Orientation Day

Orientation Day (2010)

** (out of 4)

One of the three minions shorts that were included as bonus features on the DESPICABLE ME release. This one here has three new minions being welcomed into the family but first they must watch an introduction video that shows what they'll be doing at Gru's company. Although this here runs just four-minutes, it's really not all that entertaining. There's not too many laughs to be found here and the story itself lacks the imagination that the other two shorts had. There are a couple nice smiles but that's pretty much it. The animation is good like you'd expect but there's just not much of a story here.

Orientation Day is one of many Minions shorts and is certainly one of the better ones.

It tells the story of 3 minions watching their orientation video and setting off for their very first assignment. Being that it's minions however things don't go to plan.

The minions shorts have been hit and miss but most at least hold the Despicable Me charm and it's demonstrated here.

Hardly groundbreaking and very much limited by its short runtime but still a lot of fun for what it is.

The Good:

Looks and sounds great

Minion charm

The Bad:

Nothing really

Things I Learnt From This Short:

More companies need orientation videos like that!

This short film is about three newly recruited minions attending an orientation day to work at a weapons laboratory. They did not pay attention to the video, hence they make mistakes that leads to disastrous results.

"Orientation Day" is only three and a half minutes long if you exclude the credits, but it manages to squeeze a lot in because of the quick paced plot. I think the orientation video is not as entertaining as it could be, but fortunately the second half of the film showing the minion working in the laboratory is way more entertaining. The second half shows how the minions are simple minded and have no consideration for the consequences of their actions, which is quite funny. I think this is the weakest short animation out of the three I watched.

Three new Minions get their orientation day. First they watch an orientation film. It culminates to them transporting bombs across a narrow walkway. More could probably be done with the orientation film. What I do love is the stupidity of the narrow walkway. It's a fun short with the Minions.