In fact the story is as paper thing as you can get. Minions: The Rise of Gru is not exactly a deep movie. Only problems is, Gru doesn’t have the stone and now it’s up to Otto, Kevin, Stuart and Bob to save their boss, get the stone back, and try not to make even MORE of a mess of things than they already have. Now Gru is being tracked by the Vicious 6 (Vicious 5 now I guess?) as WELL as Wild Knuckles who is attempting to regain his status as leader of the group. Gru steals the stone in an effort to prove his worth to the team, only for things to backfire when Otto loses the stone on their way back to their “headquarters” (e.g., his mother’s basement).
With the help of his minion friends, Gru tries his best to impress the remaining 5 members of the Vicious 6, only to get jeered at and turned away due to his age. It’s back in the 1970s and 11 year old Gru is trying to his hardest to get into the Vicious 6, the world famous criminal organization who just so happens to have an opening for another villain after they double crossed their boss Wild Knuckles (Alan Arkin) looking for the Zodiac Stone. The minions are back, and while they’re the “main” focus of the movie, are also sharing screen time with an 11 and ¾ year old Gru (Steve Carrell again) in another wild adventure. The whole “take my money!” Futurama meme is in full swing here, with yet another mindlessly cute film with our favorite yellow eraser head side kicks quite literally allowing the studio to laugh their way to the bank. They became the stars of the show overnight, pulling people towards the sequels even more than Gru ever could, and while the spin-off minion movies haven’t been stellar films, they still are vomiting cash towards the studio like a revolving door.
I really enjoyed Despicable Me, bust just like Achmed the dead terrorist was for Jeff Dunham, I don’t think anyone could have forseen just HOW big of a runaway hit the minions were going to be for Universal. What started out as a cute family movie for Universal soon turned into a LITERAL cash cow for the studio.
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