'Minions & Monsters' Review: Pierre Coffin's Cine-Literate Slapstick Comedy Explores Hollywood History
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Damon Wise
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Pierre Coffin's latest animated film 'Minions & Monsters' takes a deep dive into Hollywood history, blending arcane references to early cinema pioneers like Eadweard Muybridge, the Lumière brothers, and Georges Méliès with the franchise's signature slapstick comedy. The opening credits trace the Universal logo back to the silent era, and the film offers a cine-literate, deliriously anarchic experience set in the Hollywood Hills.
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· 3 pulledEven movie buffs will be surprised just how much of a deep dive into Hollywood history Pierre Coffin's latest animated offering is taking
The opening credits alone trace the history of the Universal logo back to the silent-era days of The Trans-Atlantic Film Company
Arcane references to Eadweard Muybridge, the Lumière brothers and Georges Méliès are mostly just sophisticated window-dressing for an enjoy
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