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2015
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Positive Reviews
119
Negative reviews
44
Average Rating
2.9
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2.5
At worst, though, it amps up the purity of animated slapstick to blockbuster levels of bombast.
Av Club
2.8
Directors Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda provide the submental Spanglish voices of the Minions, which are calibrated to tickle out maximum giggles from ..
EW
3.8
Every time it got aggravating, it would immediately do something that made me smile and forgive it.
Rogerebert
3.0
Go for the love of Minions, but dont expect this installment to dethrone the original as the best of the Despicable Me bunch.
Common Sense Media
2.5
Clumsy, foolish and helplessly herd oriented, the Minions are the ultimate beta personalities, desiring nothing more than to serve the most despicable ..
Variety
3.0
Minions is cute ENOUGH, silly ENOUGH, and evil ENOUGH but is enough REALLY ENOUGH
We Got This Covered
1.5
But to the credit of the filmmakers, Minions doesnt play cynically.
Austin Chronicle
4.0
The Minions have busted out of the Despicable Me franchise and gone rogue in this berserk slice of slapstick silliness.
Time Out
4.0
Despicable Me 2 was funnier than its predecessor because it had more minions, so putting the sidekicks centre stage should ramp up the laughs even fur ..
The Guardian
3.0
Its well up to the standard of the hyperkinetic fun weve come to expect from this sort of thing, both knowing and silly ...
The Guardian
2.5
The movies mission: to utterly domesticate the Minions and shoehorn them into a clumsy heist plot.
3.1
Minions, by and large, derives its laughs from the kind of comedy that kids love e.g., characters falling down, or having things fall on them but it l ..
3.5
But Overkill is loud and feebly plotted, lacking Grus subtlety and panache.Yet, the writing is nuanced in places as the gags are thoughtfully orchestr ..
ETimes (TOI)
2.0
Unfortunately, this robs the film of much of what made its predecessors stand out, with the story lacking a clear narrative and emotional throughline ..
The Hollywood Reporter
3.8
Minions exists because a media megacorp required a fresh way to tap cash from the Despicable Me concept.But to the credit of the filmmakers, Minions d ..
1.5
Minions Opens on Friday Directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda; written by Brian Lynch; edited by Claire Dodgson; music by Heitor Pereira; productio ..
The New York Times
2.8
Struggling to come up with a reason for its sidekick characters to have their own adventure, Minions proves far too much of a little thing.After two o ..
Paste Magazine
3.4
But it lacks a compelling plot and the heart that made the Despicable Me movies so resonate with audiences, and with the film eventually turning into ..
IGN
2.0
In terms of looks and brains, the films had nothing on Pixar, but they shared two magic ingredients that helped make them endurable hits.
Telegraph
3.0
Set up as a kind of cracked prequel to the previous Despicable Me features, Minions is not any great shakes in terms of plot and what it has runs out ..
1.3
The bottom line is that the filmmakers are working with nothing here no characters to speak of, no interpersonal relationships, no story with any susp ..
San Francisco Chronicle
1.0
Like every joke in this movie, it comes out of nowhere and you wish it had stayed there.
The Young Folks
0.5
A movie for children should not have explicit threesome jokes, drunk gags, and abhorrent ethnic stereotypes.
The Young Folks
3.0
Christopher Robin Winnie the Pooh is a giant of childrens literature for a reason.His mixture .. Teen Titans Go!
3.0
Since the Minions themselves are barely characters, much of the film falls on the shoulders of Bullock.
Ny Daily News
2.5
Minions overall lacks the heart and inventiveness of the Despicable Me films, instead going for broke on Minion driven gags and comedy set pieces/sequ ..
Screen Rant
2.5
With its episodic stream of slapstick gags, Minions has moments of piquant absurdity, but mostly its shrill but cutesy anarchy works as a visual sugar ..
The Globe And Mail
3.8
So, to say that the team behind this hyper animated spinoff of the Despicable Me movies throws in everything but the kitchen sink isnt much of an over ..
Philly
3.5
But Overkill is loud and feebly plotted, lacking Grus subtlety and panache.Yet, the writing is nuanced in places as the gags are thoughtfully orchestr ..
2.5
The formers success in merging heart and humor isnt being matched elsewhere, but the hunger for family entertainment is such that even second rate stu ..
One Guys Opinion
2.0
Minions isnt a disaster; its probably just too much of a potentially good thing.
Village Voice
3.1
The real rib splitter here is that somebody got a screenwriting credit for this mishmash, and that they had the gall to slap 3D ticket prices on it.Bu ..
Rogers Movie Nation
3.1
Inconsistent and undisciplined, Minions is more an adjunct to marketing than a legitimate motion picture.
ReelViews
2.5
Minions, the third entry in the cycle, is essentially a series of sight gags, many of them amusing and some of them laugh out loud funny.
Chicago Reader
3.1
Even though it gives us a new and surprisingly worthwhile way to look at these characters, Minions doesnt quite follow the terms it has established fo ..
Mark Reviews Movies
3.5
This films villain...isnt very interesting and Sandra Bullock has nothing on Steve Carrell in comic vocal performance, but directors and their animati ..
3.1
Brian Lynchs screenplay features a series of amusing sight gags and physical comedy that mostly hits; watching the Minions play polo while riding Corg ..
Usa Today
3.8
The climactic stretch is far too frenetic and over the top to reverse the films descent into irrelevance, ultimately, and one finally cant help but ho ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.0
The 91 minutes movie is enchanting and the yellow little nincompoops steal the show entirely.
FilmiBeat
4.0
It was inevitable, perhaps, that the Minions, the showboating, banana obsessed pranksters from the Despicable Me series, would get their own spin off. ..
The Times
2.8
The Minions are characters with too many limitations to carry the film.
Lariat
2.0
Minions is strictly a kiddie affair for most of its running time.
News Review
3.0
There isnt much point to any of the madness, but that doesnt mean it isnt an enjoyable ride.
Radio Times
2.5
Such would seem to be the case with Minions, the prequel meets origins story of the funny little yellow henchmen from the Despicable Me film franchise ..
Screen It
3.0
The Minions are sometimes very funny.They have a winning way of gargling out dialogue.
Independent
2.5
This origin story, while being utterly harmless and far from despicable, wears out its welcome way too soon.
Rolling Stone
1.5
The Nature of Imitation is the sound of Dorian Concept systematically deconstructing various genres, stripping them back to the bones underneath and t ..
Pop Matters
2.0
If youre coming to Minions expecting much in the way of plot, or even distinguishing characteristics among the title characters, youre in the wrong mo ..
The Wrap
1.9
When that day comes, you might also start caring about things like narrative clarity and internal logic.For now, though, Minions has all the loud nois ..
News Day
3.0
Combine that with the filmmakers all in, anything goes approach to slapstick humor, and youve got fun for the whole familyup to a point.Minions gets o ..
Film Journal
1.9
Scarlet, meanwhile, doesnt compare to Gru, that fascinating fiend from the earlier films whose mixture of arrogant genius and self despising gloom is ..
New York Post
2.5
While Minions are insanely cute and do offer you short spells of laughter, this is nothing to go bananas over.
Hindustan Times
1.5
The try out doesnt quite go to plan, but Grus nascent supervillain instincts kick in and he out bad guys the bad guys.
The Guardian
3.8
It should pull laughs from the little kids as well as the adults buying their tickets.It shouldnt inspire an epic trilogy or break box office records, ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
2.5
Despite the dizzying pace of carefully calibrated incongruities, Minions somehow never generates more than the occasional chuckle.
Az Central
3.0
Aimed at a slightly younger audience than the Despicable Me films, Minions sets out, successfully, to be straightforward fun.
Smh
3.5
And all in all, Minions remains cute and likable.What its not is remarkable in any way.
Mountain X
3.8
Minions is deliberately silly it makes Pixars intelligent Inside Out look like a TED Talk but it is never shoddy.
Star Tribune
1.5
Oh, this is fine for little kids.Minions is mostly devoid of the crap that drives me crazy about movies that are aimed at little kids, like fart jokes ..
3.1
Minions relies on mayhem too often too loud, too much and too pointless.The 1960s soundtrack, including the Rolling Stones and The Beatles, seems a pu ..
Toronto Star
4.0
No matter what, you make us smile and lose our cares for quite a while.Your latest film is so much fun.
Reel Talk Reviews
3.8
Like the Despicable Me movies, the films primary enjoyment lies in its visual humor and offbeat take on familiar locations (the European ness of the a ..
Q Network
3.0
Minions overall, is a success.What mustve been a hard film to crack by directors Pierre Coffin (the creator of the characters) and Kyle Balda (The Lor ..
Film Inquiry
4.5
Wonderfully absurd, brilliantly inventive and totally adorable, the Minions is literally a laugh a minute... You dont need a kid to see this film
3.0
And there are no compelling action sequences that make the extra 3 D charge worthwhile.
Susang Ranger
2.0
Minions actually has plenty a laughs throughout its running time, leaving you once again enamored and charmed by their cuteness and shenanigans.
Flickering Myth
3.5
Scarlet Overkill is no Felonious Gru. The boys are irresistible, movie not so much.
Boston Herald
2.5
The irreverent slapstick unfortunately gives way to the kind of action set pieces that have now even corrupted childrens movies.
The New Indian Express
3.0
There is also an anything goes sensibility to the narrative that Aardman has made its own, albeit one that never quite reaches the same comic highs or ..
Express
2.5
While kids will probably get enough of an eye candy rush to get through the movie without complaint, this is one of the more disappointing animated ev ..
Boston Globe
4.0
But this may be the best all ages entertainment since The Lego Movie.
The Irish Times
1.5
Focusing the movie on them makes sense on a marketing level but on a narrative level its a disaster.
Blogs Indie Wire
2.0
Too often, they settle for a Terrytoons approach to humor: If something is supposed to be funny once, it should be funny three or four times.How many ..
Blogs Indie Wire
2.5
In that sense, it succeeds, but as an entertaining story in its own right or as a worthwhile franchise prequel, its not nearly as effective.
Las Vegas Weekly
2.5
Theres plenty of high velocity comic inanity on display to keep kids happily diverted, and the minions themselves are consistently amusing.
The Atlantic
3.5
While theyre probably better suited in hilarious background roles theres a lot of fun to be had for fans.
Lyles Movie Files
3.0
This is a question Pierre Coffin and Kyle Baldas hyper active and often surreal prequel to the inventive CGI cartoon, Despicable Me, in no way attempt ..
Standard
3.5
Minions is every bit as cute as its supposed to be, a happily empty headed animated frolic that rarely pauses to take a breath.
Detroit News
3.5
Minions is basically meant as pure and harmless entertainment, nothing more or less, and in that sense, it succeeds.
2.5
As Despicable Me lovers must suspect, Scarlets not worthy of the Minions impressed devotion, but every hench Twinkie has to start somewhere.
Groucho Reviews
1.5
Remember Dr Seuss Minions isnt interested in provoking anything neither ideas nor emotion.
Firstpost
3.5
Benedict Cumberbatch Wants You To Know He *Is* The Motherf*cking Grinch The Grinch star takes Mike Ryan through the final scenes of Avengers: Infinity ..
Hit Fix
3.8
The grand finale is something of a Minion themed homage to Godzilla movies.
Aisle Seat
2.5
I almost admire how much Minions eschews conventional narrative filmmaking rules in favor of absurdist sight gags.
Forbes
3.5
Quite unlike the Penguins, the Minions effortlessly make the absolute most of the opportunity.
Herald Sun
1.5
How best to put this.Watching Minions is like watching a spastic colon spew little yellow turds at you.
Consequence Of Sound
4.0
Its just so immensely silly and absurd and outlandish and illusory and completely nonsensical.
Hey U Guys
5.0
Even addressing common employee grievances is harder than one would imagine.
Scroll
3.0
Its a fast paced 91 minutes that will not leave you longing for Minions, Part II but glad that you sat through this one.
Maki At The Movies
4.0
Best bit: A fun plot and decent 3D.Worst bit: Prepare for youngsters to start mimicking those Minions forever.
Mirror
3.1
The youngest children in the audience will no doubt love it and there are some funny moments that will appeal to audience members of all ages, but its ..
Three Movie Buffs
4.0
Adults hoping for a somewhat smarter animation may need to look elsewhere.
Digital Spy
4.0
The breakout stars of the Despicable Me franchise seize the spotlight in an enjoyably demented off shoot that is guaranteed to send their young fans b ..
Games Radar
2.5
Comedy and narrative demand more rhythm than simply scamper, jabber, fall but thats what Minions bring to the table.A more focused plot with better fo ..
Tamp A Bay
4.0
The Minions movie is almost complete nonsense, but its good natured, enjoyable nonsense nonetheless.
Star Burst Magazine
3.5
The French animated comedy Minions is a prequel to the monster hits Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2.
Abc
3.0
Its not a huge surprise that the lovable, scene stealing yellow guys have been given their own movie, and making it a prequel is a good idea.It gives ..
Nz Herald
3.1
And theres no emotional weight, something you could not say about Despicable Me.
Kansas City
3.0
Younger kids will love Minions.It has all the madcap slapstick action that has made the canary coloured critters so popular.
Flicks
4.0
While Minions may lack a lot of the heartwarming depth of its predecessors, this goofy little movie is still a whole lot of fun.
Stl Today
2.5
Minions is product, pure and simple. Little kids will love it, but grown ups will feel like theyre being held hostage in a Fisher Price test laborator ..
Stl Today
2.0
Scarlet and Herb are complete whiffs as characters, and Bullock and Hamms voice work isnt much better.
Screen Crush
3.5
Utterly charming, this silly prequel rewrites the origin story of the minions and sends them on a series of adventures that are gently anarchic and re ..
Contact Music
3.0
It looks amazing and provides parents enough 60s nostalgia to make up for its lack of a legitimate narrative.
Film Racket
1.9
You might think, Well, watching Minions as a family is better than nothing.
Christianity Today
2.0
So forth and so on: The plotting is frantic but only occasionally funny, while the slapstick animated action is imaginative but never quite as amusing ..
Hollywood And Fine
3.0
Its odd to find a movie so blissfully uncomplicated and yet sustain itself on lighthearted jokes about falling in love with fire hydrants.
Ib Times
1.0
But the begoggled, capsule shaped, banana colored scamps who stole the show in two installments of the popular Despicable Me franchise deserved someth ..
Wsj
3.0
Alas, little of the mayhem has the bite, the snap, or the sheer imaginative edge of either DESPICABLE MEs.
Killer Movie Reviews
4.0
A fun and funny spinoff of the Despicable Me series, Minions is a vibrant and lively animation that perfectly captures the goofy energy of its zany ti ..
Matts Movie Reviews
2.2
And funny is what the minions are all about.Not this time, though.
Patriot Ledger
3.1
Minions is proof that the sidekicks of the Despicable Me movies are, like most tiny yellow pill like things, better in measured doses.
Sltrib
3.0
The colourful 3D animation is as first rate as youd expect, with Coffin and co packing the film with rich sight gags.
Scmp
3.2
Minions has a few decent moments and will probably win over most kids but Inside Out is the film you should be seeing.
The Film Pie
3.1
The sequel was okay but mostly deferred to zany sight gags, somehow giving rise to a prequel solo adventure making even less sense.
Movie Crypt
2.5
Minions swings wildly from inventive and hilarious, to oddly dark and boring in stretches.
Movie Web
2.5
The movie ends up occupying a weird, paradoxical space in which it offers too much and too little of its title characters.
Cinemix Tape
3.0
The best voice work, though, was by co director Pierre Coffin, who breathes life into Kevin, Stuart, Bob and a whole bunch of other Minions.
Straits Times
3.0
What it does have and this truly cant be stressed enough is Minions.
Metro New York
4.0
In its own helter skelter way, Minions achieves a loony symmetry.
Film Comment
3.0
Its a shame, but it doesnt wholly distract from the barrage of joy.
One Room With A View
3.1
Unlike Despicable Me, which featured a dramatic story arc with lessons learned by wonderfully sympathetic characters, Minions works more like an expan ..
Daily Herald
4.0
This last month has been Minions Minions Minions Minions Minions.
The Shiz Nit
2.5
Those last few seconds feel like a genuine extension of the Despicable Me franchise.
Crave Online
1.0
Forget a never ending stream of superheroes or the dredging up of long dead nostalgia properties; this is the real death knell of modern cinema.
What Culture
3.8
A fun, cheerful time passer thats filled with many random zingers that will leave you snickering afterward.
Mercury News
3.0
But its brightly coloured and fast paced and should keep kids entertained for the summer.
Scots Man
1.9
As Scarlet, Sandra Bullock feels colossally out of place in the figuratively and literally animated world of Minions.
Movie Mezzanine
2.0
Scene stealing sidekicks in the Despicable Me movies, those zany goggle wearing yellow Minions get their own animated adventure and prove just as kook ..
What So
3.0
Minions is like a sugar rush short and sweet, but just a little shallow.
Scifi Now
1.5
This movie is ninety minutes of money burning on a screen, but heyUniversal made it all back.But again, this movie is not for adults.
Lainey Gossip
3.0
It keeps most of its modest promises and if its shortcomings stand out, you cant say you didnt see them coming.
Scifi Movie Page
2.5
The 60s setting gives the filmmakers the opportunity to fill the soundtrack with 60s hits from the likes of the Beatles, the Who, the Kinks and Hendri ..
Seattle Times
4.5
But just because Kevin, Bob and Stuart help them pull of a heist doesnt mean this family is minion worthy.
Film Journal International ..
2.0
Far too often, though, the movie relies on tired slapstick and weak sight gags (A Minion in a medieval torture dungeon!
Seven Day Svt
4.0
Minions is a better bid than most, paring away cartoon sentiment and wholesome messages in favour of quickfire, integrated gags.
Bfi
3.0
The finale boasts a lovely moment that almost rescues it, but its never quite enough.While kids will delight in these critters and their acrobatic ant ..
The National
3.0
Laughs mostly hit the target, and arrive thick and fast.But, Minions is one film where less plot would have worked better.
Sky
3.0
Yes, they are adorable, cute and hilarious but an entire movie devoted to them is excessive.
The New Paper
3.5
The movie Despicable Me and its sequel played on a similar but mostly unspoken juvenile delight.
Winnipeg Free Press
3.1
A combination of spy thriller and pratfalling farce, Minions doesnt try very hard to impress its audience.
Cinema Sight
4.0
My 2 year old granddaughter loves minions so we made this her first theater experience. Is it memorable Probably not. Mixed results for her. Grandpa l ..
Tri City Herald
2.5
Mercifully short enough not to wear out its welcome, Minions is an uninspired but more than marginally entertaining animation guaranteed to hit the ma ..
Trespass Mag
2.0
But this is more about daft, kiddie comedy than eye popping visuals.
Daily Star
2.8
Leave the laughs, take the heart While Im goofing here on the Godfather, my parody statement pretty much sums up Minions, an amusing continuation of t ..
Daily Film Fix
4.5
The only agenda here is entertainment, laughter and silly goofy fun!
3.0
The only foreseeable problem with this movie is that parents are going to have to be dealing with wee ones mimicking minion ese for as long as this fr ..
Theepoch Times
2.5
If all you need to be entertained is to watch the Minions run around, youll be satisfied with this spinoff/prequel.
Qc Times
2.0
In fact, the movie has no story at all.Its just one ridiculous setup after another, and none of it makes any sense, but thats almost beside the point; ..
Blog Bullz Eye
2.0
There is a fun little escapade with a hit em and run robbing family.
Vue Weekly
2.5
Filling in the edges, Minions can still bring the goods. Front and center, however, and its quite irritating.
Mash Able
3.5
As the films eponymous characters have come to embody, this film is cutesy and silly in the best of ways.
Cairo 360
3.0
Fortunately, ambulance directors Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin have pulled that feat off nicely in the goofy but nostalgic comedy prequel Minions.
Johnhanlon Reviews
1.5
The film, directed by Kyle Balda, doesnt bog down in plot or narrative coherence or world building despite that portentous title.
Vulture
2.5
The movie is also missing the subversive chuckles this series is known for, and sight gags are all thats left. There are only so many ways to dress up ..
Tulsa World
3.5
If you enjoyed the Despicable Me films, youll enjoy Minions as well.
Toledo Blade
1.5
As it is,cant hold a candle to, say, a film like, another spin off property which bests it at every level.
Screen Anarchy
3.5
Much of this juvenile humor is funny, at least for the young viewers to whom this film is primarily dedicated.
Honey Cutts Hollywood
2.5
It was only natural to give the little yellow pill like creatures from Despicable Me their own movie. They are cute and funny most of the time, but th ..
Movie Chambers
1.5
Minions does feature a groovy soundtrack, but its not enough to overcome the movies lesser elements.
Kaplan Vs Kaplan
2.5
Its almost unthinkable that the Minions team couldnt coax enjoyable, top notch performances out of those two.
Review Journal
3.1
Still, Minions is infectious fun, even if it doesnt quite stand up to the films that spawned it.
The Dispatch (Lexington, N ..
3.5
While there are some jokes thrown in that only adults will understand, the movies most entertaining moments are in the first twenty and final ten minu ..
Abc News Go
3.8
(These movies) are higgledy piggledy and filled with jibber jabber and trying to sell you snacks and bric a brac but they never really sink to the lev ..
MLive.com
3.1
The minions in Minions are not the most dynamic of cinematic figures.
The Film File
3.8
Divorced from the be thankful for family homilies that motivate the Despicable Me movies, this first solo outing for the lozenge shaped scene stealers ..
Commercial Appeal
4.5
Its also a challenge for filmmakers to walk the fine line between cute and saccharine, but directors Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda seem to have navigat ..
At Home In Hollywood
1.5
Colorful, cute, and funny, Minions is a zany yet uneven adventure thats sure to entertain both kids and adults looking for a mindless, silly movie.
Showbiz Junkies
2.0
Minions fails to deliver a moral or wise message for the kids, and it wont be interesting enough for the adult audience.
Enfil Me
2.8
What a ringing endorsement, right Minions isnt an ugly cash grab, its a somewhat pleasant cash grab.
The Reader (Omaha, NE)
3.1
But, the movie feels like a mashup of a Three Stooges story with The Thomas Crown Affair.
Fres Nobee
2.5
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2.5
Kankakee, IL (60901) Today Considerable cloudiness with occasional rain showers.High 66F.
Daily Journal
2.5
Title: Minions Describe This Movie In One Simpsons Quote: Mein Kriecher sagte mir, dass ich bin nie aufhoere, zu erstaunen.
Houston Press
2.0
All the tired gags about the British are trotted out, along with all the obvious 1960s pop music cues, while the plot never offers much in the way of ..
Daily Telegraph
1.5
If you think youve been seeing a lot of Minions lately, thats why.
Memphis Flyer
3.0
Its very funny but like the minions you wouldnt want a whole movie of it. 30
Ex Press
4.0
Some gags might be saucy, in a European sort of way, but theyre never crass.
All Movie
2.8
McAllen, TX (78504) Today Scattered clouds with the possibility of an isolated thunderstorm developing this afternoon.High 96F.
The Monitor
2.5
Caveat Spectator: Much cartoon slapstick violence and mild menace; some rude humor and mildly risque sight gags.
Nc Register
2.8
The new team thinks that if mayhem is funny, five times the mayhem will be five times as hilarious. Thats not how movie math works, and too many scene ..
Charlotte Observer
0.5
This film should be prefaced by a warning message like youd find on a pack of cigarettes... BEWARE: Long Term Exposure to the Minions Could Carry Seri ..
Mad About Movies Podcast
3.8
The little, yellow, different Minions who split sides in two smash Despicable Me movies manage just barely to frolic through enough sight gags, pop cu ..
News Ok
4.0
...a gleefully anarchic and just plain fun cartoon thats refreshing to enjoy in a world where Disney thinks it has to try and make you cry every time.
Topless Robot
3.0
Theyre guaranteed laughs from children by just walking onto the screen.
Neils Entertainment Picks
3.0
Minions is the Despicable Me origins film, the prequel in which we learn important facts.Minions pre date the dinosaurs and have always wanted someone ..
What She Said Radio
2.5
Review Summary: The Minions were the funniest aspect of the Despicable Me films.
Chris Stuck Mann
2.5
Yes, it has the standard jokes many adults will enjoy, but it seems torn between these two audiences.
Sandiego Union Tribune
3.0
Not as funny as you were expecting, but still a pretty decent film.
Chilango.com
3.1
The film actually doesnt need it, and would have been better off just letting the Minions babble incomprehensibly and let the visuals tell the tale.
Madison Movie
2.5
Your kids will probably love it, though.And youll wish you were watching Inside Out for the second time instead.
Christy Lemire
3.1
Less inventive and entertaining than the Despicable Me movies but still engaging.
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) ..
3.5
As it is, Minions is one of the summer film highlights and pokes fun at just about everything.
Phantom Tollbooth
1.5
Aimless The storys a hoot until it reveals how desperately overstretched it is.
2.0
Parts of the story are quite dark and unnecessarily gruesome for younger audiences. Even a bedtime story is turned into a humorless plot point.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/D ..
2.5
With Minions, every mishap feeds into a tried and tested narrative formula, making you wish the directors had tapped into the innate sense of anarchy ..
3.5
A reasonably diverting entertainment with some great visuals, a few classic songs, some good ideas, and some missed opportunities
Belie
1.5
Boasting an all star vocal cast, the movie doesnt fully deliver as it relies on cute minions and crude humor to carry the feature length film.
CBN
3.0
Yet somehow, it (sort of) works.The film gives the Minions a somewhat entertaining backstory.
Stephen Silver Writer Word ..
2.5
An entire movie about them feels like eating a bowl of pure sugar. Which means very young kids will love it, while adults might feel a bit nauseous by ..
4.5
What are the Minions but stand ins for kids... Nothing makes them double over like a good pratfall, and they will insist on a goodnight kiss or bedtim ..
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