Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:
- Nicholas Bell @ Ioncinema
- Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
- Samuel Castro @ Ochoymedio.info [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Aunque como criaturas los minions siguen siendo encantadores, encanto es precisamente lo que le falta a su película.
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: This film’s villain…isn’t very interesting and Sandra Bullock has nothing on Steve Carrell in comic vocal performance, but [the] directors and their animation team keep things lively with non stop, character driven, often subversive visual gags
- [New – 12/3/15] | M. Enois Duarte @ High-Def Digest.com
- Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: [The prologue] is actually a better idea for a story about these characters than the one the movie ultimately gives us.
- Hugo Gomes @ Cinematograficamente Falando … [Portuguese]
- Sarah Gopaul @ Digital Journal
- Excerpt: The ‘Minions’ movie is the popular creatures’ first feature-length film and even though there’s room for improvement, it’s still a lot of fun.
- Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: Filled with ridiculous slapstick – enough to amuse youngsters until ‘Despicable Me 3’ is released in the summer of 2017…
- Vadym Grygoriev @ kinoblog.com [Ukrainian]
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Minions is physical comedy with a rich tradition that is an evolution of slapstick and farce. Buster Keaton begat The Three Stooges who begat Jerry Lewis who begat Benny Hill who begat the Minions.
- MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: I love the Minions and I thought they totally deserved their own movie. But I was wrong. Or, at least, this movie is not the movie they deserve.
- Charlie Juhl @ Citizen Charlie
- Excerpt: Remember the last movie with the sidekicks moved up front? The Ewok Adventure – nobody wants to see that tragedy happen again.
- Benjamin Kramer @ The Voracious Filmgoer
- Kristin Dreyer Kramer @ NightsAndWeekends.com
- Wesley Lovell @ Cinema Sight
- Excerpt: Attempting to craft a story around a tribe of minor characters whose primary goals are to support their villainous master’s evil whims is a daunting task, one which seems to have found limited success in “Minions.”
- Alan Mattli @ Facing the Bitter Truth [German]
- Excerpt: The first half is loveably nonensical slapstick fun, while the second half suffers from a bloated, annoyingly nonsensical plot.
- Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: By no means does it even begin to rival the best animated films of our time. Still, you know what you’re getting, and if that’s what you want, here it is.
- Jason McKiernan @ Next Projection
- Excerpt: Cute as the side attraction in the Despicable Me films but far more taxing when put at the center of their own feature-length story. Any spinoff runs the risk of stretching its source material from amusing into annoying, and Minions is certainly no exception.
- Stefan Pape @ HeyUGuys
- João Pinto @ Portal Cinema [Portuguese]
- Jason Pirodsky @ Expats.cz
- Excerpt: Minions is looser and lighter than the Despicable Me films – there isn’t much thematic value behind the antics of the titular characters – but it’s also, I think, a little better: the irreverent nature of the script means this is a little less formulaic than the average mainstream kids’ film, and a little more engaging for adults in the audience.
- Jerry Roberts @ Armchair Cinema
- Excerpt: As supporting characters in any of these big budget animated series go, The Minions are the most welcomed in my book right up there with Scrat, and now they have their own movie. Does it work? Yes. It’s adorable, cute and funny. Is it original? No, but that’s not the point.
- Frank Swietek @ One Guys Opinion
- Excerpt: Young kids may enjoy the hulabaloo of what amounts to a manic but rarely inspired prequel–cinematic hamburger rather than filet minion.
- Betty Jo Tucker @ ReelTalk Movie Reviews
- Excerpt: Backing up the funny Minions antics is one of the best soundtracks ever and some very cute musical numbers.
- Sarah Ward @ Concrete Playground
- George Zervopoulos @ Movies Ltd. [Greek]
