Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Viewers of Minions: The Rise of Gru …
Who doesn’t like the Minions? We meet 11-year-old Gru as he aspires to join the supervillain group he idolizes: The Vicious Six, led by Belle Bottom, the upstart who tricks and then banishes the group’s old leader Wild Knuckles. In a characteristically boisterous first act, we see Gru interviewing for the vacancy thus opened up at The Vicious Six, whose …