Minions & Monsters is the movie we Mikes NEED right now, and therefore, we are proud to do a film study, especially because of how fun this movie was and what a terrific homage it was to film history.

NON-SPOILER REVIEW:

Reception & Box Office Discussions - 3:11

WHY WE NEED THIS MOVIE SO DESPERATELY - 8:38

A Pierre Coffin & Co-Filmmakers Profile - 10:22

General Thoughts & Rave Reviews - 13:21

Performance Notes & More General Thoughts - 17:50

A Review of the Production Values - 22:17

An Oscar Lens & Overview of the Animated Feature Race - 24:23

SPOILER WARNING - 26:30

SPOILER FILLED REVIEW:

A Tribute To Hollywood History ONLY the Minions could pull off - 27:15

The only legitimate complaint Mike1 has - 30:19

The Framing Device & Why these A & B Storylines work so well together - 32:17

Mike1’s Screenwriting Lesson - 39:25

That Ending & Stinger Scenes - 41:14

What’s Next for the Minions & Despicable Me Franchises? - 47:13

Disney vs Illumination Round 2 - 48:53

Box Office Over/Unders for Moana + Minions & Monsters - 50:24

OUTRO: Stay tuned for more 2026 Film Study Episodes on The Invite, The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, etc. We’re also going to enjoy more episodes of Oscar Race Checkpoint including our Top 10 Films of the Year Thus Far + Fall Festival Lineup Announcements. Plus, we’ll soon be diving into to our Summer Series including our Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Rewatch Series and Mid-Year Oscars Report. Aaaand we discuss Obsession and oh by the way our final grades. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar