'Minions & Monsters' Review: A Mostly Delightful Seventh Entry with Vintage Slapstick Charm
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Guy Lodge
Summary
A review of 'Minions & Monsters' (Despicable Me 4), the seventh entry in the franchise directed by Pierre Coffin. The review praises the film's first half as smarter, wilder, and funnier, noting how it explicitly pays homage to vintage slapstick comedy icons like Buster Keaton. While the film is described as mostly delightful, the review suggests it's stronger in its opening half.
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Variety'Minions & Monsters' Review: A Mostly Delightful Seventh Entry with Vintage Slapstick Charmvariety.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThe frenetic antics of Illumination's mascot army of yellow miscreants have always been indebted to vintage slapstick.
Pierre Coffin makes that influence official, explicitly referencing the likes of Buster Keaton.
It's smarter, wilder and funnier in the first half, but Pierre Coffin's 'Minions & Monsters' is a mostly delightful seventh entry in the franchise.
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