Movies like Minions: The Rise of Gru

“Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) is a United States 2020s family animated comedy that frames an aspiring-supervillain origin through retro production design. It stages Gru's core conflict—the desire to join an elite villain group—using saturated production palettes, set-extension, and physical prop comedy. The film demonstrates that fabrication-driven craft can make a simple origin premise narratively legible and culturally resonant for family audiences.”