Minions & Monsters (U)
Cast: Bobby Moynihan, Allison Janney, Phil LaMarr, Zoey Deutch, Jeff Bridges, Jesse Eisenberg, Christoph WaltzGenre: Comedy
Author(s): Brian Lynch, Pierre Coffin
Director: Patrick Delage, Pierre Coffin
Release Date: 01/07/2026
Running Time: 90mins
Country: US
Year: 2026
Minions have gleefully served the most diabolical figures on Earth for centuries. One of the lovable lackeys, James, is more interested in sketching fantastical stories in his notebook than serving villainy and his fanciful imaginings attracted a like-minded buddy, Henry. The pair's antics lead the eponymous critters to 1927 Hollywood where James and Henry begin production on their own monster movie populated with real-life beasts conjured from a spell book of dark magic.
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Minions & Monsters (U) Film Review from LondonNet
Lights, cameras, catastrophe! If the gobbledygook-spewing yellow sidekicks ever stormed Hollywood, California’s filmmaking capital would be reduced to rubble. So it proves in the seventh computer-animated adventure in the sprawling Despicable Me universe. This heartfelt valentine to the art of filmmaking directed by Pierre Coffin spends so much time celebrating more than a century of moviemaking magic that it forgets to carve its own footnote in that rich and sprawling history…
An amusing framing device set in the present day follows cheerful tour guide Olivia (voiced by Allison Janney) through an exhibition dedicated to Hollywood, replete with sight gags. The centrepiece is a statue of Minion duo James and Henry. “They are legends!” gushes Olivia, “They changed Hollywood forever”. Olivia educates her clueless tour group about how Minions have gleefully served the most diabolical figures on Earth for centuries. One of the lovable lackeys, James (Coffin), was more interested in sketching fantastical stories in his notebook than serving villainy and his fanciful imaginings attracted a like-minded buddy, Henry (Coffin again).
The pair’s antics led the eponymous critters to 1927 Hollywood where the Minions stampeded a bank robbery sequence being shot by director Max (Christoph Waltz) and his crew. Max screened the ruined footage to his financiers – the hulking Bright Brothers, Frank and Elwood (Jeff Bridges) – and the studio execs unexpectedly loved the “sickly children” gate-crashing the set. Subsequent fame and fortune permitted James and Henry to begin production on their own monster movie populated with real-life beasts conjured from a spellbook of dark magic that they ‘inherited’ from a warlock master. The first creature they summoned, Goomi (Trey Parker), helped Jay and Henry to realise their creative vision but did the green tentacled menace have an ulterior motive?
Minions & Monsters cheekily inserts the capsule-shaped chaos-bringers into seminal moments of cinema, anointing them glittering big screen stars in hit films including The Good, The Bad And The Stupid and Look Behind You And Down, then reduces the Hollywood heroes to zeroes with a casually convoluted plot that combines the suffragette movement, a lovestruck robot and monstrous megalomania. The script, co-written by Brian Lynch and director Coffin, earns sporadic smirks and chuckles by adopting a spaghetti-flinging approach to sight and verbal gags, hoping that something will stick.
An appreciation for early, silent-era cinema certainly helps in the opening 30 minutes: Coffin recreates Buster Keaton surviving a falling wooden house facade in Steamboat Bill Jr and Harold Lloyd dangling from a skyscraper clock face in Safety Last! There is also a sweetly sincere attempt at Minion diversity and inclusion with the introduction of Ed, who communicates using sign language. During pre-production for the monster movie, director Max offers James some advice: “A very cool monster movie needs a very cool monster!” Coffin’s picture almost delivers – Goomi and his hideous kin comfortably serve their purpose – and that’s ultimately the story of Minions & Monsters. The almost very cool sequel.
– Sarah Lee
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