

Henson) and the rest of the Vicious 6.Īlong with bringing back franchise actor Carell as the voice of Gru, The Rise of Gru also brings back director Kyla Balda, who goes solo on the film after sharing directing duties on Minions and 2017’s Despicable Me 3. When an unexpected turn of events results in the villains hunting him, Gru must rely on his ever-present, yellow minions, a new mentor, and some new allies to escape the sinister Belle Bottom (Taraji P. The fifth installment of the Despicable Me film franchise and the sequel to 2015’s Minions, The Rise of Gru is a prequel film of sorts, following 11-yr-old aspiring supervillain Felonious Gru (voiced by Space Force star Steve Carell) as he attempts to join a supervillain group known as the Vicious 6.

Image used with permission by copyright holder The latest entry in that franchise, Minions: The Rise of Gru, certainly knows how to play to its audience, even if its appeal is starting to wear a little thin. You don’t get to be the highest-grossing animated film franchise of all time without knowing how to appeal to your audience, even when its as an audience as wide-ranging as fans of the Despicable Me films.
