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2022
PG
Universal Pictures
1 h 27 m

2022
PG
Universal Pictures
1 h 27 m

Summary In the heart of the 1970s, amid a flurry of feathered hair and flared jeans, Gru is growing up in the suburbs. A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them. Luckily, he gets some mayhem-making backup from his loyal followers, the Minions. Together, Kevin, Stuart, Bob,...

Directed By: Kyle Balda, Brad Ableson, Jonathan del Val

Written By: Matthew Fogel, Brian Lynch

2022
PG
Universal Pictures
1 h 27 m

2022
PG
Universal Pictures
1 h 27 m

Minions: The Rise of Gru

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 41 Critic Reviews

56

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 247 User Ratings

7.5

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Summary In the heart of the 1970s, amid a flurry of feathered hair and flared jeans, Gru is growing up in the suburbs. A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them. Luckily, he gets some mayhem-making backup from his loyal followers, the Minions. Together, Kevin, Stuart, Bob,...

Directed By: Kyle Balda, Brad Ableson, Jonathan del Val

Written By: Matthew Fogel, Brian Lynch

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 41 Critic Reviews

49% Positive
20 Reviews

46% Mixed
19 Reviews

5% Negative
2 Reviews

All Reviews
Positive Reviews
Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 41 Critic Reviews

49% Positive
20 Reviews

46% Mixed
19 Reviews

5% Negative
2 Reviews

All Reviews
Positive Reviews
Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

Jun 29, 2022

The fast-paced, vaudevillian-style humor keeps us laughing despite the fact that we never really have any clue what any of the Minions themselves are saying. This movie affords itself more surface-level moments with lesser-developed villains because of the relationships we're immediately invested in between Gru and his Minions.

Jul 1, 2022

Even if you can’t stand the Minions (who are once again voiced in “Minionese” by Pierre Coffin), you might find this one tolerable. Especially if you’re old enough to get the 1976 jokes yet feel young enough to find bemusement in all the goofy slapstick.

By Odie Henderson FULL REVIEW

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 247 User Ratings

72% Positive
177 Ratings

16% Mixed
40 Ratings

12% Negative
30 Ratings

All Reviews
Positive Reviews
Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 247 User Ratings

72% Positive
177 Ratings

16% Mixed
40 Ratings

12% Negative
30 Ratings

All Reviews
Positive Reviews
Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

Nov 10, 2023

Banana banana banana banana banana banana banana banana banana banana also cool movie

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Sep 23, 2022

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

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Jun 13, 2022

Six months into 2022, it’s the funniest film Hollywood has produced thus far. Audiences know what to expect, and Illumination delivers, offering another feel-good dose of bad behavior.

By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW

Jul 1, 2022

This Minions prequel would have to go some to make it as flimsy, but Steve Carell is pricelessly funny doing the voice of a pre-teen wannabe villain wrangling an army of goggle-wearing little buggers and you could do worse in a search for animated family fun

By Peter Travers FULL REVIEW

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Jul 14, 2022

Perhaps it’s a relief that the film does not, as is a trope in recent films, end in Gru’s temporary redemption, but at least that would be a conclusion of some sort. Instead, we’re left with entertaining but toothless villain-lair-building.

Jun 30, 2022

As lackluster as this scattered-brained saga is, the animation team of “The Rise of Gru” does excel at constantly reminding us that we are in the 70s via its production design.

By Carlos Aguilar FULL REVIEW

San Francisco Chronicle

Jun 30, 2022

At 88 minutes, Minions: The Rise of Gru struggles to find enough story to encompass its run time, ending up feeling substantially longer as a result.

By Zaki Hasan FULL REVIEW

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Sep 17, 2022

Truly one of the movies of all time. I know it because i watched it 1 month late.

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Oct 30, 2023

Minions: the Rise of Gru is not as high quality as the others, but it was still a fun and enjoyable animation. No matter how many movies will be created for Minions, I'll probably watch them all. I love those yellow idiots.

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Jul 6, 2023

I hated the first Minions movie for being so boring and unfunny, I expected this second part to be another forgettable crap but in the end it turned out to be quite acceptable.

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Sep 10, 2023

Very cute, but another instance of a movie studio taking a successful franchise and stuffing politics into a sequel hoping people will tolerate it. The first Minions move seems like that it is going that direction, only to have the most awesome supervillain in the world, who is a woman, get her butt kicked by a tiny male child at the end. Pretty much the same punchline is at the end of this movie, but apparently they had to stuff wokeness into the rest of the film to compensate. So both the end AND the beginning of the last sentence are reasons why this movie is 'no good' on the whole.

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Nov 25, 2022

It's very fun at points but none of the characters are interesting and the story is bland.

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Details

Production Company Universal Pictures, Illumination Entertainment

Release Date Jul 1, 2022

Duration 1 h 27 m

Rating PG

Genres

Tagline Brace yourself.

Website https://www.facebook.com/minions/

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Awards

Kids' Choice Awards, USA

• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

Annie Awards

• 3 Nominations

Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)

• 2 Nominations

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