
A.V. Club
Ultimately, The Rise Of Gru exerts a negligible impact on the Minions’ canonical journey.
Full reviewSteve Carell returns as tyrannical leader Gru, this time a bright-eyed child with dreams of world domination, in the prequel to Illumination's CG-animated Despicable Me film series.
When supervillain supergroup the Vicious 6 oust their leader, Wild Knuckles (voiced by Alan Arkin), a young and inspired Gru interviews to become their newest member but messes it up so bad that he finds himself the group's new sworn enemy. Now running for his life, he must turn to an unlikely source of help - Wild Knuckles himself - to fend off his foes and realise his evil potential.
LessUltimately, The Rise Of Gru exerts a negligible impact on the Minions’ canonical journey.
Full reviewIt should be fun... but the action is so loud and so relentless that the Minions’ quieter charms are left in the shade.
Full reviewAn unexpected treat, and by far the series' punchiest and most polished entry yet.
Full reviewLike the Minions, this instalment is barely distinguishable from any of the others, but it’s easy to be won over by its nutty joy and enthusiasm.
Full reviewWhere the film really shines is in how it takes Bruce Lee and Blaxploitation movies and wraps them around a Minions story.
Full reviewAudiences know what to expect, and Illumination delivers, offering another feel-good dose of bad behaviour.
Full reviewUltimately... the madcap elements of the Minion repertoire still deliver the playful escapism that the series is known for.
Full reviewMinions: The Rise of Gru is coming to cinemas in New Zealand on 30 June 2022.
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