Minions: The Rise of Gru

2022
PG
1h 27m

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6.5/10

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Computer Animation Adventure Animation Comedy Crime Family Sci-Fi

The untold story of one twelve-year-old's dream to become the world's greatest supervillain.The untold story of one twelve-year-old's dream to become the world's greatest supervillain.The untold story of one twelve-year-old's dream to become the world's greatest supervillain.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

94K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,493

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Awards
- 1 win & 18 nominations

Gru
(voice)

Pierre Coffin

The Minions
(voice)

Alan Arkin

Wild Knuckles
(voice)

Taraji P. Henson

Belle Bottom
(voice)

Michelle Yeoh

Master Chow
(voice)

Julie Andrews

Gru's Mom
(voice)

Russell Brand

Nefario
(voice)

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Jean-Clawed
(voice)

Dolph Lundgren

Svengeance
(voice)

Danny Trejo

Stronghold
(voice)

Lucy Lawless

Nun-Chuck
(voice)

Jimmy O. Yang

Henchman 1
(voice)

Kevin Michael Richardson

Henchman 2
(voice)

John DiMaggio

Henchman 3
(voice)

RZA

Biker
(voice)

Michael Beattie

VNC Announcer
(voice)
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Will Arnett

Mr. Perkins
(voice)

Steve Coogan

Silas Ramsbottom
(voice)

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Storyline

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Trivia
The original soundtrack contains cover versions of 1970's hits, while in the movie, contains the actual versions by their respective artists. For example, "Goodbye to Love" is performed by Phoebe Bridgers on the soundtrack, while in the movie, it is performed by The Carpenters.

Goofs
In the Bank of Evil, Vector's father shows us the same photo that was on his desk in Despicable Me (2010). This would put Vector's age at least the same as Gru's. In the first film, young Gru watches the moon landing. In this film he's supposed to be 11 years old. Set in 1976, that would make young Gru 4 years old in 1969.

Quotes
Gru: [to Otto] Did you just trade my future for a PET ROCK?

Crazy credits
In a mid-credits scene, Gru hires Dr. Nefario in gratitude for an invention of his that helped him steal the stone. Nefario originally declines but decides to join him after he and the Minions beg, giving them a ride on a jet, similar to the one Gru would ride in the future.

Alternate versions
Chinese version adds an addendum which states that Wild Knuckles was caught by the police.

Connections
Edited from The Boss Baby (2017)

Soundtracks
Shining Star
Written by Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn (as Lorenzo Dunn), Maurice White
Performed by Brittany Howard feat. Verdine White
Brittany Howard appears courtesy of ATO Records

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Featured review

9/10

Visually stunning and absolutely hilarious

For reference, here are my ratings for the other movies: Despicable Me - 9 stars. Despicable Me 2 - 7 stars. Minions - 6 stars. Despicable Me 3 - 6 stars.

I am so pleasantly surprised that this is the best one since the original. It fires on all cylinders: comedy, story, visuals, action scenes. It starts out fast and never lets up. The movie flies by. And it has tons of great new characters.

This movie is absolutely hilarious. I was literally in tears in some scenes. The minions are at their very best with so many memorable moments. The story is surprisingly unpredictable and keeps you invested. The visuals are stunningly beautiful. I was mesmerized. And the action scenes are pretty epic, the best of the entire series.

I had a blast with this movie. It's definitely worth seeing on a premium screen, greatly enhancing the visuals and action scenes.

(3 viewings, opening Thursday IMAX 6/30/2022, IMAX 7/6/2022, 7/1/2024)