In the sixth outing in the Despicable franchise, there’s a new addition to Gru’s family: baby Gru Jr has not yet mastered language but punches far above his weight in terms of sight gags and visual humour. Otherwise, there’s little that’s new in this enjoyable but familiar brush with villainy. Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), who has by now firmly landed on the side of righteousness with the Anti-Villain League, earns the enmity of a new nemesis, cockroach-human hybrid Maxime Le Mal (Will Ferrell). Gru and his family are placed in a safe house, while six of the remaining minions are souped up into mega-minions by the AVL. Chaos ensues.
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