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The reason why Despicable Me 4 has been able to make the series to the fourth installment (not counting the two "spin-off" movies starring the Minions) is not because of the "love" of the main creative team, but because it is too profitable commercially. The box office success of the movie at home and abroad means that this series is likely to continue to launch new works in the future. But Despicable Me 4 is not really a brilliant popcorn movie. The movie is too "watered down", and the audience is better to bring enough popcorn and soda, so that at least when they get bored, they can focus on eating and drinking.

Despicable Me 4 Poster

Although there are not many animated films with coherent plots that have been filmed to the fourth part, there are precedents. "Toy Story", "Hotel Transylvania" and "Kung Fu Panda" have been filmed again and again. But except for the "Toy Story" series, which has been a masterpiece, "Hotel Transylvania" and "Kung Fu Panda" were both amazing at the beginning, then mediocre, and by the fourth part, they were at the end of their strength, showing an unconcealable decline.

The fundamental reason is that the first movie often originates from a great creative idea, but does not establish a large and complete narrative system, so the development of the sequel has to constantly "check for leaks and fill in the gaps". After patching up, the aura shown by the first movie has almost been exhausted, and in the end, only the characters with a form but no spirit are left, in a new plot for the sake of sequels, to please the audience for the sake of pleasing the audience. "Despicable Me 4" certainly wants to make the audience "laugh out loud all summer" (the slogan on the poster), but the actual effect is not good.

Gru in Despicable Me 4 is completely different from Gru in Despicable Me

The opening of the movie is actually not bad. The plot is smooth and the action scenes are neat and tidy, just like a spy blockbuster. But the good times don't last long, and the main plot is soon submerged in boring and perfunctory side plots. "Despicable Me 4" is not long, and it is less than 100 minutes including the opening and ending credits, but the film's poverty in the main plot cannot help but make people wonder whether the screenwriter has run out of ideas. Even if the movie's routine plot can be forgiven, the full sense of piling up in the plot can only make the audience attribute it to the screenwriter's failure to do his job well.

Despicable Me 4 is so familiar to the audience that it feels like watching a parody of several animated film scenes. This kind of familiarity does not bring a sense of familiarity but boredom.

The exaggerated and boring villain has such a low presence in the movie that he seems to be just a supporting role.

The addition of new characters seems to be an effort to "stretch the length" to meet the "feature film" standard.

The fragmented plot of Despicable Me 4 means that even if the audience can have fun during the movie, the fun is fragmented. In the gaps of fragmented fun, the audience is left with an uneasy wait: waiting for the movie to fast forward to the next plot, and waiting for the next fragmented joke to be "fed" when the audience is about to get impatient. Don't have any expectations for the characters in the movie. The characters are all puppets that serve the jokes and are led by the plot. In the whole movie, only the Minions continue to "be themselves", and they are the real heroes of Despicable Me 4 to retain the audience.

The unsatisfactory creation of Despicable Me 4 also reflects the impact of the rise of short videos on the film and television industry from another perspective. The industry has long been fully aware that the rise of short videos has strengthened the preference of a considerable number of viewers for "short, flat and fast" and "straight to the point" on the demand side, and the comprehensive fragmentation of the plot and plot of Despicable Me 4 may warn that on the supply side, a considerable number of creators have given up the pursuit of complete and complex narratives and are keen to be a "patchworker". From a commercial perspective, this may not be right or wrong, but for feature film enthusiasts, it is a pity. If you are a loyal fan of the Minions, it is not a bad idea to go and show your support; if you want to see a complete story, then you should move to other theaters of animation/live-action movies in the same period.

The biggest and only remaining attraction of the film is these little yellow men.