‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ review: Adorable henchmen bring on the funny
nypost.comLightyear,” a film that sometimes falls into that old Pixar trap of being too smart for its own good.The Minions, on the flip side, are not Mensa candidates.
They’re stooges.The story exists, for the most part, to put them into a bunch of silly situations.Kevin and Bob go full-on “Catch Me if You Can,” dress up as pilots and fly a commercial jet to California … with plenty of turbulence.They meet Master Chow (Michelle Yeoh), a San Fran acupuncturist who moonlights as a kung fu expert and teaches them her martial art — in “Rocky” training montage style.
Dumb, dumb Otto, meanwhile, takes to the open road on a motorcycle and visits the World’s Biggest Banana.He’s also a hopeless romantic, and briefly falls in love with a rock with googly eyes glued on it.“Rise of Gru” is better than the previous Gru-less flick because the Minions make the most sense when serving a lame-o villain.
Still, there is Gru-m for improvement.The Vicious Six have personality, but are mostly a missed opportunity. For example, they are voiced by real-life screen baddies — Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Danny Trejo, Lucy Lawless and Taraji P.
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