Cute but very American

Rating: 7/10 (21 August 2015)

Well I saw Minions, and only for $6. It was the first and only session of the day and there were only a dozen people in the cinema. The person at the box office said it was a "promotion" of some sort. I enjoyed the film overall, but it came across as as a film about Britain made by people who never visited there, or got their ideas about the place from old 60s shows. I mean "Queen's Crown"? The "Crown Jewels" surely! Also there seemed an absence of Brit accents which I thought was odd, and the clothing looked 70s/80s rather than 60s.
But it was a bit of fun, a piece of fluff, and was pretty good as then, especially with all the retro references in it (including yet another moon landing hoax trope). One way to spend Saturday morning. I was the only one who stayed for the extra encore at the end.