... senior animator
Guillaume Herent .... animator
Yannick Honore .... senior animator
Silke Jager .... animator
Fabrice Joubert .... animation director
Pierre Leduc .... supervising animator
Stephane Mangin .... lead animator
Stephane Mangin .... senior animator
Mathieu Menard .... animator
Loïc Miermont .... animator
Renaud Mégange .... animator
David Nasser .... senior animator
Prothais Nicolas .... senior animator
Elena Ortego .... animator
Elisabeth Patte .... supervising animator
Christel Pougeoise .... senior animator
Mitja Rabar .... senior animator
Arfaoui Salem .... animator
Arfaoui Salem .... pre-production artist
Julen Santiago .... animator
Régis Schuller .... layout/camera/staging artist
Julien Soret .... supervising animator
Clementine Tronel .... animator
Emmanuel Vergne .... senior animator
Jorge Vigara .... senior animator
 
Casting Department
Holly Dorff .... adr voice casting
Mary Hidalgo .... casting consultant
 
Editorial Department
Fanny Bouquard .... hd dailies assistant
Gilad Carmel .... assistant editor
Terry Claborn .... color timer
Claire Dodgson .... additional editor
Alex Dowding .... editorial manager
Ed Fuller .... first assistant editor
Jason Hanel .... digital intermediate colorist
Karen Hathaway .... assistant editor
Steven Liu .... additional editor (as Steve Liu)
Josh Morgan .... editorial coordinator
Nicolas Peterson .... digital intermediate producer
Michael Rostker .... assistant editor
Lisa Tutunjian .... digital intermediate editor
Patrick J. Voetberg .... additional editor (as Patrick Voetberg)
 
Music Department
Sam Allison .... assistant score recording engineer
Slamm Andrews .... music editor
Dustin Capulong .... assistant music recording engineer
Chuck Choi .... score recordist
Andrew Coleman .... music recording engineer
Jason Dale .... assistant score mixing engineer
Greg Dennen .... scoring crew (as Greg Dennon)
Elsie Kate Fisher .... lead singer (as Elsie Fisher)
Elsie Kate Fisher .... playback singer (as Elsie Fisher)
Geoff Foster .... music engineer: choir
Bruce Fowler .... orchestrator
Walt Fowler .... orchestrator
Elizabeth Gallardo .... assistant score mixing engineer
Rick Giovinazzo .... orchestrator
Tom Gire .... composer: additional music
Gavin Greenaway .... music director
Josh Gudwin .... assistant music recording engineer
Oren Hadar .... scoring mixer: "Despicable Me" mini-movies
Vicki Hiatt .... supervising music editor
Azi Hourani .... assistant music recording engineer
Brandon Jones .... assistant score mixing engineer
Kevin Kaska .... orchestrator
Mike Knobloch .... music executive
Steven Kofsky .... music production services (as Steve Kofsky)
Mike Larson .... assistant music recording engineer
Tim Lauber .... scoring crew
Guillermo Lefeld .... assistant score recording engineer
Fabian Marascuillo .... score mixing engineer
Alan Meyerson .... music scoring mixer
Alan Meyerson .... score recordist
Kathy Nelson .... music supervisor
Joey Newman .... conductor: "Despicable Me" mini-movies
Satoshi Mark Noguchi .... assistant music recording engineer (as Satoshi Noguchi)
Satoshi Mark Noguchi .... score mixing assistant
Jenny O'Grady .... choral coordinator
Satnam Ramgotra .... musician: mouth perc &percussion
Lynda Richardson .... choir master
Ramon Rivas .... assistant music recording engineer
Tim Rodier .... music preparation
Peter Rotter .... orchestra contractor
Czarina Russell .... music studio manager: Remote Control Productions
Czarina Russell .... studio manager: Remote Control Productions
Daniel Scolari .... assistant music editor
Jacob Shea .... additional arrangements
John Sponsler .... composer: additional music
Denis St. Amand .... scoring crew
Tom Steel .... scoring crew
Christopher Westlake .... composer: "Despicable Me" mini-movies
Pharrell Williams .... composer: songs
Pharrell Williams .... composer: theme music
Andrew Zack .... score coordinator
Hans Zimmer .... score producer
Sebastian Zuleta .... assistant music recording engineer
Sebastian Zuleta .... music technical engineer
Sven Faulconer .... music programmer (uncredited)
Geoff Foster .... music engineer (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Segolene Amice .... production coordinator: France
Mary Bills .... script supervisor
Lynley Byrd .... assistant: Mr. Meledandri
Jeff Coward .... production assistant
Daniel Dotterer .... story production assistant
Tony Gonzalez .... choreographer: studio segments
Frédéric Greene .... production accountant: France
Lisa Holme .... assistant: Mr. Meledandri
Ashley Lambert .... adr loop group
Sean Lee .... director of technology
David Leroux .... network engineer
Bruno Mahé .... global technology supervisor
Julien Sabourdin .... production accountant
Jessica Stone .... assistant: Ms. Healy
Gary L. Wohlleben .... financial controller
 
Thanks
Christophe Asselin .... special thanks
Rodolphe Chabrier .... special thanks
Christine Lagarde .... special thanks
 

Production CompaniesDistributorsSpecial Effects
  • Mac Guff Ligne (character animation and computer graphics) (as Mac Guff)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Mi villano favorito" - Argentina, Mexico (imdb display title), Peru (imdb display title), Uruguay
"Εγώ, ο Απαισιότατος" - Greece
"Гадкий я" - Russia
"Çilgin hirsiz" - Turkey (Turkish title) (imdb display title)
"Aulinn ég" - Iceland (dubbed version)
"Bjaurusis as" - Lithuania (imdb display title)
"Cattivissimo me" - Italy
"Dumma mej" - Sweden (imdb display title)
"Ego, o apaisiotatos" - Greece (imdb display title)
"Ganuv Al Hayareach" - Israel (Hebrew title)
"Grozan ja" - Serbia (imdb display title)
"Gru" - Hungary (imdb display title)
"Gru - Mi villano favorito" - Spain
"Gru - O Maldisposto" - Portugal (imdb display title)
"Grusomme meg" - Norway
"Grusomme mig" - Denmark
"Ich - Einfach unverbesserlich" - Germany
"Itse ilkimys" - Finland (imdb display title)
"Ja zloduch" - Slovakia (imdb display title)
"Jak ukrasc ksiezyc" - Poland (imdb display title)
"Kako je Gru ukrao mjesec" - Croatia
"Meu Malvado Favorito" - Brazil
"Mina, supervaras" - Estonia (imdb display title)
"Moi, moche et méchant" - France
"Sazizghari me" - Georgia (imdb display title)
"Sunt un mic ticalos" - Romania (imdb display title)
"Verschrikkelijke ikke" - Netherlands (dubbed version)
"Verschrikkelijke ikke en de rest kan stikke" - Netherlands (dubbed version)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for rude humor and mild action
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
USA:PG (certificate #46025) | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | South Korea:All | Malaysia:U | Finland:K-7 | Taiwan:GP | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Ireland:G | Japan:G | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Sweden:7 | Portugal:M/6 | UK:U | Germany:o.Al. | Spain:T/i
Company:
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Did You Know?

Trivia:
When Gru is seen entering the "Bank of Evil", the subtitle "Formerly Lehman Brothers" can be seen over the door.See more »
Goofs:
Continuity: When Agnes first asks Gru to read a bedtime story, the picture on the book she is holding switches from the back cover to the front.See more »
Quotes:
Edith:It was your cousin's idea!
Dave the Minion:*What*?
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Movie Connections:
References Little Shop of Horrors (1986)See more »
Soundtrack:
FUN, FUN, FUNSee more »

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50 out of 73 people found the following review useful.
Hilarity and heart are a great mix for this Excellent movie!, 9 July 2010
Author: MajorFilmFan from United States

Despicable Me, the new animated from produced by Chris Melandandri, who also produced Ice Age: The Meltdown and Horton Hears A Who, is one of the summer's stand out movies. Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Miranda Cosgrove, and Russell Brand are perfect actors to lead this at times hilarious, at times tear jerking animated tale. Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Danny R. McBride, Julie Andrews and Jermain Clement make for a worthy supporting cast.

Gru (voiced by Carell) is a evil genius who only wants to win the affection of his cold-hearted mother (voiced by Andrews), something he has NEVER had. His only friends are Dr. Nefario, a aging scientist (voiced by Brand), and his army of minions (voiced by directors Peiere Coffin and Chris Reneud, and Jermain Clement), Twinky like creatures with both one and two eyes, it varies.

When a mysterious newcomer named Vector (voiced by Segal) steals the Great Pyrimid of Giza, Gru decides to pull off the greatest heist EVER: stealing the moon! Then, three orphan girls, Margo (voiced by Cosgrove), Edith, and Agnes (both voiced by newcomers who names I don't know.) The three of them don't hit it off with Gru instantly, but they see him as the first real parent they've ever had. Gru slowly begins to warm up to the girls, and they're interactions make for some truly heartfelt, and also hilarious moments. Case in point:

Edith: Are these beds old bombs? Gru: Yes. But, they are very old and highly unlikely to blow up. Try not to toss and turn.

Despicable Me pulls off something almost unheard of: a film that is enjoyable for both parents and children that does NOT involve humor centered around bodily functions, or violence.

Final grade: A Plus infinite number of times!

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