Although Despicable Me 2 did mega-box office, it was an adequate film at best. This threequel puts a bit more of the focus back on Gru and creates a stronger central storyline, but even then sidelines the Minions into their own subplots instead of integrating them properly into the story. Fallen 80s child-star villain Balthazar Bratt is a fun creation ("Dance fight!") and Gru's newly-discovered twin Dru is again well-voiced by Steve Carell, but both characters could have been given a little more to do in the overall film - the children and Kristen Wiig's Lucy are all but sidelined. Despicable Me 3 is well made - the character animation is particularly impressive, 3D perhaps less so here - but it is no Pixar movie for sure, and the thin and slightly messy story underwhelms for anyone above the very young target audience.
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