Nice idea but..

Rating: 6/10 (19 October 2018)

"Minions" tells the story of the famous yellow guys from the very beginning until the first movies start. It depicts their search for the most evil genius in order to obey him and serve.
I really like the idea, it is a clever concept to turn around the usual search for a hero and make the main characters search for a villian instead. However, I think producers soon noticed that there is a little problem with that because there sure is a reason why magically the plot stops before the beginning of the two World Wars. Apart from that it is a so-so animation movie, including some nice and funny moments and parts that seem a bit unnecessary. I didn't get the feeling that they just wanted to milk the cash cow but unfortunately this is not more than average.
All in all this film shows the difficulties of including actual history in what is supposed to be a funny animation movie for kids. It comes with a clever concept but I think that the approach chosen is not the ideal one.