No point in writing a long review for this one. As with the first film I am at a loss to understand why the franchise is so popular. Sure, the Minions are sort of cute and even occasionally amusing in small doses but here they are used to get all the laughs and they quickly outstay their welcome.

Whilst I disliked the first film at least it had a proper plot whereas this is a series of thinly connected slapstick sketches that are never particularly funny. Even at just over 90-minutes the story is protracted and surprisingly dull given the larger than life characters and pratfalls. It might look slick but this is soulless, excruciatingly long and simply no fun.

Well slap my granny and call me Nellie. This was more fun than a barrel full of minions.

Fun sequel which sees Gru recruited to join the Anti-Villain League to defeat the evil Eduardo.
As with the original movie, the minions are the stars of the show.
Consistently funny throughout, this is despicably good.

Second movie I've watched in 3D outside of a theater - thanks to my friend's awesome setup. This looked magnificent, I think I may have even enjoyed the movie a bit more this time due to it.

Once again, if you ignore the amount of minions stuff that sprung from this, it was a pretty good film
4,5 stars because really they should be able to do the animation better than this.

I'm not a particular "Minion's" fan, and this one leaned into them a lot more. The story is kooky and it's endearing. Lucy is cool.

Move over Idris Elba, we’ve found our new 007 Jones Bond and his name is GRU. spoiler alert: he gets the girl in this one, and it’s everything you ever wanted it to be and more. The kids are so used to having no parents. It makes you really hope they can adjust to such a drastic change. they seem pretty scrappy though. would really love to see the minions on the big screen yet again

Von der Handlung her gefiel mir der erste Teil etwas besser, dafür haben hier die Minions mehr Screenpräsenz, und die rocken einfach alles weg. Ich könnt mich über die echt totlachen, ein Minions-Film ohne den Rest würde ich sofort begrüßen (glaube aber, dass der dann in die Hose geht). Der Film macht spaß, keine Frage, aber The Croods hat mir auch einen kleinen Tick besser gefallen, was aber eher an der überragenden Technik und dem tollen 3D Bild lag. Mein Favorit unter den Animationsfilmen ist aber nach wie vor Rango.

this movie played a pitbull song in it so it's automatically valid in my book

Am Ende habe ich mich ähnlich unterhalten gefühlt, wie bereits beim Vorgänger. Während ich bei diesem den Anfang schwach fand, ist es dieses Mal der Mittelteil und das Finale. Dafür sind die Charaktere insgesamt besser gestaltet und auch die Minions sorgen erneut für Spaß. Ich finde leider immer noch den Humor des Filmes sehr schwierig, da er teilweise wirklich nur für Kinder sein soll, was mich persönlich etwas stört, da dadurch teilweise der Flow des Filmes gestört wird.
Am Ende ist der Film nicht schlecht, hat aber einfach zu wenig neue Ideen.

7/10

Giving this FIVE STARS only because Ivan and I managed to watch this specifaclly at the same time without knowing and sending pictures of the same scene at the same time - SO this is something to remember forever. Thanks Gru