 Stephen Holden of The New York Times gave the film two and a half stars out of five , saying " It is consistently diverting and so cute you 'll want to pet it . Yet it is also weightless and lacks a center . " Rafer Guzman of Newsday gave the film two and a half stars out of four , saying " Better , or at least sweeter , than the first , with Wiig adding some much @-@ needed romantic charm to the toddler @-@ level humor . " Tirdad Derakhshani of The Philadelphia Inquirer gave the film two and a half stars out of five , saying " If you 're looking for quality prepackaged , predigested Hollywood family fun this summer , you could do a lot worse than Despicable Me 2 . " Keith Uhlich of Time Out gave the film three out of five stars , saying " A fleeter film than its predecessor , Despicable Me 2 delights more often than it disappoints . " Alonso Duralde of The Wrap gave the film a negative review , saying " The minions are still wacky scene @-@ stealers – and once again , we don 't get nearly enough of them – but Gru and his daughters have been blanded down to bad @-@ sitcom level . " Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film two out of four stars , saying " With its predecessor having made a whopping $ 540 million globally , it 's no wonder that Universal saw fit to order a sequel . But it 's not enough just to trot out legions of minions and cobble together a plot . Audiences deserve more imagination and inventiveness than this wan recycling . " Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a ' C ' grade , saying " By the end , every child in the audience will want his or her own monster @-@ minion toy . Adults will just regret the way that Despicable Me 2 betrays the original film 's devotion to bad @-@ guy gaiety . " 
