endearing and funny with a healthy dose of cynicism and sarcasm

Rating: 8/10 (1 January 2019)

Christmas comes but once a year and with it wine and spirits, turkey and stuffing, and falling asleep during the family film with grandchild. Not so this year. The film in question was a new one to me although I recognised the iconic Minions from aforementioned grandchild's socks and t-shirt. I have to confess that against all expectations I found the film endearing and funny with a healthy dose of cynicism and sarcasm. Steve Carell and Russell Brand do a great job voicing the bad, Gru and his henchman (although it was ponied out to me at the start that the terrible Gru wasn't all bad). The animation is top notch and if i didn't find the baby like antics of the Minions particularly amusing, I could see their charm and enjoy the main protagonists falling over themselves to achieve their aims. Easy to enjoy and there is plenty of adult humour that sails over the heads of the very young (much as it did in the pantomime the next day).