Even Better Than the Despicable Me Films.

Rating: 9/10 (21 July 2015)

Minions (2015): Dir: Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin / Voices: Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Steve Coogan: After the success of two Despicable Me animations, it was destiny that the Minions get their own films. They are the yellow pill shaped gibberish talking servants whose only desire is to serve a master villain. We are given their origins and their failed attempts to find super villain to serve. Amongst the hundreds of them, Kevin, Bob and Stuart decide to journey off to find a super villain to lead them. After hitchhiking with a family whose Sunday drive consists of robberies, they are off to an event called Villain Con. The starring attraction is a female super villain by the name Scarlett Overkill whose outfits are armed with nuclear weapons. This becomes a bit much but Sandra Bullock vamps it up as the snarling female whose latest conquest regards stealing the Queen's crown. She eventually recruits the willing Minions to assist her until the plan backfires leaving Stuart with the crown. Jon Hamm has fun voicing Overkill's loyal douchebag husband whose torture tactics turn into fun and games for the Minions. The screenplay is detailed and hilarious with many great moments including a sequence where Kevin ends up growing to heights that may remind viewers of Mr. Stay Puff in Ghostbusters. Another grand moment regards a climatic counter where a familiar super villain makes an appearance and gains loyalty from the legion of Minions. Colorful animation full of hilarious antics and festive imagery but ultimately the film serves to highlight the servants of the most "despicable" super villain of them all. Score: 9 / 10