‘Minions & Monsters’ Review: The Minions Feel Right at Home in Hollywood
The seventh Minions film is praised as a charming, frequently funny adventure with a $5.6 billion franchise behind it.
- On Wednesday, July 1, 2026, Minions & Monsters arrives in UK cinemas as the seventh installment in the $5.6 billion animation franchise. Directed by Pierre Coffin, this latest entry serves as a lavish love-letter to Hollywood history.
- In 1920s Hollywood, Minions James and Henry disrupt a movie set, inadvertently ruining a scene directed by European émigré Max . Tour guide Olivia narrates the chaos to visitors in Los Angeles.
- Featuring nods to Citizen Kane, the film crafts a visual homage to cinema, including a 1958 B-movie inspired beast. Star Wars creator George Lucas appears as an exhibit, complaining, "I'd really like to go home now."
- Bright Brothers Pictures producers Frank and Elwood launch the Minions to stardom in films like Tiny Barbarians With Chainsaws. Critics consider this 90-minute feature the best standalone outing in the franchise.
- Movie-Loving adults will discover a deep dive into silent-era Hollywood history, while younger viewers delight in slapstick chaos. This charming, frequently funny adventure maintains the franchise's status as a significant global box office force.
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Somehow, Minions & Monsters Just Might Be the Best Movie in the Entire Despicable Me/Minions Series
Minions & Monsters is in theaters beginning July 1.You can’t deny the amazing box office success of each film, but if you’re not a little kid, it would be understandable if you’re less than hyped for the third Minions movie, AKA the seventh movie in the larger Despicable Me franchise. After all, what new avenues are there possibly left to explore with little banana-obsessed, gibberish-spouting dudes? And yet lo and behold, Minions & Monsters is …
‘Minions & Monsters’ Review: Animated Anarchy Hits Hollywood Hills
While the Toy Story movies look to the digital future of entertainment, the Despicable Me franchise is going way, way back into its analog past. Even movie buffs will be surprised just how much of a deep dive into Hollywood history Pierre Coffin’s latest animated offering, Minions & Monsters, is taking — the opening credits […]
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