Megamind (2010) (2010) poster
2010 · animation · family · comedy · superhero

Megamind (2010)

Directed by Tom McGrath1h 36m2010
ElsewhereTMDB7.08k
  • warm
  • kinetic
  • inventive
  • redemptive
  • funny
Movie DNA

Warm, breathless, measured animation / family, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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After Megamind, a highly intelligent alien supervillain, defeats his long-time nemesis Metro Man, Megamind creates a new hero to fight, but must act to save the city when his "creation" becomes an even worse villain than he was.

Our read · Megamind (2010) (2010) reads as a warm, breathless, inventive animation · family · comedy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a clever animated superhero parody with real heart and laughs.

ends upliftingyou’ll feel glowing aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 5attention 3/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightSkip if cartoon supervillain redemption arcs feel too light.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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