Gru, an ex-super-villain, is the caring father of three girls. But he finds out that he must now become a spy for the "Anti-Villain League." He works with Agent Lucy Wilde to uncover the mystery of who stole a lab from the Arctic Circle, which included a mutating formula. Thus the stage is set for the sequel to Despicable Me.The movie is the seventh highest-grossing animated film. During its opening weekend, it was #1 on the American Box Office. It features the voices of Steve Carell as Gru, Kristin Wiig as Agent Lucy Wilde, and Benjamin Bratt as Eduardo Perez, owner of a Mexican restaurant.
SUMMARY
Gru has been raising his daughters with excessive love and care. The four of them live happily (along with their 10,000-some Minions), except for one thing: the girls want a mother.
After his daughter Agnes' birthday party, Gru is kidnapped and taken to a secret underwater base, where he is recruited as a spy for the Anti-Villain League. He and his partner Agent Lucy Wilde pretend to run a bakery in a giant mall. Their mission is to search the mall for the evil villain who stole an Arctic lab, which also held a dangerous serum that mutates things into purple monsters.
Eventually, Gru and Lucy fall in love, but nothing really comes of this. They then capture the villain when they find the serum in his shop.
Unfortunately, they didn't really catch the bad guy: the man they caught had been framed. Gru must rescue the ones he loves, along with his "heroic" Minions!
CONTENT
Like the first Despicable Me, the sequel has Loony Toons-styled violence. There is maybe even a little more. Some guns are fired, but no one is wounded or killed from this. Also, lots of Minions are infected with the serum and are turned into crazy monsters (my 7-year-old brother was okay with these, but I doubt my 5-year-old sister would have been fine with the "purple Minions").
Gru falls in love with Lucy, and Margo also falls in love with Eduardo Perez's son (the latter has a little to do with the film, but I thought it didn't fit very well and was weird). A woman neighbor of Gru's constantly is trying to introduce single women to him and even sets him up on a rather awkward date. Also, Lucy's dress in most (if not all) of the film is somewhat immodest, though not too bad. And, in a really strange and awkward scene, a Minion falls in love with Lucy and imagines dating her (this scene lasts for only about 10-15 seconds). 
There is crude humor throughout the film, especially when the Minions are involved (including "fart" guns).
Despicable Me 2 was an enjoyable and decent comedy, but it was not nearly as good as the original movie. I think all ages will like this movie, but (like I said earlier) younger children may possibly be frightened by the "purple Minions". So, while not like the first film, Despicable Me 2 might just be one of those movies that you will watch every now and then.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Length: 98 minutes
Rating: PG (for rude humor and mild action)
Directors: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
Producers: Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy
Music: Heitor Pereira, Pharrell Williams
Year of release: 2013
Primary audience: Children, family
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