Minions: The Rise of Gru Trailer

By Reggie's Take on February 5, 2020

Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment released the first full-length trailer for Minions: The Rise of Gru.

Minions: The Rise of Gru takes place in the 1970s and finds a 12-year-old Gru (Voiced by Steve Carell) with dreams of becoming a supervillain; it’s also the follow-up to 2015’s Minions that was set in 1968 that saw our titular characters looking for a new leader to follow. The Rise of Gru however does take place before the events of the Despicable Me movies.

Reggie’s Take:
While I’ve enjoyed the Despicable Me movies for what they are I was never wowed by the Minions movie in 2015. Does it have some funny moments? Sure, but I was never able to fully enjoy it as much.

The previous two movies in the franchise Minions (2015) and Despicable Me 3 (2017) both earned over a billion dollars at the box office something The Rise of Gru will probably have no issues in crossing. After having watched the trailer I do have higher hopes of enjoying this movie more then I did Minions.

Minions: The Rise of Gru opens in theaters on July 3rd.

Official synopsis for Minions: The Rise of Gru
This summer, from the biggest animated franchise in history and global cultural phenomenon, comes the untold story of one 12-year-old’s dream to become the world’s greatest supervillain, in Minions: The Rise of Gru. Teeming with Illumination’s signature subversive humor, pop-culture sophistication, full-hearted emotion, bold music sensibility, and over-the-top action.