Minions & Monsters

The goofy yellow babblers are back, with this delightful installment set during the 1920s in Hollywood. Accidentally breaking into Hollywood during the silent movie era, a few of the hilarious banana-lovers stay in Hollywood to make a monster movie while the rest of their tribe goes looking for the next world conqueror. Of course, they end up releasing several big monsters into Hollywood, and have to clear things up. It’s hilarious fun for the kids, and an ode to movie magic through the ages, but particularly the silent movie era, the transition from silent movies to talkies, and some of the amazing early blockbusters. It currently has an 89% Tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes.

“The filmmakers made this animated jolt of anarchic madness to be watched communally, in darkness, and, most importantly, in a theater.” -Sara Michelle Fetters, MovieFreak.com
“Watching the Minions being fed through Modern Times’ industrial cogs or gatecrashing Buster Keaton’s Steamboat Bill, Jr is a joy.” -Philip De Semlyen, Time Out
“…this seventh entry from the Despicable Me sequence is easily one of the franchise’s most entertaining entries, and the best stand-alone Minions picture” -Tara Brady, Irish Times
“Minons & Monsters is a delightful little slip of a movie. A pure throwback to the early days of cinema, not just in content but in execution.” -Kristen Lopez, The Film Maven
“It’s a genuine triumph, not just in terms of its construction as a kid’s movie comedy sequence but as a distillation of all the cinematic pioneers who paved the way for something like the Minions to exist, must less succeed.” -Clint Worthington, RogerEbert.com
“The unstoppable yellow force of the Despicable Me/Minions franchise continues unabated with one of the strongest, silliest instalments to date.” -Wendy Ide, Observer (UK)
“This is a hoot, combining world-class slapstick with the Pixar-approved strategy of catering to parents, which here means a wave of movie references, from Citizen Kane and Jaws to Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton.” -Ed Potton, The Times (UK)
“Does it make sense? No. Nevertheless, the film is entertaining across generations and well into the credits roll.” -Aparita Bhandari, Globe and Mail
“Frequently very funny and often insightful as it zooms through what amounts to a crash course in the early days of Hollywood moviemaking, this Minions is a compact delight” -Soren Andersen, Seattle Times
“The kids will be sucked in, but the parents might even join the babble, too.” -Brandon Yu, New York Times
“The film does at least freshen up the series formula, slyly using the kid-favorite Minions to smuggle in a celebratory message about the theater-going experience and the enduring power of cinema.” -Derek Smith, Slant Magazine
“Watching Minions and Monsters should count as college credit towards any film studies degree.” -Liz Shannon Miller, Consequence

Minions & Monsters will open at The Clyde on Friday, August 14, and will play at 7:30 Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.