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'Despicable Me 2' Trailer and Reviews

Gru and his minions are back in this sequel to the 2010 film.

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"Despicable Me 2" is playing nearby at Regal Snellville Oaks Stadium 14 and Carmike Cinemas 12 in Snellville, Gateway Cinemas 12 in Barrow County and Beechwood Cinemas 11 and Carmike 12 in Athens.  

The premise, courtesy of IMDb:

Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.

Here's what critics are saying:

Even with slightly heavier issues, like its predecessor, 'Despicable Me 2' is light on its feet, visually inventive and very fast with the repartee. It requires actors who can pull off the many peppery lines at warp speed and in that the film is lucky with its voice cast. — Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times 

With its predecessor having made a whopping $540 million globally, it's no wonder that Universal saw fit to order a sequel. But it's not enough just to trot out legions of minions and cobble together a plot. Audiences deserve more imagination and inventiveness than this wan recycling. — Claudia Puig, USA Today 

As in the original 'Despicable,' masterful physical comedy is what raises this animated pic so far above most of its competitors. Sure, it’s not as novel as the first time we were here, but directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud stay true to the clever, slapstick vibe. — Sara Stewart, New York Post

'Despicable Me 2' is a less emotionally resonant experience than the first film, but it is positively packed with laughs. There is a sweetness to the movie that works well enough to ground it in something identifiably human ... — Drew McWeeny, HitFix

The animators and writers behind 'Despicable Me 2' might have done well to call their movie something else — 'Gru Out of Darkness,' maybe? — given the near total lack of despicability the reformed baddie displays here. ... But the filmmakers so clearly love working on these characters — Gru’s yellow, mutant-elf Minions in particular — their creative joy is infectious. The sequel might not be all that warped, but it’s plenty funny nevertheless. — Tom Russo, The Boston Globe

"Despicable Me 2" is rated PG for rude humor and mild action. The movie runs 1 hour and 38 minutes. 

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