Review of Despicable Me 3 (2017) by Jeffrey O — 29 Jul 2017

Mildly entertaining and funny at times, but not great.

This review of Despicable Me 3 (2017) was written by Jeffrey O on 29 Jul 2017.

Despicable Me 3 has generally received mixed reviews.

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