The story of how the Minions came to be, starting at the beginning of time!

Rating: Null/10 (25 January 2016)

The surprise hit of the "Despicable Me" movies are the cute little yellow Minions, goofy and mean, always laughing when someone gets hurt. So this animated movie is to show their entire history, starting with one-celled organisms developing in the sea.
The premise is that Minions naturally adore and are drawn towards the most evil, despicable being that they know about. We know they ended up in modern times with Gru, but who did they attach themselves to during older historic times?
A good part of this story occurs in 1968. They are in New York and watching a TV commercial that is advertising a convention of crooks in Orlando. So they hitch a ride with a family going there, on the way stopping to rob a bank.
In Orlando they meet the best thief (voiced by Sandra Bullock) who recruits the Minions to go to London with her and steal the British Crown.
That leads to a number of things that British audiences probably will be horrified by, considering their reverence for the Crown and the Queen. And it really is all nonsense. But entertaining if you are in the right frame of mind.