2015 · animation · family · comedy
Minions (2015)
Directed by Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin1h 31m2015
Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.
Our read: Minions (2015) (2015) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive animation · family · comedy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, measured animation / family, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- cosy
- kinetic
- inventive
- redemptive
Watching Minions tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
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How Minions feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want silly minions causing colorful chaos serving a super-villain.”
Skip it tonight — You want sophisticated plots or humor beyond slapstick and gags.
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