Familiarity Breed Contempt: The Movie. While there’s probably nothing radically different or even worse in this flick than all the other Despicable Me and Minions movies, the thoroughly average nature of this franchise has become less and less amusing by the very nature of them never getting better (or significantly worse).

In this one, Groo and his family have to go into hiding when a super villain vows revenge and breaks out of prison. It’s a family comedy and fish-out-of-water and Minions-are-superheroes-now, and a half dozen random subplots that felt like episodes of a tv show glued together.

I debated walking out of the movie at the half-way mark. Not because it was aggressively bad, but because we’ve seen all this before and the saminess was just getting to me. I wound up staying… though I booked it as soon as it faded to black and before the mid-credit hilarity could ensue. I doubt I missed anything of note.

Kids will love it and adults might get some jokes to chuckle at… there’s some decent comedy bits angled at an older age demo and The Minions are here to remind us they are sharing the franchise with Groo. It’s just… exactly what you think it is. And I’m kind of over it… not that I was ever thoroughly onboard.

This isn’t a 2.5 star review, it’s a 3 star review that sags under its averageness. And I can’t think of a good reason to go with a charitable 3 stars again. <shrug>

Score: 72