That’s the takeaway after “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” the fifth installment in ... What exactly constitutes a film that’s worth leaving the house to see? It’s a valid question these ...

“Minions: The Rise of Gru” may be filled with familiar ... “there’s also a lot of macrame in Gru’s mom’s house and an owl [decoration]” that Balda’s mom had in their house.

If Minions: The Rise of Gru is any indication ... Were this to unfold as Gru’s story, there would have been room for Minion mayhem to slide into the background and give everyone a movie that ...

Minions: The Rise of Gru hits ... melt into the background as an indecipherable blob (a handful of funny gags aside). Sometime later, we’re reintroduced to little Gru (a pitch-shifted Steve ...