The Minions have proved to be irresistible as a supporting act in the Despicable Me movies and in small doses in the short films. In a through line from the early silent greats to Mr Bean via Jacques Tati, the full-length feature plays to the Minions' strengths and just about gets away with it. There is plenty of slapstick and a few nice visual jokes, allied with a relatively slight and simple tale that targets the young audience effectively. The film really takes off in moments when it breaks loose and embraces the surreality of it all, but this is infrequent and not sustained. This is no Toy Story or How To Train Your Dragon, but the film looks terrific, the ending is smilesome, and it is reasonably entertaining for over-8-year-olds.
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