Illumination is the Studio That Minions Built. And, indeed, their latest film starts with a Minions short, high on physical comedy, short on logic, with much harmless destruction, fire and nudity. While I prefer my incomprehensible euro-muttering-creatures in the form of Rabid Rabbids, it's a reasonable enough short.
The feature that follows is, alas, generic family movie stuff. Slightly selfish protagonist gets an intruder into his comfortable life and ends up having an adventure in the outside world that bonds them, straight out of Toy Story? Check. Celebrity voices? Check. Lotsa running around and yelling? Check. Character motivations that seem to shift at random? Check. Major property damage? Check.
The character designs are reasonably cute, there are some nice people in the voice cast, but this one doesn't really break any new mould or do anything particularly better than anything you've seen before. Middle of the road.
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