The film, directed by Kyle Balda, doesn’t bog down in plot or narrative coherence or world-building despite that portentous title. So the best thing I can say about Minions: The Rise of Gru is that it understands this fundamental truth. Adults enjoy the Minions (well, those of us adults who do enjoy the Minions, at any rate) because the land of reason is a prison, and we’ll take any escape from it we can, however brief or vicarious. Kids enjoy the Minions because for them, the land of reason is still a foreign place. The murmuring polyglot gibberish of Minionspeak and the baroque incompetence of these happy yellow homunculi promise a reprieve from a world of logic and order. The Minions may be for kids, but something about them speaks to those of us with a bit more mileage, too. Minions: The Rise of Gru Photo: Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures
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