the third helping of the blockbuster Despicable Me series featuring Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig makes all the right moves - but to incrementally less successful effect
the third Despicable Me film chronologically is also the third-best in terms of quality. But it has just enough energy and flashes of inspiration to suggest it's a franchise that could run and run
the film offers up real peril for both Gru and his girls, capped off with the kind of wit and vigor that made the first film entertaining enough to spawn an entire new franchise