This starts off brilliantly with some funny gags about the history of the minions - accidentally killing dinosaurs, cavemen, Dracula (the death toll of this is high). I appreciate how the minions are sent to the Arctic by Napoleon until the 1960s, thereby avoiding any annoying questions about them helping the Belgians in the Congo, Stalin, Hitler, etc.
But it struggles as it goes on - maybe "struggles" is the wrong word, because the movie has a lot of pace and energy and colour - but really its a series of chase sequences to some 60s hit. Scarlet Overkill isn't a particularly memorable villain; characters are introduced as if they're going to be important (like that family who give them a lift at the beginning, or Nobert the "idiot" who gets a close up) and not seen again. It feels made up as it goes along.
There are some funny jokes and the cast of voices is top notch.
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