Despicable Me 4 (2024)

94 min · Animation · Rated PG (USA)

ScoutScore

MILD

Worth a quick check before you press play.

Despicable Me 4 scores 26 on the ScoutScore, which is Mild. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout maps 11 flagged scenes and 2 worth muting.

A ScoutScore is a living number. We re-check movies against the source and raise or lower it when we find something the first pass missed, so a score you see today can differ from one you saw last month.

What FilmScout flagged

Heads up	9
Mute	2

Content map

How this movie's flagged content divides up. These are shares of what was flagged here, not a level: a movie with very little flagged content can still be 80% one kind.

Mostly violence and action.

Scary and dark	34%
Violence and action	56%
Language and substances	5%
Mature themes	5%
All flagged content	100%

Direction is the kind of content. Reach is the ScoutScore, which is how much there is: green at the centre, yellow, orange, then red at the edge.

Scenes FilmScout flagged

HEADS UP Villain reunion and arrest
HEADS UP Name-calling at the reunion
HEADS UP Maxime's prison threat
HEADS UP Maxime rallies his cockroach army
HEADS UP Edith kicks the sensei
HEADS UP Maxime calls gas station attendant an idiot
HEADS UP Mega Minions cause city chaos
HEADS UP Honey badger heist at Lycee Pas Bon
Mute Maxime kidnaps Gru Jr.
Mute Rooftop rescue battle

Where each one lands in the runtime, and alerts that arrive before it does, are in the app.

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Age ratings by country

AU	PG
GB	U
US	PG

Talk about it after

“Gru spent years feeling embarrassed about something Maxime did to him at school, and Maxime spent years furious about something Gru did back. What makes old grudges so hard to let go of, and what finally helped these two move past theirs?”

Common questions

Is Despicable Me 4 okay for kids?

Despicable Me 4 scores 26 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Mild tier. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout has mapped 11 flagged scenes in it, covering action, theme, profanity (mild). The right answer depends on your child, which is why FilmScout shows you the scenes instead of giving a verdict.

What is the ScoutScore for Despicable Me 4?

26, which is the Mild tier. The ScoutScore is driven by the intensity of a movie's heaviest moments rather than how many it has.

What is Despicable Me 4 rated?

Despicable Me 4 is rated PG in the United States. Ratings differ by country: AU PG, GB U, US PG. A letter rating stamps a whole movie at once, so FilmScout scores it scene by scene instead.

See every scene in the FilmScout app.
Each flagged moment with its place in the runtime, plus live alerts that follow along while you watch.