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Movie ID: 820
RT slug: despicable_me_3
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/despicable_me_3
Release year: 2017
Runtime: 90 mins
Wide release date: 2017-06-30
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: 2017-07-10
Tomatometer final: 58%
Audience score final: 53%
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
Directors: Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin
Writers: Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio
Producers: Christopher Meledandri, Janet Healy
MPAA rating: PG
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-06-18 18:55:08
Updated: 2026-06-18 18:55:08
The mischievous Minions hope that Gru will return to a life of crime after the new boss of the Anti-Villain League fires him. Instead, Gru decides to remain retired and travel to Freedonia to meet his long-lost twin brother for the first time. The reunited siblings soon find themselves in an uneasy alliance to take down the elusive Balthazar Bratt, a former 1980s child star who seeks revenge against the world.
Despicable Me 3 should keep fans of the franchise consistently entertained with another round of colorful animation and zany -- albeit somewhat scattershot -- humor.
Canonical reviews: 193
Canonical fresh: 112
Canonical rotten: 81
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 58%
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-06-18 16:55:24
Snapshot Tomatometer: 58%
Snapshot review count: 193
Snapshot fresh count: 112
Snapshot rotten count: 81
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #1473 (full_snapshot)
| Company | Role |
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| Universal Pictures | distributor |
| Illumination Entertainment | production |
| Billing | Name | Character |
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| 1 | Steve Carell | Gru |
| 2 | Kristen Wiig | Lucy |
| 3 | Trey Parker | Balthazar Bratt |
| 4 | Miranda Cosgrove | Margo |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 180407 | Leandro Ariel Porcelli | Naranjita Cine | Rotten | 4/10 | 2025-08-07T02:12:57Z | 2025-08-07 02:12:57 | Besides a couple of the franchise's mandatory irritating moments and another loose script, there are worse things to endure watching with your kids. Disposable yet not entirely harmless, it's almost fun. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 180408 | David Griffiths | Subculture Entertainment | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2023-07-22T01:48:45Z | 2023-07-22 01:48:45 | There is an air of difference around Despicable Me 3 to all the films in the series but this is a film that is going to be lapped up by those that have grown up watching the franchise. |
| 180409 | Hosea Rupprecht | Pauline Media Studies | Fresh | — | 2021-08-25T23:42:12Z | 2021-08-25 23:42:12 | Even though the story is fairly convoluted, it's worth taking your kids to see. There are laughs abounding. |
| 180410 | Matt Brunson | Film Frenzy | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2021-08-16T14:40:40Z | 2021-08-16 14:40:40 | A constantly ka-chinging cash register disguised as a major motion picture, the utterly banal and utterly boring Despicable Me 3 is largely the animated equivalent of the current Transformers: The Last Knight. |
| 180411 | Olly Richards | NME (New Musical Express) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-05-04T20:20:24Z | 2021-05-04 20:20:24 | This cute bubblegum animation almost grows stale, but continues to deliver... |
| 180412 | Richard Crouse | Richard Crouse | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2021-03-01T12:40:15Z | 2021-03-01 12:40:15 | Raises a smile when it is in silly mode but is less successful when it defaults to being a capital 'F' family film, which is far too often. |
| 180413 | Jason Best | What's On TV | Fresh | 3/5 | 2020-12-20T16:20:35Z | 2020-12-20 16:20:35 | It's the spectacle of the gibberish-spouting Minions performing an inimitable version of 'I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General', the famous patter song from The Pirates of Penzance, that gives the greatest pleasure. |
| 180414 | Mike Massie | Gone With The Twins | Rotten | 4/10 | 2020-12-05T03:06:05Z | 2020-12-05 03:06:05 | Fortunately, the Minions are used in proper doses to break up the slower, less interesting digressions. |
| 180415 | Paul McGuire Grimes | KSTP-TV (St. Paul, MN) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2020-11-05T21:33:16Z | 2020-11-05 21:33:16 | The minions are back up to their old tricks. They are cute in small doses and they don't overstay their welcome in this movie. |
| 180416 | Richard Propes | TheIndependentCritic.com | Fresh | 3.0/4.0 | 2020-09-06T00:51:57Z | 2020-09-06 00:51:57 | Retaining enough of the heart and humor to keep us satisfied. |
| 180417 | Steven Prokopy | Third Coast Review | Fresh | — | 2020-05-11T20:51:33Z | 2020-05-11 20:51:33 | Despicable Me 3 isn't going to win any awards, but it's frenetic energy and dedication to adult-level silly is admirable, so much so that it's easily the best of the bunch. |
| 180418 | Allison Rose | FlickDirect | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2019-08-05T20:12:19Z | 2019-08-05 20:12:19 | Despicable Me 3 has a lot going for it yet, somehow, it just doesn't have the same feel as the first two films and drags a little. |
| 180419 | Jeff Mitchell | Phoenix Film Festival | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2019-06-13T20:12:01Z | 2019-06-13 20:12:01 | Too many storylines, not enough Minions. |
| 180420 | Dan Murrell | Screen Junkies | Rotten | — | 2019-04-24T01:16:53Z | 2019-04-24 01:16:53 | The cinematic equivalent of a movie jingling its keys...It's assuming that kids don't have an attention span beyond three-ish minutes. |
| 180421 | S. Indra Sathiabalan | The Sun Daily (Malaysia) | Rotten | — | 2019-03-09T01:18:01Z | 2019-03-09 01:18:01 | The family element, which was the central theme of the first two, is not captured as well here. |
| 180422 | Rachel Wagner | Rachel's Reviews (YouTube) | Fresh | C+ | 2019-02-21T21:16:36Z | 2019-02-21 21:16:36 | It's nothing special, but it's not awful. |
| 180423 | Colby Bryant | Colbybryant.com | Fresh | 6.25/10 | 2018-12-08T19:16:20Z | 2018-12-08 19:16:20 | I end this look at the film, hoping the filmmakers will consider an end, as well. Gru and company have had a good run with levels of success most films can only dream of. |
| 180424 | Kt Schaefer | Substream Magazine | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2018-11-09T01:05:54Z | 2018-11-09 01:05:54 | Despicable Me 3 is easy for young children to watch, but suffers from a lack of focused storytelling and an unwanted dedication to nostalgia. |
| 180425 | Micheal Compton | Bowling Green Daily News | Rotten | C | 2018-10-31T01:26:18Z | 2018-10-31 01:26:18 | Even with all the bells and whistles, and the introduction of a clever villain, Despicable Me 3 wears out its welcome quickly and turns into an overstuffed excursion that eventually becomes more exhausting than entertaining. |
| 180426 | Jared Mobarak | BuffaloVibe | Fresh | 7/10 | 2018-10-12T18:57:36Z | 2018-10-12 18:57:36 | It [message] complements [its] absurdity perfectly within this consistently charming, welcomingly spare, and infectiously funny franchise. |
| 180427 | Rendy Jones | Rendy Reviews | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2018-08-30T06:16:36Z | 2018-08-30 06:16:36 | What it lacks in the story department, the film makes up in creativity and silly fun for the whole family. |
| 180428 | Abbie Bernstein | Assignment X | Rotten | C | 2018-08-28T19:14:52Z | 2018-08-28 19:14:52 | Despicable Me 3 wants to have something for everyone, but it spreads everything too thin, stretching some things too long and giving others short shrift. The results aren't despicable, but they are mostly bland at best. |
| 180429 | Lapacazo Magrira Sandoval | New York Amsterdam News | Fresh | — | 2018-08-20T19:36:27Z | 2018-08-20 19:36:27 | As silly and delightful as Despicable Me 3 is, there are sentimental and warm-fuzzy family moments delivered with genuine sincerity. |
| 180430 | Nicole Homer | Black Nerd Problems | Fresh | 7.5/10 | 2018-06-13T21:31:23Z | 2018-06-13 21:31:23 | Overall, this is a fun movie in a fun series. They definitely left the door open for a fourth movie and I'll definitely go see it when it comes out. |
| 180431 | Oggs Cruz | Rappler | Rotten | — | 2018-03-22T23:06:59Z | 2018-03-22 23:06:59 | The Despicable Me franchise, which follows a bumbling ex-villain as he tries his best to be a good example to a trio of orphans, has evolved from a relatively amiable cartoon with a genuinely safe concept to an unabashed cash grab. |
| 180432 | Andre Meadows | Black Nerd Comedy | Rotten | — | 2018-02-21T22:46:18Z | 2018-02-21 22:46:18 | If they would have just chosen one or two plots and expanded on them, they could have been interesting stories, but because they have so many going on at one time everything becomes a missed opportunity. |
| 180433 | Jeremy Jahns | JeremyJahns.com | Rotten | — | 2018-01-26T00:07:10Z | 2018-01-26 00:07:10 | The family dynamic, while interesting, also fell flat too...this movie tries to do so much, and that's the trouble. |
| 180434 | Christopher Llewellyn Reed | Film Festival Today | Rotten | 1/4 | 2018-01-25T14:15:49Z | 2018-01-25 14:15:49 | Perhaps the film is not harmless, since if you go, we may then get a Despicable Me 4 (set up, of course, at the end of this one), and that is a sobering thought, indeed. |
| 180435 | James Plath | Family Home Theater | Fresh | B | 2018-01-16T04:15:31Z | 2018-01-16 04:15:31 | How much you enjoy Despicable Me 3 may depend on how much you like Gru's 'minions'--those capsule-shaped little guys in blue overalls that speak in their own gibberish language. |
| 180436 | Robert Roten | Laramie Movie Scope | Fresh | C+ | 2018-01-04T19:51:11Z | 2018-01-04 19:51:11 | To me, this franchise seems tired. An overly complicated plot seems to waste time while we wait for the inevitable showdown between Gru and the supervillain, former child TV star, Bratt. But the characters are still solid. |
| 180437 | Jeffrey Lyles | Lyles' Movie Files | Fresh | 8/10 | 2017-12-27T21:09:15Z | 2017-12-27 21:09:15 | Despicable Me 3 doesn't reinvent the franchise, but proves there's plenty of fun and wackiness left and more than enough creativity left for future installments. |
| 180438 | Al Hoff | Pittsburgh City Paper | Rotten | — | 2017-12-19T00:20:37Z | 2017-12-19 00:20:37 | Those pill-shaped minions and their amusingly grumpy leader Gru will just never be as fresh and funny as they were in their 2010 debut Despicable Me. |
| 180439 | Robert Kojder | Flickering Myth | Fresh | 3/5 | 2017-12-05T23:50:28Z | 2017-12-05 23:50:28 | Trey Parker was perfect casting for Balthazar. It's also unmistakably him, channeling his work on the near twenty-year running animated series South Park |
| 180440 | Janire Zurbano | Cinemanía (Spain) | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2017-11-14T02:01:05Z | 2017-11-14 02:01:05 | A humorous feast at the height of its predecessor. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 180441 | Courtney Howard | Fresh Fiction | Rotten | C | 2017-11-05T00:03:48Z | 2017-11-05 00:03:48 | The third chapter in Gru's saga chose not to follow the franchise's predecessors, instead resorting to the current company model: noisy, colorful animation light on heart. |
| 180442 | Michael A. Smith | MediaMikes | Fresh | 4/5 | 2017-10-29T05:40:52Z | 2017-10-29 05:40:52 | One of the most entertaining animated film series ever, "Despicable Me 3" continues the Illumination Entertainment tradition of turning out top-notch films that the whole family can enjoy. |
| 180443 | David Nusair | Reel Film Reviews | Rotten | 2/4 | 2017-10-22T14:25:31Z | 2017-10-22 14:25:31 | The Despicable Me series palpably runs out of steam with this repetitive and somewhat tedious entry... |
| 180444 | Renuka Vyavahare | The Times of India | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2017-10-20T00:02:20Z | 2017-10-20 00:02:20 | Though not as endearing as the first film or funny as the second, Despicable 3 achieves what it sets out to - entertain the kids. |
| 180445 | Matthew Bond | The Mail on Sunday (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2017-10-09T22:02:22Z | 2017-10-09 22:02:22 | Parents of younger children need at least one animated banker to get them through the looming summer holidays, and Despicable Me 3 is about as safe a bet as a desperate dad on a rainy afternoon could hope for. |
| 180446 | Adrian Ruiz | Excelsior (MX) | Rotten | — | 2017-09-06T01:02:05Z | 2017-09-06 01:02:05 | The elements that made it shine are still there, but now as a simple formula and in a mechanical way, it's not surprising at any time. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 180447 | Marie Asner | Phantom Tollbooth | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2017-09-01T21:16:22Z | 2017-09-01 21:16:22 | [I] wanted to reach up to the screen and switch Bratt off. |
| 180448 | Wesley Lovell | Cinema Sight | Fresh | 3/4 | 2017-08-31T13:21:55Z | 2017-08-31 13:21:55 | The series is sliding with fewer interesting characters and less compelling family dynamics. |
| 180449 | Martha K. Baker | KDHX (St. Louis) | Fresh | — | 2017-08-28T23:42:44Z | 2017-08-28 23:42:44 | Despicable Me 3 is thoroughly delightful, clever, and dear. |
| 180450 | Tim Brayton | Alternate Ending | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2017-08-27T18:57:07Z | 2017-08-27 18:57:07 | The humor very much starts and stops at "the '80s happened". |
| 180451 | Jim Schembri | 3AW | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2017-08-11T11:44:31Z | 2017-08-11 11:44:31 | It's more of the same, and lovingly done. After all, why upset a billion-dollar-a-film franchise? |
| 180452 | Mario P. Székely | Siete24.mx | Fresh | — | 2017-08-03T00:35:45Z | 2017-08-03 00:35:45 | The only problem is that when the Minions or Gru don't appear, there aren't many sparks on the screen. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 180453 | Linda Cook | Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | Rotten | 2/4 | 2017-08-01T03:25:19Z | 2017-08-01 03:25:19 | An average outing for this franchise that's wearing thin. |
| 180454 | Nathanael Hood | The Young Folks | Rotten | 4/10 | 2017-07-27T02:30:30Z | 2017-07-27 02:30:30 | I never thought I'd complain about a Despicable Me movie having too much plot. |
| 180455 | Israel Acosta Aroche | Konexión (MX) | Rotten | 5.5/10 | 2017-07-18T01:30:20Z | 2017-07-18 01:30:20 | Another saga that has become boring and continues squeezing out all the money possible with a view to continue to survive. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 180456 | J. Olson | Cinemixtape | Fresh | 3/5 | 2017-07-17T17:25:21Z | 2017-07-17 17:25:21 | Directors Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda won't win the franchise any new fans here, but it should be enough to keep the old ones firmly on board. For now. |
| 180457 | Paul Whitington | Irish Independent | Fresh | 3/5 | 2017-07-15T00:35:54Z | 2017-07-15 00:35:54 | This gag-laden kids' animation is bright, breezy and doesn't hang about. |
| 180458 | Hilary A White | Sunday Independent (Ireland) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2017-07-14T23:55:47Z | 2017-07-14 23:55:47 | This suitably giddy addition maintains high standards of juvenile silliness while still providing the requisite cheeky winks for mums and dads too. |
| 180459 | Ryan Gilbey | New Statesman | Rotten | — | 2017-07-14T20:41:51Z | 2017-07-14 20:41:51 | I have no wish to see any more movies featuring the Minions but I'd make an exception for a crossover project in which they were pitted against the Brood for a fight to the death. |
| 180460 | Oktay Ege Kozak | Paste Magazine | Rotten | 5/10 | 2017-07-14T18:00:35Z | 2017-07-14 18:00:35 | Directors Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin, who previously helmed 2015's stand-alone Minions movie, use a flimsily constructed sub-plot. |
| 180461 | Carlos Díaz Reyes | Vanguardia (Mexico) | Rotten | 5/10 | 2017-07-13T19:50:44Z | 2017-07-13 19:50:44 | It's very colorful and dynamic, maybe even fun at times, but it feels like a loose and purposeless exercise. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 180462 | Susan Granger | SSG Syndicate | Fresh | 6/10 | 2017-07-13T18:16:54Z | 2017-07-13 18:16:54 | Gru and his mischievous Minions strike again in this silly, innocuous sequel, leading audiences to expect more in the future. |
| 180463 | Bennett Campbell Ferguson | Willamette Week | Fresh | 3/4 | 2017-07-13T00:40:40Z | 2017-07-13 00:40:40 | [Despicable Me 3] eschews forced wholesomeness and delivers a truckload of dumb fun -- which, in an age when even witless entertainments like The Mummy arrive swollen with pomposity, is a minor miracle. |
| 180464 | Jo Bradley | Film Inquiry | Rotten | — | 2017-07-12T04:10:19Z | 2017-07-12 04:10:19 | Despicable Me 3 is fine for getting laughs from its target audience - kids under 10 - but Illumination has to try harder if it wants to stay on top of the Animation game. |
| 180465 | Valerie Dunham | Christianity Today | Fresh | — | 2017-07-12T00:40:25Z | 2017-07-12 00:40:25 | Despicable Me 3 surprised me. Three movies in, the franchise still works, and works well. |
| 180466 | Edward Porter | Sunday Times (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2017-07-11T18:35:31Z | 2017-07-11 18:35:31 | The thinking here has no art to it at all. |
| 180467 | Jack Bottomley | Starburst | Fresh | 8/10 | 2017-07-07T20:40:21Z | 2017-07-07 20:40:21 | From the fantastic opening to a climatic finale and returning characters (one temporarily written out in a slyly apt way) to new all singing all dancing creations (literally), Despicable Me 3 is a heck of a lot of family (and fan) pleasing fun. |
| 180468 | Daniel M. Kimmel | North Shore Movies | Fresh | — | 2017-07-07T05:50:15Z | 2017-07-07 05:50:15 | The real strength of the films is the writing and animation, which manage to provide laughs for all age levels from slapstick to sly pop culture references. |
| 180469 | Liam Maguren | Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) | Rotten | 1/5 | 2017-07-06T22:20:33Z | 2017-07-06 22:20:33 | Exists only to sell out. |
| 180470 | Alex Abad-Santos | Vox | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2017-07-06T22:10:32Z | 2017-07-06 22:10:32 | Despicable Me 3's tender moments are often drowned out by everything else its filmmakers want to smash into its 90 or so minutes. |
| 180471 | Jim Lane | Sacramento News & Review | Rotten | 2/5 | 2017-07-06T19:15:33Z | 2017-07-06 19:15:33 | The story is all over the place-to the point where there's really no story at all. |
| 180472 | Luis Martínez | El Mundo (Spain) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2017-07-04T21:30:13Z | 2017-07-04 21:30:13 | Three parallel stories of which two are an extraordinary amusement and the other, a predictable ode to foolishness. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 180473 | Mathew DeKinder | Suburban Journals of St. Louis | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2017-07-03T15:25:21Z | 2017-07-03 15:25:21 | I suppose you could say "Despicable Me 3" is a victim of the precedent set by the other films in the franchise, as this movie isn't really bad as much as it is disappointing. |
| 180474 | Kam Williams | Baret News | Fresh | 3/4 | 2017-07-03T13:20:13Z | 2017-07-03 13:20:13 | 90 minutes straight of the sort of overstimulation kids of the Attention-Deficit Generation crave! |
| 180475 | Mike McGranaghan | Aisle Seat | Fresh | 3/4 | 2017-07-03T00:10:10Z | 2017-07-03 00:10:10 | You'd think franchise fatigue might start to set in by now. Nope. The movie is just as satisfying as its predecessors. |
| 180477 | Brian Viner | Daily Mail (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2017-07-02T14:05:16Z | 2017-07-02 14:05:16 | It's all extremely silly, nicely animated, and with just enough funny one-liners ... to entertain grown-ups as well as children. |
| 180476 | Charlotte O'Sullivan | London Evening Standard | Fresh | 3/5 | 2017-07-02T14:05:16Z | 2017-07-02 14:05:16 | Watching Agnes is like emptying five packets of Space Dust into your mouth: guaranteed to induce tingles. |
| 180478 | Andy Lea | Daily Express (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2017-07-02T14:00:15Z | 2017-07-02 14:00:15 | It feels a lot less focused that the first two films but it's big-hearted and consistently amusing. |
| 180479 | Simran Hans | Observer (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2017-07-02T13:50:13Z | 2017-07-02 13:50:13 | It's all a bit sickly, but there are some fun set pieces involving little Agnes's earnest search for a unicorn, "heist music" (Michael Jackson's Bad) and some super-sticky, self-inflating bubblegum. |
| 180480 | Dana Barbuto | The Patriot Ledger | Rotten | C | 2017-07-02T13:40:08Z | 2017-07-02 13:40:08 | The third entry arrives in no better shape than either the second movie or its spinoff, "Minions." |
| 180481 | Travis Hopson | Punch Drunk Critics | Rotten | 2/5 | 2017-07-02T00:50:07Z | 2017-07-02 00:50:07 | Despicable Me 3 sees the Minions have their own subplot yet again, while all of the time spent with Gru feels like filler. |
| 180482 | Pete Hammond | Deadline Hollywood Daily | Fresh | — | 2017-07-01T17:00:08Z | 2017-07-01 17:00:08 | Even if a whole feature film of Minions was a bit too much of a good thing, having them back in a choice supporting role is just the right tonic. |
| 180483 | Jay Stone | Ex-Press.com | Fresh | 3/5 | 2017-07-01T16:20:06Z | 2017-07-01 16:20:06 | It's not as if the Despicable franchise has run out of steam; indeed, steam is all it has. |
| 180484 | Gary Wolcott | Tri-City Herald | Rotten | 2/5 | 2017-07-01T15:10:09Z | 2017-07-01 15:10:09 | To much of brothers Gru and Dru and the Bratt villain and not enough minions. It's the minions that make the franchise fun and worth seeing. |
| 180485 | Sara Michelle Fetters | MovieFreak.com | Rotten | 2.5/4 | 2017-06-30T23:11:01Z | 2017-06-30 23:11:01 | Despicable Me 3 is easily the least interesting film in the trilogy, the fact all involved are having such difficulty coming up with many original ideas speaking volumes. |
| 180486 | Paul Eksteen | Independent Online (South Africa) | Fresh | — | 2017-06-30T22:41:03Z | 2017-06-30 22:41:03 | The kids are going anyway. And if they bring you, the parent, along, I suggest you sit back, enjoy the old school and let them have their moment. |
| 180487 | Kirk Baird | Toledo Blade | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2017-06-30T22:06:08Z | 2017-06-30 22:06:08 | The fun and charm of the familiar humor and feel-good moments still haven't worn off, though the end is surely in sight. |
| 180488 | Uriel Barco | Daily Trend (Mexico) | Rotten | 5.5/10 | 2017-06-30T20:56:41Z | 2017-06-30 20:56:41 | This film reflects that its filmmakers only see in the smaller spectators a product not worth of quality plots. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 180489 | Sinead Brennan | RTÉ (Ireland) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2017-06-30T20:46:39Z | 2017-06-30 20:46:39 | Gru and his minions are back and while the dark magic of the first film isn't matched, there is still fuel in the tank and enough joyful mayhem to keep you entertained. |
| 180490 | Julian Roman | MovieWeb | Fresh | 2.5/5 | 2017-06-30T20:46:38Z | 2017-06-30 20:46:38 | Trey Parker steals the film as supervillain Balthazar Bratt. He will dance battle you into liking Despicable Me 3. |
| 180491 | Diana Sánchez Uranga | Cine Premiere | Fresh | 3/5 | 2017-06-30T20:36:35Z | 2017-06-30 20:36:35 | Despicable Me 3 presents the best villain of the saga, but is lost in scattered and disconnected subplots. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 180492 | Josh Terry | Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Rotten | 2.5/4 | 2017-06-30T20:26:34Z | 2017-06-30 20:26:34 | Despicable Me 3 is the kind of movie that will get laughs in the moment, but will be forgotten as soon as the next big screen spectacle arrives to take its place. |
| 180493 | Peter Travers | Rolling Stone | Fresh | 3/4 | 2017-06-30T20:21:00Z | 2017-06-30 20:21:00 | Steve Carell doubles your fun in Despicable Me 3 - voicing feuding twin bros. Carell is the life of the party and the main reason this animated blast of slapstick silliness packs appeal beyond the PG crowd. |
| 180494 | JimmyO | JoBlo's Movie Network | Rotten | 4/10 | 2017-06-30T20:10:59Z | 2017-06-30 20:10:59 | If only they had utilized the very talented Parker better and told an interesting story. |
| 180495 | Rob Vaux | Sci-Fi Movie Page | Fresh | 3/5 | 2017-06-30T20:05:52Z | 2017-06-30 20:05:52 | The Despicable Me franchise always thrived on lowered expectations, and they serve Gru and his brood well enough here to make this last outing a pleasant one. |
| 180496 | Christopher Schobert | Buffalo News | Fresh | 2/4 | 2017-06-30T20:05:51Z | 2017-06-30 20:05:51 | It depends on who you ask. But make no mistake, a film with a climactic "dance fight" set to Madonna's "Into the Groove" can't be all bad. |
| 180497 | Mikel Zorrilla | Espinof | Fresh | — | 2017-06-30T19:40:50Z | 2017-06-30 19:40:50 | An entertainment that goes by fast and doesn't leave you with the feeling of having wasted your time or money. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 180498 | Rick Bentley | Tribune News Service | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2017-06-30T19:20:58Z | 2017-06-30 19:20:58 | It's pretty and sweet, but there's little inside. |
| 180499 | Eric D. Snider | EricDSnider.com | Rotten | C | 2017-06-30T19:01:32Z | 2017-06-30 19:01:32 | Weakly amiable and perfunctorily pleasant, like an old episode of 'Full House' (OK, it's not that dumb). |
| 180500 | Dan Lybarger | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | Fresh | 82/100 | 2017-06-30T18:36:25Z | 2017-06-30 18:36:25 | Just when it looked as if those goofy, bumbling Minions had lost their appeal, writers Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio have come up with just enough inspired silliness to merit another installment. |
| 180501 | Rich Cline | Contactmusic.com | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2017-06-30T18:20:36Z | 2017-06-30 18:20:36 | It's so jam-packed with gags that the movie leaves the audience feeling a little bewildered along the way, since we never get a chance to lock into either the story or characters before we're off for another manic set-piece. But it's a lot of fun. |
| 180502 | Will Ashton | The Playlist | Rotten | C+ | 2017-06-30T18:05:34Z | 2017-06-30 18:05:34 | It was only a matter of time before this animated series became more despicable than not. "Despicable Me 3" is sadly a discouraging, hollow sequel that's hard to love. |
| 180503 | Chelsey Grasso | The Film Stage | Fresh | B- | 2017-06-30T17:20:40Z | 2017-06-30 17:20:40 | It probably won't restore your faith in studio animation. But it may make you laugh. |
| 180505 | Rain Jokinen | SFist | Rotten | — | 2017-06-30T17:00:34Z | 2017-06-30 17:00:34 | Turns out the movie is a bit of a snooze when those yellow guys aren't on screen. |
| 180504 | Steven D. Greydanus | National Catholic Register | Rotten | D | 2017-06-30T17:00:34Z | 2017-06-30 17:00:34 | To call Despicable Me 3 desperate would be to ascribe too much effort and passion to the thing. Ice Age: Collision Course, now: There was a properly desperate sequel. |
| 180506 | Kevin Maher | The Times (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2017-06-30T16:55:33Z | 2017-06-30 16:55:33 | 90 minutes of mostly uninspired vapidity that appears to be ticking the correct Despicable boxes. |
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