Updated on March 3, 2025, by Natasha Elder: The Despicable Me franchise and Minions movies are jam-packed with memorable quotes, many of which come from Gru.From funny jokes to surprisingly ...

It’s a standard kiddie cartoon: noisy, colorful and forgettable. But it does have the Minions to bring the funny. Rating: 2.5 stars out of 4.

The hyperactive henchmen’s antics are back in “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” a prequel explaining how the titular reformed supervillain (voiced by Steve Carell) succumbed to evil as a 12-year-old.

Gru and the Minions are still funny, but the hijinks they get up to are starting to feel a bit too familiar these days — particularly those of the franchise’s little, yellow agents of chaos ...