Despicable Me 4 Review: Mindless Minion Madness or a Courageous New Take on Kafka?

We review the most anticipated release of the summer: Despicable Me 4! Did we need a sixth movie about Gru and his little yellow henchmen? Maybe not, but we did appreciate the opportunity to re-familiarize ourselves with the works of Culture Club and Franz Kafka.

Things we mentioned in this episode:

The classic of high school English classes: Kafka’s The Metamorphosis

Previous episodes we mention:

Kung Fu Panda 4 Inside Out 2 IF Garfield

Despicable Me 4 made us think of these movies and shows for grown ups:

Silicon ValleyThe FlyThe Riches

The AppleTV series Loot did our gritty HBO reboot casting for us with Benjamin Bratt as Gru, but Deborah would also like to see an SNL skit with Amy Poehler and Fred Armisen as minions.

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