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This time yesterday the family and I were getting seated. Without spoiling anything, I will just say that I found it to be one of the worst movies I've seen in years. I have forgotten better family movies. If you have children in pre-school, they'll *might* enjoy it. Mine are in second grade and older, and they barely batted an eye or reacted to anything in the entire movie. They may as well have watched a filmstrip on Neil Armstrong. If we'd been watching it on DVD I think we would have bagged it and gone outside to play in the rain. I'd give it two stars, and that's generous, based on the quality of the animation and the soundtrack. For me it had absolutely nothing else going for it.
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^Huh. We liked it. Not as good as the other Despicable Me films, but not bad. Worth the $5 a ticket we paid to see it.
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I slept thru the first half.Fresh, not from concentrate.Comment
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I remember seeing the first one in a very crowded theater that was drinking the Kool Aid and laughing hysterically all around my family and me. For whatever reason, they just did not hit our funny bones. At all. But props to whoever came up with such a simple, marketable concept.Comment
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I thought the last Despicable Me film was rough to get through. Steve your review doesn't fill me with much hope.Mortui Vivos Docent
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I think the Minions work best as sidekicks in a movie, but not as the main atttraction.
I liked Despicable I and II, but I'm hesitant about this new one..
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My daughter got to see it yesterday, and she--apparently--loved it. She's 7 1/2.Comment
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I saw the Sponge Bob movie about 6 months ago. It was worse. I actually didn't hate Minions. My biggest complaint is that with so many trailers, they showed the best bits from the first third of the movie. But I would say this is for Minion lovers only, and 7 1/2 year olds.Comment
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I nodded off during the trailer for this film.
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Man, you guys are harsh on the Minions. My house loves the little guys. The movie was fun. I don't expect a ton out of the non-Disney/Pixar animated films. I've sat through MUCH worse for my kids, I'll tell you that.
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Saw it with my 9 year old., and we loved it. As far suggesting this is worst movie of decade and such is mind numbing.. We're you expecting citizen cane of animation? It is exactly what it should be , a fun family movie that actually had great songs and adult gags.
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Haven't seen MINIONS, nor is it on my agenda to drop theater bucks on. I've enjoyed the Minions appearances in the Despicable Me movies (although, I think Megamind may've coined the term for his little helper first, not sure). I would imagine MINIONS would definitely have a strong appeal to the ten and under demographic. I know there's certainly no lack of merchandise for the movie. Between it, Inside Out and Frozen, the stores shelves are brimming over with animated movie trinkets...sigpic Oh then, what's this? Big flashy lighty thing, that's what brought me here! Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually. But give me time. And a crayon.Comment
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Oh, well since you put it that way I take it all back. I didn't see anyone say it's the worst movie of the decade, but I did find it to be the worst I've seen in years. I found the adult gags flat, but did give them credit for trying to put together a Guardians-esque soundtrack. Emeraldknight47 mentions Inside Out and Frozen in his post.......I find the gap between those two and Minions to be epic. I'm happy for everyone that felt like it was money and time well-spent, I wish I could say the same.Comment
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