Minions - Review

If you felt a heart warming while watching the previous "Despicable Me" movies a loud laughs thanks to the little yellow ones called Minions, you are going to feel both disappointment and happiness with this prequel-origin story of those funny little creatures.

The story begins at the dawn of time. Starting as single-celled yellow organisms, Minions evolve through the ages, perpetually serving the most despicable of masters. Continuously unsuccessful at keeping these masters - from a 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, alongside teen-age rebel Stuart and lovable little Bob, ventures out into the world to find a new evil boss for his brethren to follow. The trio embarks upon a thrilling journey that ultimately leads them to their next potential master, Scarlet Overkill, the world's first supervillainess ever. They travel from frigid Antarctica to 1960s New York City, ending in modern London, where they must face their biggest challenge to date: saving all of Minionkind...from annihilation.

The plot makes a good excuse to explain us (somehow) the origin of the Minions, while it doesn't have any kind of explanations, we learn they are older than human-kind and no much more. Desperately, they seek for a master to serve but always fail to keep him alive. Until, after thousands of years looking, they find a crazy woman named Scarlet Overkill obsessed with rulling the world.

The plot is nothing special and the action sequences are the same we have already seen in other movies, the same goes with the comedy and that's a bad thing; these characters are usually the comedy part that made us laugh hard but they fail to give us back those moments with the same jokes as always. While it's a fun and entertaining movie kids will enjoy for sure, it fails to show us character development, warm emotional engagement and moral values like the previous ones.

The voice casting is maybe the best part; from the voice of Pierre Coffin as all the Minions to the funny performances of Sandra Bullock as Overkill (too over rated in my opinion), John Hamm as Sandra's husband, Michael Keaton as an obsessed with robbing, Geoffrey Rush as the narrator and the return of Steve Carrell as a young version of Gru.

Still, you will laugh with them thanks to their non-sense situations and energetic non-stop sequences filled with colorful and amazing visual stunning. While it may not be as inspiring as the previous two movies, you will have a good time watching them.

· What I liked: The comedy is great, the Minions will make you laugh with their crazy situations but...

· What I didn't like: ...there's nothing new we already seen before. The supporting cast is okay but forgettable, not the voice actors but the characters.

6.5

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