OK, a lot of the jokes are lame and infantile, the main antagonists are totally unfunny and the whole thing is just mildly amusing. But you gotta admit, those yellow capsules with eyes (aka Minions) are extremely photo- and audio-genic, and the gobbledygook gushing out of their mouths is a very clever mish-mash of English, Spanish, French and anything else that happened to occur to the writers of this movie. The first ten minutes are hilarious, then it takes a dip to become generally funny for the following ten minutes, and then it dives to mediocrity when the antagonists and the main storyline fail to deliver. Still, it’s an inoffensive and chill way to spend an evening. Is there a story in there somewhere? I think so, something about a race of yellow-capsule creatures having issues with their new master, an expert thief, during the 1960s (cue the famous 60s songs).

2021 Update: I look back at this and say to myself, “Really? I gave this 80%? Did I mistype?” Maybe I did, I kind of remember it as a 65% at most, but oh well, I’ll leave it at 80%. After six years, I remember nothing about the movie except the fact that I saw it and those yellow-capsule guys called Minions.

Extra:

• Oh dear, another case of The Post-10 Minute Letdown, in which the quality of the movie nosedives after a great first ten minutes. But “Minions” doesn’t dive as badly as the “Penguins of Madagascar” movie, which went from hilarious to abysmal.