Minions may not have the purposeful plotting of a Pixar film or the wondrous world-building of a work from Walt Disney Animation, but its hyperactive sense of humor and absurdist antics are admittedly amusing nevertheless.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 1, 2022

The youngster target audience will probably love every minute of “Minions”. I was with them to a point, but once the story abandoned the quest to find a master it bogged down and the humor grew inconsistent.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 24, 2022

Life is short. Minions was fun. What am I supposed to do?

| Jul 17, 2022

They're essentially pantomime characters, but unlike, say, WALL•E, the characters of limited speech here don't evoke a range of emotions.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 9, 2022

Minions has a hard time holding up as a story on its own. Although the antics of Kevin, Stuart, and Bob keep the laughs coming, the story fizzles out in the middle.

| Sep 13, 2021

Rarely attempts to appeal directly to a grown-up audience, instead concentrating all efforts on colorful, sophomoric spectacles and rambunctious escapades.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Dec 4, 2020

I'll even admit that Kevin sits proudly on my desk at work while Bob, the enthusiastic young one, is staring at me even as I write this review.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 16, 2020

Minions is a great idea, fairly competently executed, that ends up suffering at the hands of its own distributor ... All of the really funny moments that enticed me to come see the flick ended up being ALL of the really funny moments.

| Jul 3, 2020

Let's start with what Minions gets right: It's a mercifully short 93 minutes long. But even at that length, it still feels padded.

| Jan 10, 2020

The plot gets ever more convoluted, the jokes ever more lazy, hinging mostly on country stereotypes. Some of the best gags have zilch to do with either the story or the minions, come out of nowhere and lead to nothing.

| Jan 10, 2020

Just put on a happy face with Minions!

| Dec 8, 2019

Considering that this prequel is a full-length feature film about characters incapable of coherent dialogue, it certainly isn't as miserable as the calculated nature of its creation suggested. What a ringing endorsement, right?

| Original Score: C+ | Jul 9, 2019

Everything about it is a weak excuse to give the Minions something outlandish to do, but there isn't a particularly strong thread running through any of it.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 5, 2019

An endless roll of jokes ensures this is sublime dumb-but-smart entertainment.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 7, 2019

The worst thing about it is it just isn't funny at all and the story is all over the place.

| Original Score: D | Mar 12, 2019

This film should be prefaced by a warning message like you'd find on a pack of cigarettes... "BEWARE: Long-Term Exposure to the Minions Could Carry Serious Health Risks."

| Original Score: F | Feb 23, 2019

Minions will definitely appeal to its target audience -- the slapstick humor is right in the wheelhouse for children. The problem is the film doesn't have enough to maintain the interest of adults who come along with the kiddies.

| Original Score: C | Jan 23, 2019

Pacing is problematic; there may be too much Minionism and too little relief. The comic set pieces aren't threaded together at points, but there are many smiles to be had.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 30, 2018

[It's] a film that both adults and children can enjoy together, and clever editing wraps everything up in 91 minutes-the perfect timing for a family film.

| Aug 22, 2018

Parents, I would recommend sending the kids with the babysitter to this one. It's worth the price to pay for one more to go when that "one more" isn't you.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 21, 2018