(DVD j Minions)
Fifth in the successful franchise of films from Illumination Studios, to feature the bizzare, hyperactive, gibberish-spouting group of little yellow Minions. They’ve appeared in Despicable Me 1, 2 and 3, and their own film, Minions. Now, in The Rise of Gru, they’ve got a prequel film, set back in the late 1970s. Gru, once again voiced by Steve Carrell, wishes to impress the supervillain group the Vicious 6, led by his personal hero, Wild Knuckles (voiced by Alan Arkin). When there’s a shake-up in the Vicious 6′ membership, Gru decides to leave his little yellow Minion cohorts behind to do an audition meeting with the remaining Vicious 6 members, led by Belle Bottoms (voiced by Teraji P. Henson).
With lots of complicated plot twists, Gru ends
up teaming up with Wild Knuckles as mentor, and a foursome of the Minions
(Kevin, Bob, Stuart and Otto) have to work on their own to try to recover a
mystic device that everyone wants and prevent Gru from falling victim to the
rest of the Vicious 6′ nefarious plans.
There’s a lot of fun poked at 1970s tropes,
but there’s a terrific soundtrack to this film. I laughed a lot at the visual
humor and the inside jokes. I pitied poor voice actor Pierre Coffin for having
to perform as all of the different Minion characters…whose nonsense dialog
still somehow remains understandable.
In addition to the five feature films and a
whole lot of 5-minute shorts, I understand there’s a Despicable Me 4 in
pre-production. I wonder how long the Minions will continue to dominate pop
culture!?
(If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try the
three Despicable Me films and the other prequel, Minions.)
( Internet Movie Database entry
for this film ) | ( official Minions account
on Instagram )
Recommended by Scott C.
Bennett Martin Public Library — Public Service
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