Sure, don't see it. You'll be the only one...

Rating: 8/10 (22 October 2015)

Stuart, Kevin & Bob are just about household names by now. Who doesn't know these lovable banana craving midget freaks who speak in a gibberish language which seems to be composed of Spanish, French, Indian and English? since Despicable Me 1 came out the popularity of these creatures has been steadily growing. For Minions Universal pulled out all stops: the combined advertisement value of all promotions done by Universal's partners for this movie is about 600 million $. The faces of these critters could be seen on 500 million chiquita bananas, boxes of cereal, whatever you could think of they were on it. So unless you've been hiding under a rock for the last year you've probably heard of 'the minions'. Now with all this anticipation the film has large shoes to fill. Though I seriously enjoyed this movie I have to say that it can't match the heavyweights in the animation genre created by Pixar. Those movies work better on an emotional and storytelling level. Minions as you would expect has a story but it is nothing more than a vehicle for these yellow monkeys to do silly stuff and to goof off. And that they do very well. The minions have become icons -like Mickey Mouse- who will long be remembered after this movie has been forgotten because they will live on through the merchandise produced by the 850 manufacturers with whom Universal made licensing deals. So do I have to recommend this film? Probably not, coz in a couple of years there won't be many people left on this planet who haven't seen it yet...