Despicable Me 3 (2017)
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Gru must team up with his long-lost twin brother to stop a former child star from destroying Hollywood.
The story
Some time after the events of Despicable Me 2, Gru and his wife Lucy are dismissed from the Anti-Villain League (AVL) by a new director. While Gru's Minions leave him to find new jobs, he receives an invitation from his long-lost twin brother, Dru, who lives in the wealthy country of Freedonia. Meanwhile, a former child star named Balthazar Bratt has become a supervillain and is seeking a powerful diamond to power a giant robot. Gru must navigate his complicated relationship with his brother while trying to stop Bratt's plan to destroy Hollywood.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
After being fired from the Anti-Villain League, Gru and Lucy find themselves in a predicament where their Minions abandon them. Gru receives a visit from his twin brother, Dru, a wealthy man who wants to learn how to be a villain. While the brothers bond, Balthazar Bratt—a disgruntled former child star—steals the Dumont Diamond to power a robot that will destroy Hollywood. After a series of conflicts and a temporary falling out between the brothers, they reunite to stop Bratt. They engage in a final battle where Dru sacrifices himself to power down the robot, and Gru defeats Bratt in a dance fight. The family is reunited, and while Gru and Lucy are reinstated in the AVL, Dru and the Minions fly off to continue their villainous pursuits.
- First release year
- 2017
- Runtime (minutes)
- 90
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Pierre Coffin; Kyle Balda
- Writers
- Cinco Paul · writer; Ken Daurio · writer
- Cast and characters
- Steve Carell · Gru, Dru; Kristen Wiig · Lucy Wilde, Balthazar Bratt; Trey Parker · Balthazar Bratt; Pierre Coffin · the Minions; Miranda Cosgrove · Margo; Steve Coogan · Silas Ramsbottom, Fritz; Jenny Slate · Valerie Da Vinci; Dana Gaier · Edith; Nev Scharrel · Agnes; Julie Andrews · Gru and Dru's mother
- Genres
- animated; comedy
- Themes
- family; brotherhood
- Tone and mood
- zany; humorous
- Setting
- A mix of the Anti-Villain League headquarters, the country of Freedonia, and Hollywood.
- Premise and plot tags
- supervillain; comedy
- Franchise connections
- Despicable Me
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews from critics but was a significant box office success, becoming the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2017.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 58% · scale: percentage · review count: 193; Metacritic · score: 49 · scale: 100 · review count: 37
- Production trivia
- The film's marketing included 600 taxicabs with Minions on top in New York City.; The film was the fourth-highest-grossing animated film of all time during its theatrical run.
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