SummaryStarting as single-celled yellow organisms, Minions evolve through the ages, perpetually serving the most despicable of masters. Continuously unsuccessful at keeping these masters—from T. rex to Napoleon—the Minions find themselves without someone to serve and fall into a deep depression. But one Minion named Kevin has a plan, and he—al...
SummaryStarting as single-celled yellow organisms, Minions evolve through the ages, perpetually serving the most despicable of masters. Continuously unsuccessful at keeping these masters—from T. rex to Napoleon—the Minions find themselves without someone to serve and fall into a deep depression. But one Minion named Kevin has a plan, and he—al...
This is a great movie. The story was good. It even got me into Illumination Entertainment. Too bad it received mixed reviews among critics. I wish it would at least received positive reviews.
My son Calvyn and I watched Minions in Carmike Cinemas. I watched in the end of Minions credits about the song of Revolution by the musical guest The Beatles.
Many of the jokes are either obvious or have been exposed through pre-release marketing material. I kept waiting for the clever or insightful moment that never arrives. The bar is set pretty low for Minions.
Minions has idiosyncratic roots, but it’s a franchise play all the way. Finally, even 5-year-olds have their own movie that mechanically cashes in on something they loved when they were younger.
The bottom line is that the filmmakers are working with nothing here — no characters to speak of, no interpersonal relationships, no story with any suspense or capacity to engage, and no script with any humor or wit. What can they do?
Filme muito engraçado, otima ideia fazer um spin-off dele. e o 2º filme de animação mais assistidos do cinema. e muito bom pra familia toda. e eles vao voltar no Meu malvado Favorito 3
Not Very Good
Minions should’ve been the Minions at their absolute best and funniest, But unfortunately they can’t really handle having their own movie.
As I've had the opportunity to say before, in other reviews, animated cinema has been prodigal in the emergence of films that, following box office hits, give prominence to secondary characters who, somehow, won the public's sympathy. "Minions" does nothing more than repeat this recipe again, knowing in advance that it would be a box office and a merchandising hit. For the studio, this film was worth it only because of the guaranteed cash flow, and the film reveals this to us because of the little investment made in a quality plot.
Really, the film doesn't have a specific story: we just see an outline of the Minions' life trajectory, extremely light and far-fetched, before we follow three of them on a trip to the US, in search of a new boss, a villain to who serve and, of course, to annoy. The film works as a prequel to the first movie in the "Despicable Me" franchise, an expendable prequel, made with money in mind, based on unthinkable characters for protagonists: suffice it to say that the Minions make me think of cheese puffs. It's not the kind of character I would bet to star in a movie.
As a result of all this, the film is excessively long for the plot it brings, it is predictable and is full of problems of logic and historical rigor (it is set in the 70s). I'm willing to forgive the anachronies, but the problems of logic and the film's uneven pace are harder to put aside. Being a comedy, I found the film excessively lukewarm. There's really almost nothing to laugh about, especially considering that the Minions' nonsense, which was funny in "Despicable Me", loses its force here. The overture scene works reasonably well, but it keeps getting worse from there. It lacks, above all, creativity and good ideas, a dose of commitment in creating a film that simply relies on the cuteness of its characters. It was, from the start, doomed to be a disaster.
On a technical level, the film also doesn't do as well as it would be desirable. The most salvific aspect turns out to be the visual style, colourful, vivid and vibrant, pleasing to the eye. However, this is something that almost becomes mandatory and demandable in a film that was composed with the most modern resources of computer graphic animation. The satisfactory work of the voice actors is also noteworthy. With his well-modulated voice and impeccable diction, Geoffrey Rush has done very well as a narrator, Pierre Coffin was very competent at voicing the Minions (although the voices never sound very different from each other) and John Hamm seems to really enjoy his work. Jennifer Saunders was OK, but Sandra Bullock didn't convince me. The film also features several other very good voice actors, such as Steve Carell, Michael Keaton or Steve Coogan, but does not give enough time or attention to their characters. Another positive technical aspect of the film is the soundtrack, which uses several outstanding rock songs wisely and without exaggeration.
This movie is so boring and nothing happens the entire movie, the minions shouldn't even have a movie since they are made for comic relief purposes and not main stars. And the movie is so annoying with tons of unfunny jokes. I would recommend you guys to watch Inside Out rather than this garbage movie as it's a better 2015 movie. I do not want to watch this filler.