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Despicable Me 4 (2024): Gru’s Family, a New Rival and Familiar Comic Chaos

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Steve Carell, the voice of Gru in Despicable Me 4, at a Montclair Film Festival event in 2014. Commons portrait crop, not an animated film frame. Photo: Montclair Film Festival , CC BY 2.0 . Display size adjusted; source photograph unchanged. Despicable Me 4 has two different kinds of disorder to manage: an external threat to Gru’s family and the everyday difficulty of being part of that family. The contrast gives its comedy a useful starting point. Someone capable of dealing with a villain can still be unsettled by a baby who refuses to cooperate. Illumination identifies the film as a 2024 release , directed by Chris Renaud and co-directed by Patrick Delage. Steve Carell voices Gru, Kristen Wiig voices Lucy, Will Ferrell voices Maxime Le Mal and Sofia Vergara voices Valentina. The screenplay is credited to Mike White and Ken Daurio. Gru’s responsibilities create competing demands The official premise introduces Gru Jr. while placing the family under pressure from Maxime and Valent...