Despicable Me 2
Parental guidance recommended for younger viewers, low level violence Rated on: 03 September 2018
What’s it about?
Ex-villain Gru teams up with Anti-Villain League agent Lucy Wilde to stop a thief’s dangerous plans. Going undercover in a mall, they uncover a global threat while navigating their budding romance and Gru's role as a father.
The facts
- Directed by Chris Renaud/Pierre Coffin
- Starring Steve Carrel, Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove
- English language
- Runtime: 98 minutes
Why did it get this rating?
This film game was cross-rated by the Film and Video Labelling Body. You can find out more about cross-rating here.
Violence
In one scene, a character pulls a knife and says “someone’s going to die tonight.” In a flashback scene the same character is shown grabbing a man by the head and throwing him. We then see him tied to a big shark with dynamite strapped to his body, before he leaps from a plane and into a volcano which then explodes.
No injuries are shown and a lot of the violence is meant to be funny.
Content that may disturb or scare young viewers
Purple minions are depicted as evil, violent, and zombie-like, which may be scary for younger tamariki.
Sad scenes
In one scene, a main character leaves for Australia which is very upsetting for the other characters.
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