Despicable Me

Movie
German title	Despicable Me
Original title	Despicable Me
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2010
length	approx. 95 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0 JMK 6
Rod
Director	Pierre Coffin , Chris Renaud
script	Ken Daurio , Sergio Pablos
production	John Cohen, Janet Healy , Chris Meledandri
music	Heitor Pereira , Pharrell Williams
cut	Gregory Perler , Pam Ziegenhagen
synchronization
chronology
←  Predecessor Minions - In search of the mini-boss Successor  → Despicable Me 2

I - Despicable (original title Despicable Me . English for "despicable") is an American CGI - animated film of Universal Studios , produced by Chris Meledandri . The production company Illumination Entertainment hired the French studio Mac Guff for the computer animation . The film was released in the United States on July 9, 2010 and was received positively by both critics and audiences. In Germany the film was released on September 30, 2010.

The sequel I - Despicable Me 2 opened in German cinemas on July 4, 2013. I followed in 2017 - Despicable 3 .

action

The super villain Gru lives in the middle of a beautiful suburban idyll. His favorite pastime is to spoil mankind's day. His black house and the deserted lawn in front of it are easily recognizable between the other well-kept houses. His real realm, however, is hidden deep under his house in a widely ramified secret fortress. Surrounded by an army of Minions, his yellow little subordinates, the landlord forges his worldwide villainous pranks here, the culmination of which is the theft of the moon. With this prank he also wants to achieve his goal in life: That his mother is proud of him.

The problems begin when a young aspiring villain named Vector ousts him from number one super villain in the spectacular heist of the Great Pyramid of Cheops . In order to regain his place, he applies for a loan from the "Bank of Evil" to finance the kidnapping of the moon. However, the bank director, Mister Perkins, demands as security that Gru first bring the necessary heat shrink heater into his possession.

Gru can initially take the heat shrink lamp by stealing it, but Vector then steals it and is able to flee. Gru tries to break into Vector's fortress. After many unsuccessful attempts, he notices that Vector lets three little orphans named Margo, Edith and Agnes in to buy biscuits from them. Gru decides to use the three for his plan. To this end, he adopts her by posing as a dentist in the home. While little Agnes takes him to the heart, Edith still doubts and Margo is sure that Gru will never be a good father.

At first, Gru does not get along with the children at all and sees them only as a means to an end. He lets the children sell Vector spy robots disguised as biscuits, which he uses to get hold of the shrink radiator. However, Mister Perkins continues to refuse Gru the credit because he thinks it is out of date and would rather support younger villains. The viewer learns that Perkins wants Vector, his son, to steal the moon. Perkins informs Vector that Gru stole the heat shrink heater. Vector promises his father that he will be the first to steal the moon anyway.

After the rejection of his loan request, Gru is now forced to give up his plans due to financing problems. However, the children and the Minions pool their savings so that a rocket can be built from scrap pieces. During this time Gru grew fond of the girls. Gru's helper Dr. Nefario fears that Gru's relationship with the children could distract him from his goal. The theft of the moon is scheduled for May 26th, and the girls will also perform a ballet on the same day. This is how Dr. Nefario endangers the joint project. Dr. Nefario then contacts the home behind Gru's back and asks for the dissolution of the adoption on behalf of Gru. When the children are picked up, it breaks the hearts of the children, and that of Gru. But Gru is convinced that it is best for him and he concentrates again on stealing the moon. His plan succeeds: Gru flies to the moon, which he shrinks to the size of a tomato with the help of the shrink heater.

While he is still holding the moon in his hands and enjoying his triumph, he discovers the admission ticket to the children's ballet performance which is about to take place. Spontaneously he rushes back to earth, where the performance is over and Vector has kidnapped the children. In exchange for the children, Vector calls for the moon. However, after the handover of the moon, Vector does not keep his promise and flees with the moon and the girls in his spaceship.

Dr. Nefario has now found out that the shrink ray only works for a limited time. Everyone is in great danger when the moon returns to its original size. Dr. Nefario and Gru are able to save the girls at the last second before the shrunken moon returns to normal size and causes Vector's spaceship to hyper-jump, sending the moon back into its old orbit. Vector survived but was stranded on the moon. The world rejoices over the unknown hero and awaits his next deeds.

Gru now realizes how important girls are for him and takes on the role of the longed-for father. Margo and Edith also trust him now. At an extra ballet performance by the children for Gru, his mother and the Minions, Gru's mother confesses how proud she is of her son. With this, Gru also achieved his goal in life. Gru is writing a children's book based on his findings.

synchronization

The German dubbing of the film took over the Berliner Synchron for a dialogue book and the dialogue director of Frank Schaff .

role	Original speaker	German synchronization
Gru	Steve Carell	Oliver Rohrbeck
Vector	Jason Segel	Jan Delay
Dr. Nefario	Russell Brand	Peter Groeger
Margo	Miranda Cosgrove	Friedel Morgenstern
Edith	Dana Gaier	Derya Flechtner
Agnes	Elsie Fisher	Sarah Kunze
news reporter	Ken Jeong	Claus Kleber
Gru's mother	Julie Andrews	Kerstin Sanders-Dornseif
Mr. Perkins	Will Arnett	Axel Lutter
Miss Hattie	Kristen Wiig	Nana Spier
Carnival Barker	Jack McBrayer	Bernhard Völger
Fred McDade	Danny R. McBride	Hans-Jürgen Dittberner

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was composed by Heitor Pereira and Pharrell Williams . Other songs in the film are from Lupe Fiasco (“Minion Mambo”), Robin Thicke (“My Life”), the Bee Gees (“You Should Be Dancing”), Lynyrd Skynyrd (“Sweet Home Alabama”) and the Sylvers (“ Boogie Fever ").

#	title	length	Interpreter
1	Despicable Me	4:13	Pharrell Williams
2	Fun, fun, fun	3:26	Pharrell Williams
3	I'm on a roll	3:11	Destinee & Paris
4th	Minion Mambo	3:04	feat. Pharrell & Lupe Fiasco
5	Boogie Fever	3:28	The Sylvers
6th	My life	3:54	Robin Thicke
7th	Prettiest Girls	3:19	Pharrell Williams
8th	Rocket's Theme	4:03	Pharrell Williams
9	You should be dancing	4:18	Bee Gees
10	The Unicorn Song	2:08	Elsie Fisher

Reviews

The film was received mostly positively. Rotten Tomatoes scores an 81% positive rating based on 183 reviews. Metacritic gives a rating of 72/100 based on 35 reviews. In the Internet Movie Database , Despicable Me received an average rating of 7.7 / 10 (as of May 16, 2017).

" Despicable Me is a 3D cartoon comedy with quick laughs, funny sayings and imaginative use of the possibilities of 3D."

- Roger Moore

"Most of all, the 3D animation fun is a warm-hearted story whose core is the humanity that lurks in each one of us - even the biggest and nastiest super villains the world has ever seen."

- Kathrin Lang

“'Despicable Me' is an imaginative, sometimes quirky, but always original 3-D animated comedy for all ages. […] In fact, his film doesn't have to hide behind the works of Pixar or DreamWorks. [...] Conclusion: Original 3-D animated comedy with smart ideas and funny characters. "

- Cinema

“'I - SIMPLY UNIMPROVABLE' relies on over-the-top action, underlaid with loud music. A few nice details cannot hide the fact that the motto is 'the main thing is funny and fast-paced'. "

- epd film

Awards

Despicable Me has been nominated for the best animated film several times, for example in 2011 for the Golden Globe Award for best animated film . The film won the Favorite Animated Film category at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2011 .

The German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) awarded the rating particularly valuable .

publication

The film was released on February 3, 2011 in Germany on DVD, Blu-ray and 3D Blu-ray. The Blu-ray versions include a digital copy .

Sequels

The sequel to Despicable Me, entitled Ich - Despicable Me 2 , was released in German cinemas on July 4, 2013. On July 2, 2015, the film Minions was released in German cinemas, which thematizes the history of the Minions. On July 6, 2017, Ich - Despicable 3 was launched in Germany .

Web links

Commons : Despicable Me  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• I - Despicable in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• I - Despicable atRotten Tomatoes(English)
• I - Despicable at Metacritic (English)
• Expert opinion of the German film and media rating
• I - Simply Despicable on KinderundJugendmedien.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Certificate of Release for Me - Simply Despicable . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2010 (PDF; test number: 123 743 K).
2. ↑ Age rating for me - simply incorrigible . Youth Media Commission .
3. ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | Despicable Me. Retrieved February 22, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Petar Kujundzic: Pharrell Williams' Contribution to the Despicable Me soundtrack . In: Hypetrak . June 28, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
5. ↑ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1214097-despicable_me/
6. ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/movie/despicable-me
7. ↑ Orlando Sentinel - Review ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ^ Moviesection - Criticism
9. ↑ cinema.de
10. ↑ epd-film.de
11. ↑ http://www.fbw-filmbeval.com/film/ich_einfach_unverbesserlich