Gru's mother is wholly unsupporting of Gru’s pronouncement ... it gracefully functions as both a fundamental lesson for young viewers and as yet another way for parents to appreciate the ...

While early peeks at young Gru’s life are amusing, from his Tupperware-selling mom to his baffled peers, “Minions: The Rise of Gru” soon turns away from the minutiae of the tiny troublemaker ...

Gru’s mother, of course (voiced once again by Julie ... gadgets in his spare time and gives Gru the first weapon that the young genius didn’t invent in his own room. Suffering a little from ...

The young criminal is then kidnapped and says ... Rise of Gru's voice cast includes Julie Andrews as Gru's mother, plus Alan Arkin as Wild Knuckles, who becomes a mentor of sorts for Gru.

Carell, who has voiced Gru since the first "Despicable Me" movie, returns to portray the young version ... The first of which is Gru's neglectful mother Marlene, who is voiced by Julie Andrews.

Yes, young Gru is already surrounded by his jabbering ... How they coexist with Gru’s shrewish, denigrating mom, again voiced by Julie Andrews (sadly underutilized this time), is unexplained.