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Minions (2015)

Minions poster
Directed by
Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin
Genre
comedy film, heist film, children's film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 11,162 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The Minions are a species of yellow creatures who have served evil masters for centuries. They accidentally cause their leaders to die, so they set out to find a new supervillain to work for.

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What happens

Minions is a 2015 American animated comedy film directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda and written by Brian Lynch. Produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, it is a prequel to Despicable Me (2010) and the first installment in the Minions series. The film features the voices of Coffin (as the Minions), Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Steve Coogan and Jennifer Saunders, with Geoffrey Rush as the narrator. In the film, the Minions search for their replaceable evil boss after, one-by-one, accidentally killing all their past leaders throughout history. Minions premiered in London on June 11, 2015, and was released in the United States on July 10, by Universal. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $1.16 billion, becoming the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2015, the second-highest-grossing animated film and the tenth-highest-grossing film of all time. It began a film series consisting of two subsequent films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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