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‘Minions & Monsters’ is, oddly enough, a love letter to Old Hollywood
July 3, 20263:00 AM ET
Stephen Thompson
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Reanna Cruz
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Candice Lim
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Liz Metzger
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Hafsa Fathima
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Mike Katzif
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Jessica Reedy
Minions & Monsters and What’s Making Us Happy
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Ed (voiced by Pierre Coffin) in Minions & Monsters.Illumination & Universal Pictureshide caption
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Illumination & Universal Pictures
Minions & Monsters is the newest addition to the Despicable Mefranchise, but this prequel set the minions loose in 1920s Hollywood. They naturally become superstars in the age of silent film. But, as talkies take over, they struggle to stay relevant — until one of them ends up conjuring some cute but deadly monsters using a dead wizard’s old spell book. After many films featuring the hijinks of the yellow pill-shaped oddballs, does this minions feature give off any old Hollywood charm?
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