Despicable Me 4 has already hit theaters after a long time of 7 years. Minions are back on screen and the crown jewel of Illumination Studios shines brightly once again. But despite how beloved this franchise has been for over 15 years, Despicable Me 4 has left me in a quandary. While the movie is fun to watch and will have you giggling throughout it, it also has a set of problems, so stick with me through this Despicable Me 4 review where I will talk about every aspect of this movie.

Despicable Me 4 opens with a pretty cool sequence of Gru (Steve Carell) driving a sports car to an alumni meeting at Lycée Pas Bon, where young kids who want to be villains go to learn how to be bad. At the event, we are first introduced to Maxime Le Mal (Will Ferrell) and his girlfriend Valentina (Sofía Vergara). Gru is there undercover for the AVL (Anti-Villain League) to capture Maxime. There we learn that Maxime has harnessed the power of insects, specifically cockroaches, to gain superhuman strength and flight.

After a display of how strong he has become after turning half-insect in a fight with AVL, he is captured and sent to prison. We see that Gru has become a family man now and has a boy named Gru Jr. with his wife Lucy (Kristen Wiig). However, it is revealed that Maxime Le Mal has escaped from prison and wants revenge on Gru not only for capturing him but also for stealing the song Maxime was supposed to sing in their 9th grade talent show.

After this, Gru, Lucy, Gru Jr., Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Agnes (Madison Skyy Polan) and Edith (Dana Gaier) are taken to a safe house in the town of Mayflower. There, the Gru family takes on false identities as the Cunninghams and the rest of the film revolves around Maxime hunting Gru and them fighting each other with some pretty interesting events in between. Oh and yes, the AVL conducts an experiment that gives superpowers to the Minions' Superman-like Mr. Fantastic, Cyclops and The Thing.