All good things must come to an end. While they were once a hilarious novelty, the Minions are now on a cinematic reign of terror. This sequel offers nothing fresh.
—made the franchise the most lucrative in animated-cinema history. Pretending there’s a creative reason for continuing the series is foolhardy, and Chris Renaud’s sequel offers no reason to think there’s anything more than a profit motive at play here.
Continuing the tale of bald, oddly shaped Gru and his clan of human and yellow compatriots, this surefire summer blockbuster, premiering July 3, doesn’t break with formula but, more problematically, also fails to devise a story of any substance of purpose aside from staging more juvenile Minions mayhem. Kids will undoubtedly chuckle at their familiar exploits; the rest will view the film as an excuse to take a nice air-conditioned nap.
After six feature outings as well as numerous shorts and TV specials, it’s no shock that the series is running on fumes. It’s not likeis outright objectionable; rather, it’s simply a disposable adventure that maintains its ancestors’ energy but lacks its wit and its heart—the two qualities that, at outset, distinguished Gru and their Minions from their myriad computer-generated brethren.
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