The Minions band together to save the day after unleashing monsters upon an unsuspecting world.
Director: Pierre Coffin
Cast: Pierre Coffin, Trey Parker, Allison Janney, Christoph Waltz, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeff Bridges, Zoey Deutch, Bobby Moynihan, Phil LaMarr
Release Date: July 1, 2026
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Rated PG for violence/action, language and rude/macabre humor.
Runtime: 1h 29m
Review:
Minion and Monsters, the seventh film in the Despicable Me franchise, is as chaotic and funny as you expect from the hapless wide eyed yellow creatures with this entry serving as loving tribute to old Hollywood and the power of friendship. Writer/Director/Voice of the Minions, Pierre Coffin, has a firm grasp of what makes the franchise work and has continued to fine tune the world and character along the way. This prequel offers him an ability to have his characters recreate some legendary cinematic moments from Charlin Chaplin to Citizen Kane along with many more. Introducing James, an artistic minion, who finds a love for filmmaking offers him an opportunity to explore so many facets of the creative process, all done in the usual Minion fashion of course, that you get the feeling that the character is semi-autobiographical in a way. The character’s journey is filled with the kind of kinetic hijinks that have made these characters so popular but this entry does keep a solid undercurrent of the meaning of friendship via Henry, James long time, supportive best friend. It gives this entry a bit more emotional resonance than previous entries which is a welcome surprise. The supporting characters are voiced by Hollywood stalwarts like Christoph Waltz, Jeff Bridges, Trey Parker and Jesse Eisenberg. Eisenberg gets a fun supporting story as Dort, an homage to Gort from The Day the Earth Stood Still, that culminates in the film’s 50’s era sci-fi finale that has kaijus and flying saucers battle it out in a dizzying display of colorful mayhem that’s sure to wow the younger kids. The film stumbles a as it works to merge the two story threads together into a cohesive whole but that doesn’t keep Minions and Monsters from being one of the more enjoyable entries in the franchise.
B+
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