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Title: Minions (2015)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Sandra Bullock | ... | Scarlet Overkill (voice) | |
| Jon Hamm | ... | Herb Overkill (voice) | |
| Michael Keaton | ... | Walter Nelson (voice) | |
| Allison Janney | ... | Madge Nelson (voice) | |
| Steve Coogan | ... | Professor Flux (voice) | |
| Jennifer Saunders | ... | The Queen (voice) | |
| Geoffrey Rush | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
| Steve Carell | ... | Young Gru (voice) | |
| Pierre Coffin | ... | The Minions (voice) | |
| Katy Mixon | ... | Tina (voice) | |
| Michael Beattie | ... | VNC Announcer (voice) | |
| Hiroyuki Sanada | ... | Sumo Villain (voice) | |
| Dave Rosenbaum | ... | Fabrice (voice) | |
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Alex Dowding | ... | Royal Advisor (voice) |
| Paul Thornley | ... | News Reporter (voice) | |
Ever since the dawn of time, the Minions have lived to serve the most despicable of masters. From the T-Rex to Napoleon, the easily distracted tribe has helped the biggest and the baddest of villains. Now, join protective leader Kevin, teenage rebel Stuart, and lovable little Bob on a global road trip. They'll earn a shot to work for a new boss, the world's first female supervillain, and try to save all of Minionkind from annihilation. Written by Universal Pictures
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"Doesn't it feel so good to be bad?" Scarlett Overkill (Sandra Bullock voice)
Well, I'm feeling "bad" because I just saw Inside Out, and Minions is no Inside Out. Inside Out is insightful about the emotions of a pre-adolescent girl, and all of us by extension, yet Minions is a sometimes cute, lightweight animation about goggled, puny pills who speak child-like gibberish that now and then throws in a discernible word like "boss." As for insight, there is little, like the little people themselves.
A "boss" is what the little travelers are searching for through history until they find permanence with the meanie of the Despicable franchise. The Minions want to serve the worst person in the world, a little like Republicans looking for a leading candidate in a crowded field. Although Scarlett Overkill (Sandra Bullock voice) is a worthy candidate, no one can compete with Gru (Steve Carell).
Along the way of history, the best part of the film for me, they encounter notables like T-Rex and Napoleon, who suffer the danger of the little ones' benign benevolence, always tempered by their colossal ignorance. The funniest for me is their exposing Dracula to direct sunlight.
The most likable historical figure for me is the current Queen Elizabeth (Jennifer Saunders), whose toothy joie de vivre best exemplifies the light-hearted view of history fostered by directors Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin. The tour of London stereotypes, structures and people, is basic but welcome to this Anglophile.
The best insight into humanity is the child-like character of the minions themselves, whose anarchic behavior is not unlike that of most terrible two's.
My disappointment with Minions may stem from my being a language person frustrated by the animators' attempt to relay emotion and meaning, a la Chaplain and Wall-E, without words. These pill-shaped heroes don't do it for me except to say, "Well, at least I'm cute."