Another Minions movie is headed to theaters on Wednesday and traders believe the critics will love it.
The Kalshi market for Minions & Monsters’ Rotten Tomatoes rating forecasts a Tomatometer rating of 89%, well above the 60% “fresh” threshold.
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What’s it about?
The third spin-off movie from the Despicable Me franchise takes audiences back to the 1920s and the dawn of Hollywood cinema.
The film features two brand-new minions named James and Henry who are searching for an evil master to serve when they find themselves on the set of a major Hollywood motion picture.
Their unexpected appearance in a major production turns them into overnight movie stars. They start living the movie star lifestyle but their stardom falls when movies move from silent to sound. It turns out that movie audiences aren’t ready for “talkies” where the stars speak in Minionese.
James and Henry find themselves down on their luck, so they decide to go the indie movie route to make their own film and become the toast of Tinseltown once again. They decide to make a monster movie and instead of relying on actors in rubber suits, they use an ancient spellbook to summon some real monsters that run amok. Now it’s up to James and Henry to fix their mistake and save the world from the monsters they brought into it.
The Fresh reviews
Early reviews have been overwhelmingly positive, which may help explain why traders continue to forecast a Rotten Tomatoes score near 90%.
The Wrap’s Drew Taylor caught Illumination Studios’ newest film at the premiere during the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. He praised it as a charming, love letter to the Hollywood of yesteryear and the movies in general.
“The entire thing feels alive in a way that the Despicable Me franchise, as a whole hasn’t in a while,” Taylor wrote. “What makes the series fun is that it is usually made up of gangbusters comedic moments that more or less add up to a cohesive and entertaining whole. Even when they don’t entirely hang together, there’s something to admire about a franchise that is so intensely gag-focused.”
Empire Magazine’s John Nugent also praised Minions & Monsters as an earnest and funny ode to the art of moviemaking that breathes new life into the Despicable Me and Minions franchises. He also loved that it has a great sense of silliness that seems to be missing from most modern movies.
“The overall tone remains as juvenile as ever,” Nugent wrote. “It is goofy and giggly and resolutely wedded to stupidity. There’s little attempt to add much depth to the story, in the way that Pixar might try to – it is essentially, once again, just a series of contrived opportunities for the little guys to get up to chaotic mischief. And so it goes. The world keeps on turning.”
Variety’s Guy Lodge liked how Minions & Monsters evolves the concept of the minions to something more than just obedient helpers of an evil madman. It gives them a purpose to create mischief in other worlds beyond their own.
He also called it “a clear peak for the series: a Minions movie with an actual idea at its core beyond general cheerful chaos, and proof that the pill-shaped devils are served better as stars than as sidekicks.”
The Rotten reviews
No negative reviews have surfaced yet ahead of the film’s Wednesday release, which lines up with traders pricing the score well above the "Fresh" threshold.
The takeaway:
Kalshi markets now predict:
Minions & Monsters’ Rotten Tomatoes rating: 89%
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