Good Origin Story With Great Music

Rating: 7/10 (10 July 2015)

I saw "Minions", starring the voices of Sandra Bullock-The Heat, Demolition Man; Jon Hamm-Mad Men_tv, We Were Soldiers; Michael Keaton-Need For Speed, Jackie Brown; Allison Janney-Mom_tv, The Help and Pierre Coffin-the Despicable Me movies, where he does all the voices of all the Minions.
This is a spin off from the Despicable Me movies. Plus, it is an origin story of the popular Minions, the lovable little yellow henchmen to the super villain, Gru. In fact, it tells how they came to work for Gru-and a young Gru does make an appearance. It tells how the Minions-all of which are voiced by Pierre-whose sole mission in life is to serve an evil villain, go searching for evil bosses throughout the years, starting in prehistoric times and continuing up to 1968. That's when they hear about the world's first evil villainess, Sandra, at a Super Villain Convention; sort of like a Comic Con for villains. Three Minions, Stuart, Kevin & Bob, are chosen to strike out on the search-I guess they figured it would be easier if they all didn't go-and they run into Michael & Allison, a truly dysfunctional family that gives them a ride to the convention. Sandra has a contest for her next group of henchmen and guess who wins? That's right, the Three Stooges.....I mean Stuart, Kevin & Bob and their first job is to steal the crown jewels from Queen Elizabeth 11 in London for Sandra. Jon plays Sandra's husband, who also enjoys inflicting a bit of torture every now & again, when needed. I guess it depends on how much you like the Minions-I do a lot-on whether or not you will like this movie. Some people don't like the way they talk-it is kind of a mixture of several languages, including Spanish, French and lots of others. Every so often, you will hear an English word thrown in for good measure. FYI: I loved the soundtrack. They have lots of good music, both the original artists singing and some with the Minions -or other characters-doing the honors. Just off the top of my head, I remember hearing songs by The Rolling Stones, The Turtles, The Box Tops, The Doors, The Kinks, The Spencer Davis Group, The Monkees, The Who, Van Halen and Jimi Hendrix! As the end credits start, there are some scenes and don't leave early because at the very end is a Beatles musical number involving the whole cast. It's rated "PG" for action and some rude humor and has a running time of 1 hour & 31 minutes. I really enjoyed this movie and I would buy it on Blu-Ray.