Oh dear ...

Rating: 3/10 (6 July 2015)

Armed with my young son and ready for an afternoon's entertainment, we sat down to "Minions" with eager anticipation. Sadly, the film is simply not up to the hype that surrounded it. I am sure that technically it was brilliant and the software was wonderful, but when you have an audience of over 80% children (under 10 years old) who are simply not laughing, you know it has missed ... badly. The pre-show ads got more laughs. The story is simple enough and is easy to follow for any pre-school audience member. It is always worth watching an audience leave and to try to follow the buzz. In this case, the audience left within the first seconds of the credits starting, and the auditorium was empty (save for us) before the credits ended.