Not that good, but not awful

Rating: 4/10 (11 July 2015)

Minions seemed to miss the mark in my book. The overall level of laughter in the theater was not as much as I would think for a movie of this Caliber. Making a movie like this where the main characters do not speak any known language has to be tough, but surely they could have done more with it. I'm a big fan of the Despicable movies, but this one was off.
The only humor came from various Minions falling over or running into things, which obviously got old after 15 minutes. Sandra Bullock's character was surprisingly annoying and was the main human voice in the film. The producers set the movie in the 60's, however the 60's pseudo-hippie soundtrack was completely out of place here. Pharell added magic to the first two movies and should have done the soundtrack here as well, the 7 year olds in the audience would have appreciated that more than the 60's rock. The British jokes were so tired...it's 2015. The first time I heard someone make a joke about British people drinking tea was in the 70's. Is all creativity lost?
On the flip side the Minions themselves are very charming and lovable, and made the movie. The ending was nice as well. You're going to have to see it anyway, so go ahead and go, just don't expect to much. At least they left out the "required in kids movies" out of place ebonics speaking random character. That was another huge plus and made the movie watchable.