There is no charm to mitigate the depictions of killing or soften the murderous motives of the characters involved. For the younger crowd, some sexual innuendo, constant peril and mean-spirited action will be an unpleasant surprise. While the screenplay attempts to put in some gags for the adults (like spoofing the hippy era in which the tale is set, and re-enacting iconic scenes like the Beatles crossing Abby Road), this genius will be lost on the target audience. I suspect as well that more than just British viewers will be offended with the depiction of the Queen as a sore loser who gets drunk at the pub. And it is really no laughing matter when the boys are locked in a dungeon and a masked man straps them to the rack and stings them up in a noose – even if it turns out their bodies are more flexible than we thought, or that they can slide out of the hangman’s rope without injury. But the chuckles get a bit thin when a family on vacation turns out to be bank robbers teaching their kids the tricks of the trade, or when a bedtime story ends with death threats. It might be humorous when the dinosaur meets his demise after the minions unintentionally knock him over a cliff, or when they misread a blueprint and drop a pyramid on an ambitious despot. However, when their bungling jeopardizes her plans, Scarlet sees red and the Minions are forced to face the wrath of a woman scorned.Īlthough children may be willing to overlook the tediousness of the repetitive scenes involving idiots unknowingly doing something that saves the day, their parents aren’t likely to miss the ever-increasing violence in each scenario. So she whisks them off to London, England where she unveils a plot to steal the crown of Queen Elizabeth (voice of Jennifer Saunders).
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Through another series of unplanned-yet-fortuitous events, they convince the femme fatal that they are the right team for her diabolical doings.
The trio eventually stumbles upon Scarlet Overkill (voice of Sandra Bullock), a villain extraordinaire with a few fancy weapons tucked under her skirt. Sent to find their next leader, we meet Kevin, Bob and Stuart (all the incoherent mutterings of the Minions are voiced by Pierre Coffin).
And what they have learned over time is that they can only be happy if they have a bad boss to get behind. From big fish, to T-Rex, to Neanderthal, to the Pharos, to Dracula and even Napoleon, the saffron swarm has loyally served-and accidentally destroyed, each master. Beginning at the opening credits we learn the Minions evolved from single-celled minnows to their presently “advanced” bumbling state by following the fittest life form they could find. It only worked in the first two films because the bad guy turned out to be a good guy, and because we believed the Minions were too naïve to really understand the illegal nature of the high-tech thievery. However the idea of being the henchmen for the dastardly deeds of criminals is a hard thing to sell in a children’s flick, no matter how much you attempt to sugarcoat it in silly antics and slapstick comedy. We already know from watching the pervious animations that the munchkin-sized critters are the workforce of an evil mastermind. In part the problem lies with the premise of the story. There is only one word to describe it: Despicable. If you are a fan of the little yellow creatures that appeared in the films Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2, then you will undoubtedly be curious to see what the screenwriters have done with these characters now that they are the stars of their own movie.
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