Her first task for the Minions: fulfill her childhood dream of snatching the Queen of England’s (Jennifer Saunders) crown or face the dire consequences.Īlthough the spinoff dovetails nicely with the “Despicable Me” series, without the bond between Gru (Steve Carell) and his daughters, the heart is missing. The trio inadvertently earns a promising gig with Scarlet Overkill (Sandra Bullock), who has used her feminine wiles, seemingly nurturing nature and impressive gadgets designed by her Mod inventor husband Herb (Jon Hamm) to become the world’s first female supervillain. They then catch a ride with a bank-robbing family - Michael Keaton and Alison Janney gleefully voice the mom and dad - to Orlando, Fla., where the annual Villain-Con gathering offers an ideal opportunity to find a new master. Tall and bold, Kevin decides to lead an expedition to find a new big, bad boss for his tribe, and he takes blase wannabe rock star Stuart and lovably childlike (even for a Minion) Bob along for the journey, which lands them in New York City circa 1968. Chased by the French army into a glacial wasteland, the flock of flunkies builds a new society in an ice cave, but with no master to assist, plunges into a collective funk. A long-lived species with cockroach-like survival skills, the little critters always had one goal: serve the biggest, baddest villain with an eagerness that can’t quite make up for their ineptitude.Īfter rolling their T-Rex overlord into a volcano and reducing Dracula to a puff of ash, the Minions meet their Waterloo when they lead Napoleon into his. ![]() That means Coffin still voices the whole mob in that now-distinctive blend of French and gibberish with occasional recognizable keywords like “banana,” “papaya” and “boss.” Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush narrates the true origin story, which traces the mysterious Minions back to their primordial beginnings. They just let the Minions be Minions for a quick hour and a half and get them off the big screen while the audience is still giggling. Writer Brian Lynch (“Hop”) and co-directors Pierre Coffin (“Despicable Me” 1 and 2) and Kyle Balda (“The Lorax”) don’t try to change the blobbish, banana-obsessed, Euro-babbling herd of toadies or teach them any life lessons or drop them into an overly elaborate narrative framework. ![]() And the Minions have an advantage over other cinematic subordinates thrust into the spotlight: their unabashed absurdity. The little, yellow, different Minions who split sides in two smash “Despicable Me” movies manage - just barely - to frolic through enough sight gags, pop culture references and sheer lunacy to keep their madcap 91-minute star vehicle rolling.Īlthough Disney Pixar fare like “Inside Out” is really made for grown-ups but just happens to appeal to children, too, Illumination Entertainment’s “Minions” is aimed at youngsters with several well-placed funnies for adults. ![]() Like tiny digital images blown up into pixelated messes, many a sidekick, comic relief character and “Saturday Night Live” sketch has lost its charm when converted to the feature film format.
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