Despicable Me was released when my daughter was three-years-old, and like most fans of the film, she absolutely fell in love with how Steve Carrell was able to bring "Gru" to life. Not only is it an excellent tale of redemption, but the path to his redemption was through fatherhood — something he did not have the slightest interest in.
The most memorable part for my wife and me was when Gru makes a "pinky promise" with Agnes, his youngest daughter, because of Carrell's brilliant delivery of the sarcasm-laden, "Oh, yes! My pinky promises!"
We laughed especially hard at this line the first time we saw the movie, mostly because we also had a young daughter who (much like Gru’s daughter) the sarcasm was completely wasted on. My daughter, consequently, felt compelled to try to channel her inner Gru for a few a few laughs of her own, only it sounded more like, “Oh, yes! Pinky hippopotamus!”
How reassuring.
