Minions Film Review

Finished watching Minions directed by Kyle Balda and staring co director Pierre Coffin, Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm and Jennifer Saunders. The film opens up to the origin of the Minions (Pierre Coffin) as they evolve from a single cell organism at the dawn of the planet to the creatures they are today as they came onto land in a pre-jurassic era as they serve the most despicable creature which tends to be the thing at the top of the food chain. After causing the defeat of Napoleon in what is presumably Russia, the Minions are stranded in the snow and end up building their own society in a cave they stumble upon. After years without a master to serve the Minions fall into a species wide depression leading to Minions Kevin, Stuart and Bob leaving the cave in hoping to find a new master which takes them to America where they discover the existence of Villain Con in Florida where all of the worlds criminals converge. At the convention the Minions meet villainess Scarlet Overkill (Sandra Bullock) who recruits them as her new henchmen taking the Minions back home to London where Scarlet and her husband Herb (Jon Hamm) plan to overthrow the Queen (Jennifer Saunders) so Scarlet can fulfil her childhood dream. Overall this was an okay film as all of the comedy always hits its mark while the pop culture references are great as it helps set the tone and the setting of the film. However the film does have some problems in the character department between the main Minions as the personality traits of Bob and Stuart seem to been influx with one another as at the beginning Bob is energetic and happy Minion while Stuart is fairly timid, then in the scene their characteristics and personalities instantly changes. 6.5/10