Despicable Me

An evil villain adopts three orphaned girls to unknowingly aide him in his next devious plot to steal the moon.  As he uses them to gain access to the odds and ends he needs to complete his genius scheme, much to his dismay, he finds himself being sucked into their world of ballet recitals and tea parties.

This was pretty forgettable, like a really clever idea that wasn't fully fleshed out.  I loved the concept.  That there is a "villain world" that has it's own businesses, stores and banks.  It was clever and fun.  But the set up itself takes way too long and the main character isn't evil enough nor a successful enough villain for the character arch to really be satisfying when his world is turned upside down by three little girls.

 There are some fun and entertaining moments in this movie but it just wasn't thoroughly developed in a way that made the sentimentality of it memorable or even desirable.  The villain doesn't have enough of an effect on the little girls and they overpower his life leaving things neatly tied up but a little unbalanced.

Cute but not great.

** Rentable

 Rated PG (for violence)