Silly w/out Substance

Rating: 5/10 (28 February 2016)

I've loved the minions in Despicable Me. Their comic-relief was really a mainstay of the movie. I, like many others, assumed that their own movie would be absolutely delightful - I was wrong.
The magic of the minions' appearance is that they are comic 'relief.' Taking the nature of these momentary laughs to create a full feature film turned out to feel actually quite empty. There's a plot-line, there's a hero, there are villains (often confused with the hero, on purpose). Yet, none of it seems to really matter. All of our main characters were not made to be main characters.
This isn't to say there aren't some funny moments. There are three or four truly hilarious situations, in true minions style. However, on the whole, this one is not worth the time.