![]() Gru gets to be a fun, cute little charismatic guy with big ambitions and motivations. It allows for Gru and all these cool villain characters to stretch their legs. It’s a pretty compelling story, and even at its weakest, it’s still fine enough to stand on its own. The Vicious Six in ‘ Minions: The Rise of Gru (Universal) However, in a big turn of events, Gru teams up with the ex-leader of the Vicious Six and his personal idol ( Alan Arkin) to get ahold of the magical MacGuffin before the Vicious Six can. He goes to an interview, but he’s sadly rejected. Gru, being the ambitious little villain hopeful that he is, sends in his application. The narrative of the story follows a famous villain team, The Vicious Six, who have an opening for a new member. ![]() But then the Minions happen, and everything comes to a screeching halt. ![]() The opening moments of the film are really flexing their muscles: the animation style and visuals are all on point (as I said), the action sequences are stellar, and the story is gripping. Young Gru (Steve Carrell) and his Minions and is on a journey to earn his supervillain status in The Rise of Gru (Universal) The Battle Within Minions: The Rise of Gru They did a perfect job making this a story in an era that I wanted to see, but there’s this constant THING that gets in the way of the thorough success of this film. Little quirks like the truncated secret lab, and the minimal gadget – it’s all great. The cute way the film portrays a smaller and less–legitimized Gru ( Steve Carrell) is very well done, too. The implementation of choice settings like San Francisco allows the action to use those winding mountainous hills to great effect. The sharp edges of the Despicable Me villain aesthetic clashing with the trademark overly-round Illumination animation style is as stunning as ever. However, just because it isn’t wholly unique doesn’t mean it doesn’t have any redeeming qualities. There wasn’t, but the movie decided to turn back into an average Illumination film, lacking anything interesting or unique from a visual standpoint. So much so, that I jumped to the conclusion that there must’ve been a large time jump. The opening made a very distinct decision, but once that opening comes to a close, all of those unique flares are dropped. Although, it’s not a stylistic choice that lasts through the entire film. From the very first frame of the movie, the whole thing is dripping in delicious and groovy colors. Minions: The Rise of Gru taps into an electric style, rooted in its 70s setting. Now here I am, writing a movie review for the Minions movie. Then, to my surprise, I found myself with more and more things to say about this film. ![]() But, there we were, on a Saturday, with nothing to do after lunch somehow we all landed on this. I’ll admit, this wasn’t something exactly on my radar, nor was it even something I was expecting to see in theaters. Minions: The Rise of Gru has finally come to theaters after 2 years of delays thanks to the pandemic. ![]()
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