![]() He's a wide-eyed, relatively-innocent crime junkie, honing his craft in the hopes of one day joining the headline-making crew of eclectic outlaws known as the Vicious 6. Picking up where its 2015 predecessor left off, "Rise of Gru" makes the wise choice of bringing back a voice-modulated Steve Carrell who reprises his role as the nefarious villain, this time as an 11-year-old child who commits small-time crimes in 1970s suburbia. The fifth in the universe, " Minions: The Rise of Gru," offers a sweet, impeccably-timed (literally timed, clocking in at a lean, mean 97 minutes) installment with much of the same with a few new, welcome elements. In fact, a majority of what makes us laugh about the sunshine-colored, phallic-shaped creatures of unknown origin is their comedic timing, a tight-rope walk between unintelligible goof-talk officially known as Minionese - though it's hard not to hear an ambiguous fusion of Spanish, French and Italian - and physical comedy pulled directly from "The Three Stooges" or, more comprehendible for this generation and demographic, "Loony Tunes."īut it is the Minion's unquestionable love and loyalty to Gru that has brought kids and adults back for four feature films: "Despicable Me" 1, 2 and 3 and the first "Minions" film. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you don’t anticipate a Minions movie to have at least one bare butt gag, then you’re not in the right theater. ![]()
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