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.
Acting
Will Ferrell's dramatic pauses deserve their own Oscar category.
Direction
McGrath mines genuine pathos from a fish in a gorilla robot.
Writing
The Metro Man fakeout is structural perfection, fight me.
Director
Tom McGrath
Will Ferrell
Megamind (voice)
Brad Pitt
Metro Man (voice)
Tina Fey
Roxanne Ritchi (voice)
Jonah Hill
Tighten (voice)
David Cross
Minion (voice)
Ben Stiller
Bernard (voice)
Justin Theroux
Megaminds's Father (voice)
Jessica Schulte
Megamind's Mother (voice)
Tom McGrath
Lord Scott / Prison Guard (voice)
Emily Nordwind
Lady Scott (voice)
J.K. Simmons
Warden (voice)
Ella Stiller
Schoolchild (voice)
Brian Hopkins
Prisoner (voice)
Christopher Knights
Prison Guard (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film deliberately inverts Superman mythology: Megamind's origin mirrors Kal-El's, but his 'Lex Luthor' becomes the hero while he finds redemption—essentially asking what happens when the 'wrong' alien baby lands in the 'wrong' place.
Jonah Hill recorded Tighten's lines before his Superbad fame exploded; the character's whiny entitlement now reads as accidental prescience about internet-era toxic fandom.
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