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Certificate U

Cast Steve Carell Kristen Wiig Jason Segel Will Arnett Julie Andrews Russell Brand Danny McBride Miranda Cosgrove

Directors Pierre Coffin Chris Renaud

Screenwriters Ken Daurio

Running Time 95 minutes

Despicable Me
Three kids and a little Blofeld...

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Plot
Super-villain Gru (Carell) needs to steal a shrink-ray from rival Vector (Segel), to secure a loan from the Bank Of Evil. He adopts three cookie-selling orphans to smuggle shrink-ray-stealing mini robots into Vector's lair. But the responsibilities of parenthood cause him to question his evil priorities.

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