Minions & Monsters
The seventh movie of the Despicable Me franchise, and the third to focus squarely on the odd yellow henchmen, takes one tribe of Minions (after a brief history lesson) to Hollywood during the Roaring Twenties. All voiced by writer/director Pierre Coffin, the most important Minions of the film are James (the dreamer and storyteller), Henry (James' best friend), the hearing impaired Ed, and, to a lesser extent, the dickish leader of the group appropriately named Dick.
Like the first Minions movie, the broad outline is set to allow maximum craziness, much of it caused unintentionally by James and/or Henry. The Minions failed attempts at following new big bads, and their time in the Hollywood movie business, all work quite well. The monster aspect of the film, introduced as James attempts to bring his movie idea to life, works about half the time, and the subplot of the rest of the Minions following an alien robot falling in love and attempting to take over the Earth works significantly less.
By their nature, you expect a Minion movie to be a bit uneven, and Minions & Monsters certainly is. However, there's quite a bit of fun to have in the film filled with references to classic Hollywood and crazy action sequences including the Minions battling the monsters to save the world. Along their journey, James, Henry, and Ed will also invent sign language, LEGO, and, apparently, Furries. As our museum narrator (Allison Janney) suggests, it turns out these Minions were indeed quite important to Hollywood history.
- Title: Minions & Monsters
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