Review: 'Minions & Monsters' as an Unexpected Love Letter to Cinema
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Alison Willmore
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A critic who had never seen a Minions or Despicable Me film reviews 'Minions & Monsters,' arguing that the franchise serves as a genuine love letter to cinema — akin to 'The Artist' or 'Babylon' — complete with references to classic films and filmmaking tropes, culminating in a giant orange blob-monster attack. The piece explores how the Minions franchise, despite its commercial and meme-driven reputation, contains sincere cinematic homage and craft.
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Minions & Monsters is a full-blown love letter to cinema — kind of like 'The Artist' or 'Babylon,' only with a giant orange blob-monster attack at the end.
I nevertheless have a pretty good sense of what their whole deal is, because I live in the world and, more important, because I spend too much time online.
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