Minions & Monsters (2026)
Directed by Pierre Coffin
This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created.
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Maybe it’s a stretch, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that this may be Babylon for kids.
Screw Damien Chazelle’s Babylon or even La La Land; this one is for the fools who dream…
…shades of Babylon: Minions…
¿Quién hubiera dicho, además, que tendría más de una similitud con la caótica “Babylon”, de Damien Chazelle?
A story of the transition from silent cinema to talkies in the vein of “Singin’ in the Rain” or “Babylon,”…
…(let’s try to forget the wretched BABYLON)…
Screw Damien Chazelle’s Babylon or even La La Land; this one is for the fools who dream…
And then there was a guy hanging off a clock; that was Harold Lloyd, who made this fantastic movie called Safety Last!
…after mostly echoing films from a far earlier era, like The Great Train Robbery and Safety Last!
Homages to Safety Last!, Steamboat Bill, Jr., Jaws, A Trip to the Moon, The Mummy, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Metropolis are among the many callbacks movie fans can enjoy.
Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor’s Safety Last!
…with explicit references to Safety Last!, Steamboat Bill Jr., Modern Times, and Citizen Kane, among others…
Kids will surely be delighted to see the likes of A Trip to the Moon, Modern Times, Safety Last!, Steamboat Bill, Jr., Casablanca, and more, rendered through the frivolous lens of Illumination’s anodyne, elastic, rounded animation style…
A story of the transition from silent cinema to talkies in the vein of “Singin’ in the Rain” or “Babylon,”…
We get a nice riff on the oft-told tale of silents going from sound, perhaps best seen in SINGING IN THE RAIN…
You'd probably imagine something similar to Hail, Caesar!, The Artist, or even Singin' in the Rain, right?
If that premise sounds suspiciously like Singin’ in the Rain or The Artist by way of Illumination, well, that’s because it kinda is.
…everything comes crashing down "Singin' in the Rain" style with the advent of sound…
Essentially, Minions & Monsters is the kids’ version of The Artist – down to the conflict rooted in the protagonists’ failure to adapt to talkies…
You'd probably imagine something similar to Hail, Caesar!, The Artist, or even Singin' in the Rain, right?
…perhaps best seen in SINGING IN THE RAIN and THE ARTIST…
If that premise sounds suspiciously like Singin’ in the Rain or The Artist by way of Illumination, well, that’s because it kinda is.
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…an early chase scene aboard a train visually nodding to the iconic housefront gag in “Steamboat Bill, Jr.”
Homages to Safety Last!, Steamboat Bill, Jr., Jaws, A Trip to the Moon, The Mummy, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Metropolis are among the many callbacks movie fans can enjoy.
Charles Reisner and Buster Keaton’s Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Buster Keaton’s 1928 film “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” Keaton is not the titular character and this film is best known for the facade of a house falling down, barely missing Keaton’s character.
Kids will surely be delighted to see the likes of A Trip to the Moon, Modern Times, Safety Last!, Steamboat Bill, Jr., Casablanca, and more, rendered through the frivolous lens of Illumination’s anodyne, elastic, rounded animation style…
…a rocket-ride to overnight stardom that is covered in a very funny News on the March-style newsreel, one of several nods to Citizen Kane…
Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, George Lucas, Universal monster movies, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, and countless other classics are lovingly celebrated throughout.
…la gran cantidad de referencias que incluye a filmes como “Ciudadano Kane”, “Casablanca” o “El día que la Tierra se detuvo”…
…lessons in movie history from Chaplin to “Citizen Kane”…
Rosebud scene from “Citizen Kane” (1941).
…referencing Citizen Kane and The Maltese Falcon in a Minions movie is such an unorthodox way of introducing children to this era…
Homages to Safety Last!, Steamboat Bill, Jr., Jaws, A Trip to the Moon, The Mummy, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Metropolis are among the many callbacks movie fans can enjoy.
Metropolis’ Maschinenmensch…
But after watching “Minions & Monsters” make nods to “Metropolis” and “Casablanca,” I understand.
…donde se ven estatuas de la Maschinenmensch de “Metrópolis”, de Fritz Lang…
“The Wolf Man” (1941) and “Creature from the Black Lagoon.”
Homages to Safety Last!, Steamboat Bill, Jr., Jaws, A Trip to the Moon, The Mummy, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Metropolis are among the many callbacks movie fans can enjoy.
…donde se ven estatuas de la Maschinenmensch de “Metrópolis”, de Fritz Lang, la Criatura del Lago Negro y hasta Neo, de “Matrix”…
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“The Blob” was a 1958 science fiction horror film distributed by Paramount…
…including one orange bug-eyed beast that seems inspired by The Blob, the 1958 B-movie starring Steve McQueen…
…a climax that is part "The Blob"…
…with nods toward “The Blob” and “The Day the Earth Stood Still.”
…including “Dracula” (1931), “Frankenstein” (1931), “The Mummy” (1932), “The Invisible Man” (1933), “Bride of Frankenstein” (1935), “The Wolf Man” (1941)…
Homages to Safety Last!, Steamboat Bill, Jr., Jaws, A Trip to the Moon, The Mummy, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Metropolis are among the many callbacks movie fans can enjoy.