Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.6
Overview
In the heart of the 1970s, amidst a flurry of feathered hair and flared jeans, Gru (Steve Carell) is growing up in the suburbs. A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become e...
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
FemPower: Yes
Overview
In the heart of the 1970s, amidst a flurry of feathered hair and flared jeans, Gru (Steve Carell) is growing up in the suburbs. A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become e...
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's focus on universal themes of ambition, friendship, and finding one's identity, presented within a comedic, apolitical supervillain origin story, prevents it from aligning with any specific political ideology.
The film features a visibly diverse voice cast and character designs, particularly among the new villain group, without explicitly recasting traditionally white roles. Its narrative is a lighthearted animated comedy that does not critique traditional identities, focusing instead on the protagonist's origin story and adventures.
Secondary
The film features Belle Bottom, a skilled martial artist and leader of the Vicious 6, who is shown to be victorious in direct physical combat against multiple male opponents using melee weapons and hand-to-hand techniques.
Minions: The Rise of Gru does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on Gru's origin story and the Minions' adventures, with no elements pertaining to queer identity or relationships, resulting in no depiction to evaluate.
The film introduces new characters and depicts younger versions of established characters like Gru and Dr. Nefario. All characters maintain their canonical gender from previous installments or are original to this film, thus lacking a prior gender to swap from.
Minions: The Rise of Gru is a prequel to an existing animated franchise. All established characters maintain their original racial depictions, and new characters introduced in this film do not constitute race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
6.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
6.5
7.3
Critic Ratings
6.9
5.6
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