I want a minion.

I went to see Despicable Me 2 with my friend who was visiting from North Carolina and my dad, so he could pay for our tickets of course.

Fair warning, though. While the popcorn is buttery and tender, the movie theater is not the best place to watch “Despicable Me 2.” The target audience for the film is 7 year old children, which means one must navigate through a stream of crying children and a slew of plotless-talking-animal movie previews.

But it’s so worth it.

Seeing Despicable Me 1 is not a prerequisite for enjoying Despicable Me 2. Essentially, Despicable Me 2 follows the heavily-accented ex-villian, Gru, as he attempts to raise three young daughters. He does so with the help of his “minions,”or little yellow pill-shaped creatures with eyes and a mouth.

In addition to raising the girls–one of whom develops her first crush on the son of a potential villain– Gru returns to the Anti-Villain league. His new assignment: team up with this ultra-annoying ginger spy named Lucy to fight the evil Dr. Nefario. Lucy is not supposed to be annoying, but there’s this disgustingly obnoxious scene where she performs martial arts at a bakery. I’m fairly certain the world’s most condescending kindergarten teacher lent her voice to the part.

Aside from Lucy making my insides curl in an unpleasant way, the sheer adorableness of the minions gave me warm fuzzies.

As www.kids-in-mind.com states, the message of the movie is “Dads can be heroes and find love, even if they are fat and bald.”

This comes after the warning to parents that the movie contains “2 mild scantological terms (poop) [and] one mild anatomical term (bottom.) Beware, parents!

Lastly, I would urge the general public to follow @TypicalMinions on Twitter, where great, wisdom filled tweets are espoused, “will twerk for a banana” and “true fact: you get teary-eyed when you yawn because you miss your bed.”

On a more philosophical level, the minions represent faithful pets/servants. However, they receive the same love and attention Gru bestows upon his adopted daughters. I’m really not sure who in the movie is despicable, because every character is absolutely adorable. Even teenage boys will probably squirm in the presence of such high quality, emotionally charged animation.