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Megamind 3D
Megamind 3D
Release Date
03 Dec 2010
03 May 2011
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3/5 Stars.
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Certificate:
PG
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"Megamind" is the most brilliant supervillain the world has ever known. And the least successful. Over the years, he has tried to conquer Metro City in every imaginable way. Each attempt, a colossal failure thanks to the caped superhero known as "Metro Man," an invincible hero until the day Megamind actually kills him in the throes of one of his botched evil plans. Suddenly, Megamind has no purpose. A supervillain without a superhero. He realizes that achieving his life's ambition is the worst thing that ever happened to him. Megamind decides that the only way out of his rut is to create a new hero opponent called "Titan," who promises to be bigger, better and stronger than Metro Man ever was. Pretty quickly Titan starts to think it's much more fun to be a villain than a good guy. Except Titan doesn't just want to rule the world, he wants to destroy it. Now, Megamind must decide: can he defeat his own diabolical creation? Can the world's smartest man make the smart decision for once? Can the evil genius become the unlikely hero of his own story? See it in 3D at select locations.
Cast:
Will Ferrell
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Jonah Hill
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Brad Pitt
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Tina Fey
Writers:
Alan J. Schoolcraft
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Brent Simons
Producers:
Lara Breay
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Denise Nolan Cascino
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Stuart Cornfeld
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Ben Stiller
Directors:
Cameron Hood
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Kyle Jefferson
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3/5 Stars.
Movies.ie Critic Review
Ferrell plays the title role, a career master villain - somewhere between Sideshow Bob and Papa Smurf, trapped in the body of mediocre electronica wizard Moby - hellbent on taking over the world, and stopped only by the dashing, crowd-pleasing Metro Man (voiced by the dashing, crowd-pleasing Pitt). You can imagine Megamind's surprise when his latest dastardly plan to wipe out his arch enemy actually works. And he's left with the keys to the city. But that's when Megamind gets bored. And lonely. And decides to build his own superhero - so, you know, he once again has a reason to get out of bed in the morning.
THE VERDICT: It's a fun movie, but there are many comparisons to be made to Pixar's towering 2004 highly-similar retro sci-fi superhero offering The Incredibles. The Incredibles is incredible. Fact. Megamind is pretty good. Fact. Still, DreamWorks have another baddie it's easy to love, and the 3D works particularly well here. And if it all feels like too much of an in-joke by the end, thanks largely to Ferrell, there are laughs to be had here.
Review by Paul Byrne
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