Minions (film) explained

Narrator:Geoffrey Rush
Editing:Claire Dodgson
Music:Heitor Pereira
Distributor:Universal Pictures
Runtime:91 minutes[1]
Country:United States
Language:English
Budget:$74 million
Gross:$1.159 billion[2]

Minions is a 2015 American animated comedy film produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, and distributed by Universal. The film is a prequel to Despicable Me (2010) and the third installment overall in the Despicable Me franchise. Directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda, produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy, and written by Brian Lynch, Minions stars the voices of Coffin as the titular beings (including Kevin, Stuart, and Bob), Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Steve Coogan, Jennifer Saunders, and Geoffrey Rush as the narrator. In the film, the Minions search for their replaceable evil master after accidentally killing all of those in history.

Minions debuted in London on June 11, 2015, and was released in the United States on July 10. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the animation, voice acting, and score, but criticized the character development and humor, which some called unfunny and inappropriate. Coffin has also expressed displeasure in the final film. The film grossed $1.159 billion worldwide, and became the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2015, the tenth-highest-grossing film of all time and the second-highest-grossing animated film of all time at its peak. It also became the highest-grossing film produced by Illumination until it was surpassed by The Super Mario Bros. Movie in 2023. With its effect on popular culture, the success of Minions spawned two sequels: (2022) and Minions 3 (2027).

Plot

Minions are small, yellow pill-shaped creatures which have existed since the beginning of time, evolving from single-celled organisms into beings which exist only to serve history's most evil masters, but they accidentally end up killing all their masters: rolling a Tyrannosaurus into a volcano, letting a caveman get mauled by a bear, crushing a Pharaoh and his subjects with a pyramid, and exposing Count Dracula to sunlight. They are driven into isolation after firing a cannon at Napoleon while in Russia and start a new life inside a cave, but after many years, the Minions become sad and unmotivated without a master to serve. This prompts three Minions; named Kevin, Stuart and Bob, to go out on a quest to find a new master for their brethren to follow.

The three journey in 1968 to New York City and stay at a department store for the night, where they come across a hidden commercial broadcast advertising Villain-Con, an Orlando convention for all villains. The next day, they hitchhike a ride with the Nelsons, a family of thieves. At the convention, they meet Scarlet Overkill, the world's first female supervillain, who unexpectedly hires them and takes them to her home in London. They phone the rest of the Minions to get them to join. Scarlet plans to steal the Imperial State Crown from Queen Elizabeth II, promising to reward the Minions if they succeed, but also threatening to kill them if they fail.

Scarlet's husband Herb supplies them with inventions to aid in the heist, but they are nearly caught while breaking into the Tower of London. During the subsequent chase, Bob runs into the Sword in the Stone and pulls the sword free to defend himself and his friends, removing the Queen from the throne and making Bob the new King. Enraged that someone else accomplished her dream of stealing the throne, Scarlet confronts Bob, who voluntarily abdicates the throne in her favor. Undeterred, Scarlet imprisons Kevin, Stuart and Bob in a dungeon, where Herb attempts to torture the trio, but they escape with the intention to apologize to Scarlet at her coronation.

After making their way to Westminster Abbey, Kevin, Stuart and Bob interrupt the coronation by inadvertently dropping a chandelier on Scarlet. Mistaking the accident for an assassination attempt, Scarlet angrily orders the trio's execution and has other villains chase them through the streets of London during a thunderstorm. Stuart and Bob are captured, while Kevin hides in a pub and sees Scarlet on television, who declares that she will kill Stuart and Bob if Kevin does not show up by dawn. With the villains still searching for him, Kevin sneaks into Scarlet's castle to steal weapons and triggers a machine Herb was building, causing him to grow in size into a giant. Kevin tramples through London, rescues his friends and battles Scarlet, just as the other Minions turn up in the city. Scarlet tries to eradicate them by firing a massive missile, but Kevin swallows it. Scarlet and Herb attempt to escape with her rocket dress, only for Kevin to hold onto it and get pulled into the sky. The missile explodes, seemingly killing Kevin, Scarlet and Herb. As the Minions mourn the loss of their leader, Kevin survives after returning to his normal size.

The Queen gets her throne and crown back. She rewards Bob with a tiny crown for his teddy bear Tim, Stuart with an electric guitar, and Kevin with a knighthood. Scarlet and Herb, still alive, steal the crown again, only to be stopped by a young Gru, who fires a freeze ray at them and flees with the crown on a rocket-powered motorcycle. The Minions run after him, deciding he is the master they were looking for.

Voice cast

Additionally, Steve Carell reprises his role as Gru, who appears at the end of the film in his younger form. Other cast members include Katy Mixon as Tina Nelson, Walter and Madge's thief daughter; Michael Beattie as Walter Nelson Jr., Walter and Madge's thief son (Beattie also voices a VNC announcer); Hiroyuki Sanada as Dumo, a sumo fighter villain;[6] and Dave Rosenbaum as Fabrice, Scarlet's personal stylist.

Production

Development

Development of Minions was greenlit in July 2012,[7] after writer Brian Lynch recognized the popularity of Despicable Me Minion Mayhem, a simulator ride.[8] Pierre Coffin became director again with newcomer Kyle Balda as the co-director, marking the first film in the franchise where Chris Renaud is not a director. Eric Guillon returned for the film but was not an art director, as he was the character and production designer for the film.

Casting

In February 2013, Sandra Bullock joined the cast to voice Scarlet Overkill,[9] with Jon Hamm joining two months later as her husband Herb Overkill.[10] Bullock was paid $10 million for her involvement.[11] In March 2015, Allison Janney was cast as Madge Nelson. Pierre Coffin, the film's director, reprised his role as the Minions. This is one of the films in the franchise in which Coffin is the lead actor and the first film where Chris Renaud doesn't serve as a director, but an executive producer. Kyle Balda served as a co-director along with Coffin. Jennifer Saunders was cast to voice Queen Elizabeth II.

Music

The official soundtrack for the film was released on July 10, 2015, by Back Lot Music. The soundtrack also features the film's original music, composed by Heitor Pereira.[12] [13]

Marketing

Bloomberg News estimated that Universal Pictures spent $593 million promoting Minions,[14] including $26.1 million on television advertisements;[15] it described the promotion as the "largest and most comprehensive" in the distributor's history.[16] It also featured 850 toy brands,[17] as well as partners included McDonald's, Chiquita, and General Mills. In April 2015, Pantone announced the creation of a new official Pantone color, "Minion Yellow", in partnership with Illumination.[18] Titan Comics published a series of comics and graphic novels based on the film in June.[19] As a promotional tie-in, Minions Paradise was released.[20]

Release

Theatrical

Minions debuted at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on June 11, 2015,[21] followed by a premiere on June 27, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.[22] The film was initially scheduled for release on December 19, 2014,[23] but was postponed to July 10, 2015. This shift was reportedly made in response to Universal's satisfaction with the successful release of Despicable Me 2 (2013) and desire to exploit fully the merchandising potential of Minions.[24] [25]

Home media

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment released Minions for digital download on November 24, 2015, and on Blu-ray and DVD on December 8. Physical copies contain behind-the-scenes featurettes; a deleted scene; an interactive world map; short films Cro Minion, Competition, and Binky Nelson Unpacified; and a trailer of The Secret Life of Pets (2016).[26] Minions was the best-selling home-video release of December. Blu-ray accounted for 67 percent of its sales, along with the home-media release of Ant-Man.[27] By the end of 2015, the physical release had grossed about $95.7million.[28] A 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray version was released in 2017.[29]

Reception

Box office

Minions earned $336 million in the United States and Canada and $823.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $1.159 billion. It was the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2015,[30] the 10th-highest-grossing film of all time,[31] and the second-highest-grossing animated film of all time.[32] On August 28, 2015, Minions passed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office, becoming the third animated film to cross that milestone after Toy Story 3 (2010) and Frozen (2013).[33] Deadline Hollywood calculated the film's net profit as $502 million, accounting for production budgets, marketing, talent participations, and other costs; box office grosses and home media revenues placed it second on their list of 2015's "Most Valuable Blockbusters".[34]

In the United States and Canada, Minions was released with The Gallows and Self/less on July 10, 2015. It earned $46 million on its first day,[35] including $6.2 million from Thursday night previews.[36] During its opening weekend, the film earned $115.2 million across 4,301 theaters, making it the second-highest opening weekend for an animated film, behind Shrek the Third (2007). Moreover, it had the largest opening weekend for a prequel, breaking the previous record held by (2005).[37] The film would hold the record for having the highest opening weekend for an Illumination film until 2023 when The Super Mario Bros. Movie took it.[38] Its second weekend earnings dropped by 57 percent to $50.2 million,[39] and followed by another $22 million the third weekend.[40] Minions completed its theatrical run on December 17, 2015.[41]

Worldwide, Minions debuted in 44 markets on June 18, 2015,[42] and later a total of 66 countries by July 11.[43] The film earned $12.5 million in its opening weekend from four countries,[44] and in its second, Minions made $37.6 million in 10 markets.[45] Its top international markets were the United Kingdom ($73.1 million), China ($63.47 million), and Germany ($63.46 million).[46]

Critical response

The film has an approval rating of based on professional reviews on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of . Its critical consensus reads, "The Minions' brightly colored brand of gibberish-fueled insanity stretches to feature length in their self-titled Despicable Me spinoff, with uneven but often hilarious results."[47] Metacritic (which uses a weighted average) assigned the film a score of 56 out of 100 based on 35 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[48] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[49]

Jesse Hassenger of The A.V. Club gave the film a C, saying "Minions has idiosyncratic roots, but it's a franchise play all the way. Finally, even 5-year-olds have their own movie that mechanically cashes in on something they loved when they were younger".[50] Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying, "I, too, once enjoyed the Minions, in the small doses that they came in. But the extra-strength Minions is, for better or for worse, too much of a good thing".[51] Brian Truitt of USA Today gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying, "Brian Lynch's screenplay features a series of amusing sight gags and physical comedy that mostly hits; watching the Minions play Polo while riding Corgis is an exercise in cuteness".[52] Tom Russo of The Boston Globe gave the film two stars out of four, saying, "Impressive as it is that the filmmakers get so much comedic mileage out of their characters' half-intelligible prattling, the conventional dialogue is bafflingly flat".[53] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times said, "While Minions explores nominally new narrative ground, it folds neatly into a series that now includes two features, various shorts, books, video games, sheet music and a theme park attraction. So, you know, different but also the same".[54]

Tom Long of The Detroit News gave the film a B, saying "Minions is every bit as cute as it's supposed to be, a happily empty-headed animated frolic that rarely pauses to take a breath".[55] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film two stars out of four, saying, "It's not whether this prequel can mint money; that's a given. The questions is: Can the minions carry a movie all by their mischievous mini-selves? 'Fraid not".[56] Kerry Lengel of The Arizona Republic gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of five, saying, "Despite the dizzying pace of carefully calibrated incongruities, Minions somehow never generates more than the occasional chuckle".[57] Christopher Orr of The Atlantic said, "There's plenty of high-velocity comic inanity on display to keep kids happily diverted. But the movie's major flaw is an extension of its own premise: Search as they may, the minions never find a villain worthy of their subservience".[58] Liam Lacey of The Globe and Mail gave the film two stars out of four, saying, "With its episodic stream of slapstick gags, Minions has moments of piquant absurdity, but mostly its shrill-but-cutesy anarchy works as a visual sugar rush for the preschool set".[59]

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)Result
Annie AwardsOutstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Productiondata-sort-value="Baradat, Frank; Seydoux, Antonin; Riccarand, Milo; and Brack, Nicolas" Frank Baradat, Antonin Seydoux, Milo Riccarand, and Nicolas Brack[60]
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Feature Productiondata-sort-value="Arfaoui, Hichem" Hichem Arfaoui
Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in a Feature Productiondata-sort-value="Guillon, Eric" Eric Guillon
Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Productiondata-sort-value="Guillon, Eric" Eric Guillon
Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in a Feature Productiondata-sort-value="Louati, Habib" Habib Louati
Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Productiondata-sort-value="Coffin, Pierre" Pierre Coffin
data-sort-value="Hamm, Jon" Jon Hamm
British Academy Children's AwardsKid's Vote — FilmMinions[61]
[62]
British Academy Film AwardsBest Animated FilmMinions[63]
Cinema Audio Society AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Animateddata-sort-value="Sotolongo, Carlos; Rizzo, Gary; Scarabosio, Chris; Murphy, Shawn; and Tyler, Corey" Carlos Sotolongo, Gary Rizzo, Chris Scarabosio, Shawn Murphy, and Corey Tyler[64]
Empire AwardsBest Animated FilmMinions[65]
Golden Reel AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Animated Feature Filmdata-sort-value="Leonard, Dennis" Dennis Leonard[66]
Golden Trailer AwardsBest Animation/Familydata-sort-value="Trailer 1" "Trailer 1" (Motive Creative)[67]
[68]
Best Animation/Family Posterdata-sort-value="Stuart, Kevin & Bob One-Sheet" "Stuart, Kevin & Bob One-Sheet" (Ignition)
Best Summer Blockbuster Posterdata-sort-value="Stuart, Kevin & Bob One-Sheet" "Stuart, Kevin & Bob One-Sheet" (Ignition)
data-sort-value="Overkill One-Sheet" "Overkill One-Sheet" (Ignition)
Best Animation/Family Posterdata-sort-value="Butts" "Butts" (Lindeman & Associates)[69]
[70]
Best Animation/Family TV Spotdata-sort-value="Came From" "Came From" (Workshop Creative)
Best Billboarddata-sort-value="Bananas Billboard" "Bananas Billboard" (Lindeman & Associates)
Best Voiceover TV Spotdata-sort-value="Came From" "Came From" (Workshop Creative)
Best Wildposts (Teaser Campaign)data-sort-value="Artist Series" "Artist Series" (Lindeman & Associates)
Hollywood Music in Media AwardsBest Original Score in an Animated Filmdata-sort-value="Pereira, Heitor" Heitor Pereira[71]
[72]
Kansas City Film Critics Circle AwardsBest Animated FeatureMinions[73]
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice AwardsFavorite Animated MovieMinions[74]
Favorite Voice From an Animated Moviedata-sort-value="Bullock, Sandra" Sandra Bullock
People's Choice AwardsFavorite Animated Movie Voicedata-sort-value="Bullock, Sandra" Sandra Bullock[75]
Favorite Family MovieMinions
Producers Guild of America AwardsBest Animated Motion Picturedata-sort-value="Meledandri, Chris and Healy, Janet" Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy[76]
Saturn AwardsBest Animated FilmMinions[77]
[78]

Legacy

In the years following its release, Minions has remained an enduringly popular film of the Despicable Me franchise.[79] [80] [81] It is popular globally,[82] [83] inspiring Internet memes.[84] The film's headlining trio appeared at the 88th Academy Awards in 2016, in which they presented Best Animated Short Film. During his presentation for Best Picture, English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen called the characters "hard-working little yellow people with tiny dongs" in response to the lack of diversity.[85] [86] [87] Coffin stated in 2024 that Minions box-office take made successful through marketing rather than quality, but he expressed displeasure over the final film.

Sequels

Minions success spawned the Minions film series,[88] beginning with its sequel (2022).[89] In the film, an eleven-year-old Gru plans to become a supervillain with the help of his Minions, which leads to a showdown with a malevolent team, the Vicious 6.[90] It achieved similar financial and critical success as the first two Despicable Me films.[91] [92] A third Minions film is scheduled to be released in 2027.[93]

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