For a not small segment of the audience for “Minions: Rise of Gru,” only one thing really needs to be said. The Minions are in it. That’s enough. Now five films and 12 years into the “Despicable Me” ...

Previous entries in the series played like zany feature-length cartoons. This one feels like someone shoehorned a handful of shorts into a slightly messy 90-minute movie. Returning director Chris ...