Minions (2015)
Country: US
Technical: col/1.66:1 91m
Director: Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin
Cast: Voice cast: Pierre Coffin, Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Saunders, Geoffrey Rush
Synopsis:
Since the Dawn of Time the minions have existed to find their perfect Big Boss, right up to 1968, when they team up with Scarlett Overkill and a plot to steal the Crown of England.
Review:
After an episodic preamble through the ages, doubts start to set in about the degree of substance obtaining in this Despicable Me spin-off/prequel, and before long they are fulsomely justified. Despite the inexhaustible quotations from movies past (Ice Age, Madagascar, King Ralph), Hollywood seems incapable of truly understanding its successes: deprived of the caustic presence of Gru (Steve Carey), watching these cute yellow clowns for an hour and a half is akin to suffering a Marx Brothers picture in the sole company of Harpo and Chico. What's more, whereas in the Despicable Me films genuine peril did go hand in hand with the pratfalls, here we are in Road Runner territory, with every character indestructible, depriving even the slight storyline of any dramatic tension. One is left with a succession of visual gags on a theme, with diminishing returns and instant forgettability.
Country: US
Technical: col/1.66:1 91m
Director: Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin
Cast: Voice cast: Pierre Coffin, Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Saunders, Geoffrey Rush
Synopsis:
Since the Dawn of Time the minions have existed to find their perfect Big Boss, right up to 1968, when they team up with Scarlett Overkill and a plot to steal the Crown of England.
Review:
After an episodic preamble through the ages, doubts start to set in about the degree of substance obtaining in this Despicable Me spin-off/prequel, and before long they are fulsomely justified. Despite the inexhaustible quotations from movies past (Ice Age, Madagascar, King Ralph), Hollywood seems incapable of truly understanding its successes: deprived of the caustic presence of Gru (Steve Carey), watching these cute yellow clowns for an hour and a half is akin to suffering a Marx Brothers picture in the sole company of Harpo and Chico. What's more, whereas in the Despicable Me films genuine peril did go hand in hand with the pratfalls, here we are in Road Runner territory, with every character indestructible, depriving even the slight storyline of any dramatic tension. One is left with a succession of visual gags on a theme, with diminishing returns and instant forgettability.
Country: US
Technical: col/1.66:1 91m
Director: Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin
Cast: Voice cast: Pierre Coffin, Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Saunders, Geoffrey Rush
Synopsis:
Since the Dawn of Time the minions have existed to find their perfect Big Boss, right up to 1968, when they team up with Scarlett Overkill and a plot to steal the Crown of England.
Review:
After an episodic preamble through the ages, doubts start to set in about the degree of substance obtaining in this Despicable Me spin-off/prequel, and before long they are fulsomely justified. Despite the inexhaustible quotations from movies past (Ice Age, Madagascar, King Ralph), Hollywood seems incapable of truly understanding its successes: deprived of the caustic presence of Gru (Steve Carey), watching these cute yellow clowns for an hour and a half is akin to suffering a Marx Brothers picture in the sole company of Harpo and Chico. What's more, whereas in the Despicable Me films genuine peril did go hand in hand with the pratfalls, here we are in Road Runner territory, with every character indestructible, depriving even the slight storyline of any dramatic tension. One is left with a succession of visual gags on a theme, with diminishing returns and instant forgettability.