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Are you looking for the Minions: The Rise of Gru review? The Minions are small yellow yammerers dressed in overalls and goggles, whose demeanor is typically simultaneously energetic and carefree. Minions are so well-liked that they serve as the focal point of two ostensibly separate animated film franchises.
In their most recent film, “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” which was helmed by Kyle Balda, Brad Abelson, and Jonathan Del Val, the arguably epicene creatures once more attempt to aid their master Gru. However, as the film’s title suggests, this time around, Gru is a young child, and the setting is the 1970s cartoon era.
Movie Minions: The Rise of Gru review
Most children desire to become physicians, firefighters, or astronauts when they grow up. Not Gru, an 11-year-old, though. In the 1970s, as he becomes older, Gru aspires to be a supervillain.
The Minions, a group of yellow, Twinkie-like figures who enjoy mayhem but aren’t particularly good at it, are already on his payroll as henchmen. His first sinister hideout is being built. Additionally, he created a jet bike. To fulfill his desire, he simply needs to impress the Vicious 6, a group of the most well-known criminals in the world.
The mini-boss of the Minions, however, doesn’t pique the curiosity of the Vicious 6. Belle Bottom, the captain of the crew, enquires, “You truly think a small little youngster can be a villain?”
“Yes. I am pretty despicable,” Gru defends.
“Come back when you’ve done something evil to impress me!” Belle demands.
Gru is a quick thinker. He robs the Vicious 6 of the Zodiac Stone, a magical artifact that dates back thousands of years that they themselves stole in order to defeat the Anti-Villain League.
Unluckily, Gru gives one of his Minions the Stone, and they soon misplace it. Before Gru can retrieve it, Wild Knuckles, the former leader of the Vicious 6, kidnaps him. Wild Knuckles wants the Stone for himself so that he may exact revenge on his former team for attempting to kill him.
Now, before the Vicious 6 can rule the world, it is up to the incompetent Minions to find the Stone and save Gru.
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Positive elements
The Minions are quite nice despite their love of mayhem and trouble. They don’t cause trouble because they want to be mean; rather, they do it because they find it funny and think others will too.
Gru is also quite endearing, despite his assertions to the contrary. Yes, he enjoys gloatingly eating ice cream in front of others who are working out to reduce weight. But when his minions experience nightmares, he also lets them sleep in his bed.
Both Gru and Wild Knuckles learn the crucial lesson that they cannot accomplish anything on their own. Furthermore, having people you can rely on and who will always stand with you is crucial.
As the Minions are being assaulted, an elderly woman steps up to defend them. After noticing that a Minion is perishing in the heat, a guy offers to take it out of the desert.
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Spiritual elements
The Vicious 6 can change into strong animals, along with other people, thanks to the Zodiac Stone’s mysterious properties. Several times, the Stone glows on its own, and when it is initially picked up, we see the entrance of animal spirits.
The Minions are taught by a kung fu master to control their “inner beast,” which causes their eyes to burn red, causes them to sprint with fire, and allows them to blast people with an airburst produced by their voices. The same person, who possesses strong abilities herself, also practices acupuncture.
Nun-Chuck is the moniker of one of the Vicious 6. She carries her nunchucks in the form of a crucifix, wears a nun’s habit, and even crosses herself in prayer. It is revealed that she enters her ship, which is made to resemble a church organ, by appearing to levitate with a blazing light over her head. In response to her malevolent schemes, she screams “Hallelujah” and refers to Gru as a “devil kid.”
One of the many visual references to icons from the 1970s, in this case, Mother Bernadette from The Exorcist, is undoubtedly the demonic nun.
The Minions dress like angels with wings and haloes for a funeral. Gru’s mother does yoga and meditation with a guru. They perform a gospelized rendition of the Rolling Stones’ popular song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” in their mangled Minion language.
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Sexual contents
Minions frequently experience overalls that come undone. As a result, we can see a few of their bare behinds. In addition, Gru’s bare behind is partially visible when he dries off after taking a shower. He briefly dances around in a towel before putting on some tighty whities.
A Minion tries to exchange kisses for kung fu training (he is rejected). In sequences done mainly for laughs, a few Minions dress as women and conceal tennis balls under their costumes to make them resemble real women. One Minion dances and rattles his bottom repeatedly.
A man grabs hold of a spike between his legs to help him sit up after falling upon a bed of spikes.
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Violent contents
Someone is seen to plunge tens of thousands of feet into a river, seemingly meeting his end. However, that figure only has a black eye to show for it when they later appear.
A man stumbles into a mine and nearly gets impaled by a spike bed. He manages to squeeze all of his limbs between them, but we can still make out the heads of other unfortunate victims. Hundreds of golden robots in the form of various animals are also attacking him.
Numerous bad characters, including Gru, drive carelessly and occasionally cause accidents. (They also intentionally damage a few vehicles during a car pursuit.) The movie features fighting among characters. And following a run-in with a kung fu master, some henchmen are shown wearing casts even though they largely escape uninjured.
The Zodiac Stone is used by Belle Bottom to change into a huge serpent. She then devours a Minion and ignites Wild Knuckles (though both survive their respective attacks). To stretch Gru out until the Minions rescue him, the Vicious 6 also bind him to a clock tower.
With a massive spinning blade on a massive record player playing disco music, Wild Knuckles threatens to murder Gru, saying that if the disco doesn’t kill him, the blade would. But ultimately he switches the device off.
The fingers of a man bang into a door. Gru is suspended from a balcony by some goons. The latter’s pet crocodiles come close to devouring both him and Wild Knuckles. A man is electrocuted, but he survives (his skeleton is visible at the time). Wild Knuckles’ home is demolished by The Vicious 6.
A Minion is set ablaze (and we later see him charred black but completely unharmed). A Hammer is used by one Minion to strike another. A duck attacks the victim.
From beginning to end, this movie mostly consists of violent pratfalls that are meant to be funny.
Drugs and alcohol contents
It can be seen in this Minions: The Rise of Gru review that there are no drugs and alcohol contents in this movie. However, as a car fills with smoke after a cassette tape explosion, parents and teenagers might see an allusion to hotboxing (especially since a Minion hops out and starts blowing smoke rings).
Another overt reference to marijuana use in the 1970s can be seen in this scene, but parents will probably understand it and small children almost likely won’t.
Other negative elements
Cheating
Although Gru’s sins are quite minor, it’s crucial for kids to understand that they shouldn’t be repeated even though he professes to be nasty. He and the Minions utilize a cheese-ray gun to get free ice cream, cheat at arcade games, and then use the same ice cream to make fun of gym patrons. (The Minions initially deceived Gru into recruiting them by simulating rain with a water hose.)
Stealing
Individuals steal, kidnap, and lie. In order for his companion to rob a bank, a man pretends to have a heart attack. Later, he poses as dead to escape capture.
Dangerous behaviors
The entire movie contains numerous gags regarding flatulence. (Gru drops a flatulence bomb into a theater so he and his Minions can watch Jaws.) A Minion is drawn inside an airplane bathroom. The villains’ bank, the Bank of Evil, is reached via a urinal. Sneezing into another Minion’s mouth.
The Minions recklessly pilot a plane full of passengers, frightening some of them and causing some of them to become green.
Bullying
Gru’s classmates make fun of him for wanting to be a supervillain. Otto, a different Minion, is teased by other Minions for chatting excessively (and Gru tells him to “shut his yapper” after Otto displeases him).
In addition, the 1969 countercultural statement film Easy Rider receives visual homage in a number of scenes with a motorcycle rider in the desert.
Conclusion – Minions: The Rise of Gru review
Above is the in-depth Minions: The Rise of Gru review. Even evil characters require reliable companions.
The Vicious 6 was founded by Wild Knuckles in order to engage in illegal activities with his friends. However, they were more concerned with their position of power than they were with the elderly man. Consequently, they betrayed him, leaving Knuckles all by himself.
When Gru was given the chance to interview with the Vicious 6, he became so certain that he wanted to join the gang that he fired his devoted Minions. Gru, however, comes to the conclusion that he doesn’t require the coolest, baddest pals possible after seeing Wild Knuckles’ heartbreak. He needs confidant buddies. And despite all of their shortcomings, the Minions have never disappointed him down when it really counted.
That’s a sweet message to come from a movie about vile bad guys who abduct and murder people (or at least try to). But nobody actually perishes here, despite the Vicious 6’s threats and best efforts.
The Minions come next. They can hardly be destroyed. They will remain cheerful despite being lit on fire, broken with a hammer, or even having a safe dropped on their heads. Actually, the only issue is that you might need to instruct your children to refrain from replicating their absurd, comedic behaviors at home.
There is no explicit sexual content or language. We do get a few glimpses of the Minions’ (and Gru’s) bare behinds, but these are purely for amusement purposes.
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