Film Review – Minions & Monsters

“Minions & Monsters” is the seventh installment of the “Despicable Me” franchise, which has been steadily growing since the 2010 release of the original feature. Animation studio Illumination has been cranking out movies with impressive regularity, and with their latest offering, the production is out to make a film that’s in love with filmmaking. The Minions go Hollywood in their latest endeavor, and while there are monsters promised in the title, the screenplay (by Brian Lynch and Pierre Coffin, who also directs) is more interested in the yellow mischief makers and their experiences in Los Angeles. “Minions & Monsters” isn’t the most rigidly structured picture, creating some storytelling unevenness, but, as with the rest of the “Minions” offerings, there’s a fun factor here to carry the viewing experience. And movie fans will have a ball tracking all the cinema references included here. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com