Not as good as the first one

This is a decent follow-up to the first movie, but its story is absolutely secondary to the characters (and the minions). It's paper thin and all of the gags and the silliness of the minions suffers for it. Gru is recruited by Lucy into some sort of anti-villain team of special agents. Gru totally loses his edge developed in the original movie, presumably because our favorite character can't be one of questionable morals. Lucy, voiced by Kristen Wiig, is a welcome addition, but she is also softened as everything turns warm and cuddly during the movie's final half. If you like minions as much as I do, they are here by the thousands. They are once again a funny creation but they talk a little too much, which ruins a lot of their spontaneity. This is a movie that the family will certainly enjoy. It was good but doesn't get close to the craziness of the original.

MOAR MINIONS! They should make a movie just for minions..

Honestly, I love it more than the first. Everything is better, the animation, the dialogue, the smoothness, the story, the sound design, the voice acting, the minion, and bloo minion. All it's missing is Vector, he he he. Also, whoever decided Kristen Wiig as Lucy and Steve Carell as Gru as a couple is a genuine genius. The best Illumination projects by far. Oh, and the soundtrack is iconic, I could hear despicable me before seeing it. ba na na.