Banana

December. 13,2010      G
Rating:
7.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The Minions fight over a delicious banana... but is that all they want?!

Pierre Coffin as  Minions (Various) (voice)

Similar titles

Dad's Dead
Dad's Dead
Our narrator looks fondly back at his childhood in Liverpool and the antics of his best friend Johnno. Well known for being a showman and a keen one for joking and the like, Johnno starts to change for the worse after he announced that his father has died.
Dad's Dead 2002
Insect Poetry
Insect Poetry
Stop-motion animation illustrates nature-themed poetry.
Insect Poetry 2002
The Mansion Cat
The Mansion Cat
The owner of a large house tells Tom he's going away for a while, the house is in perfect shape, and that he doesn't want Tom blaming "the mouse" (who's a family pet, in a cage) this time.
The Mansion Cat 2001
Early Bird
Early Bird
The morning shift at a big-city radio station.
Early Bird 1983
Impossible Figures and Other Stories I
Impossible Figures and Other Stories I
Impossible Figures and other stories I is the first and—paradoxically—the final part of the triptych. The city, which is its subject, grows not only in space but, most importantly, in time. With all consequences.
Impossible Figures and Other Stories I 2021

You May Also Like

Minions: Home Makeover
Minions: Home Makeover
A social worker is coming to Gru's house to check if it's suitable for children. Margo, Edith, Agnes and the Minions must take care of the situation.
Minions: Home Makeover 2010
Minions: Orientation Day
Minions: Orientation Day
With so many jobs to choose from, the Minions have to make serious decisions after watching an 'Initiation Video'. What could go wrong?!
Minions: Orientation Day 2010
Panic in the Mailroom
Panic in the Mailroom
Two Minions are busy at work in the mailroom. One of them, bored, decides to throw a box of expired PX-41 samples into its designated chute.
Panic in the Mailroom 2013
Minions: Training Wheels
Minions: Training Wheels
Margo, Edith, and Agnes spot an ice cream truck. The three of them go after the truck but Agnes falls as she attempts to pedal to the truck. The Minions, seeing her so upset by this, decide to build her a unicorn-themed motorcycle. Agnes goes for a little ride around town.
Minions: Training Wheels 2013
Puppy
Puppy
A Minion, seeing many owners walk their dogs, wants a puppy of his own. He tries to leash a ladybug but fails. Luckily, a UFO that sweeps away the ladybug somehow agrees to become a Puppy.
Puppy 2013
Mower Minions
Mower Minions
The Minions need to raise $20 to purchase an as seen on TV banana blender. So they take up lawn mowing at an old folks home, with hilarious antics!
Mower Minions 2016
The Secret Life of Kyle
The Secret Life of Kyle
After the events of Despicable Me 3, we follow Kyle and his secret life when Gru and his family are gone.
The Secret Life of Kyle 2017
Despicable Me Presents: Minion Madness
Despicable Me Presents: Minion Madness
Three new mini-movies from the creators of Despicable Me. Orientation Day: Three freshly cloned minions go through the wacky orientation process at the evil laboratories of Gru. Home Makeover: The minions "assist" Edith, Margo & Agnes in a home makeover when they find out a social worker is going to pay them a visit. Watch the crazy antics ensue! Banana: A minion finds a banana in his lunch bag. To what lengths will the other minions go through to steal away that coveted yellow goodness?
Despicable Me Presents: Minion Madness 2010
No Time for Nuts
No Time for Nuts
Scrat comes across a time machine and is transported to various times all in pursuit of his beloved acorn.
No Time for Nuts 2006
Cro Minion
Cro Minion
Two minions have to babysit a little Neanderthal baby.
Cro Minion 2015

Reviews

Pluskylang
2010/12/13

Great Film overall

... more
Fairaher
2010/12/14

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

... more
Kaydan Christian
2010/12/15

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

... more
Hattie
2010/12/16

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

... more
Platypuschow
2010/12/17

I like Minions, the fact that I've (I believe) seen everything ever made of them and the Despicable Me universe is likely a testament to that.Here in this roughly 3 minute effort we see the entire factory of Minions chasing after and competing for a banana.It's silly, it's childish but it just works and is loaded full of charm and almost WB style funny moments.Really watchable stuff for all ages.The Good:CharmingMinions!The Bad:Animation isn't quite at usual standardThings I Learnt From This Short:BANANA!

... more
Tim K (Gosta1337)
2010/12/18

Once in a lifetime you'll come across a film that truly captures the history and cultural distinctions of the modern world the way a person can subjectively perceive it through our guided field of perspective. I have to admit, I had my doubts when I first learned of the movie. After all, Banana? Will this movie even be good? How ignorant was I to even have these thoughts. Little did I know I was about to indulge in what may have been the best 4 minutes of my life. The movie started out strong. The opening scenes enticed the audience with a captivating enigma. I was so taken aback from the next-generation animation that I almost didn't even realize the underlying symbolism in the ongoing scenes. It wasn't until my twenty sixth viewing of the movie where I finally got my bearings together and was able to focus on the gripping and labyrinthine stratagem. The underlying analogy for 19th century distopianism and the evangelical deviation of typical orthodoxy was enlightening to say the least. Just when I thought the movie could not get any better, the increasing conflict before the climax began. I could not believe the complexity of the story as the main protagonist, Banana, struggled with the everyday endeavors for a quintessential fruit such as the consistent up- hill altercation of the fight against misogyny and the fiscal synergy of opposing interplanetary dynamism's. There I was, gripping to my chair as the conflict of the movie began. I was so enticed by the movie that I felt as if I was both practically and relatively apart of the movie. This is a special kind of high that not even the strongest of drugs can give you. Was I part of the movie? Am I inside the movie right now? This movie will leave you questioning existential nihilism and the objective skepticism of our perceived valuation of anthropological existence. At this point in the film, I was fully intoxicated by the avant-garde animated art style. That's when the plot finally aggrandized and I was completely stupefied. You could have lived a thousand years of isolation trying to predict the plot twist and you would never even scratch the surface of what actually transpires in the movie. I was so bewildered that I actually had to pause the movie so that my existential crisis didn't dive too deep inside of myself. Even pausing the movie was surreal. It's almost as if life paused with the movie. I felt as though I had actually become a cinematic tangent quantum. The effects are still wearing off and I haven't been able to watch the movie in several years. I spent the following seven years afraid of what outside of my house actually looks like. Every single day and night I live in misery because I became fully aware that happiness is never achievable. I realized that human life has absolutely no meaning and that no matter what I ever do, it is of complete unimportance and in years from now, no recollection of my existence will prevail, meaning that if I died years ago, died now, or die sometime in the future it will not matter whatsoever to anyone. But, then again, the fact that I'm living doesn't matter either so I might as well stick around for awhile, living in complete isolation, condemned to a life of traumatic memories and a completely corrupted sub-conscience. Banana literally ruined my life. 10/10

... more
ingemar-4
2010/12/19

You don't have to be a fan of the minions to appreciate this. Rather, I am not a fan of them since I consider them a Raving Rabbids ripoff, but this one is funny. It manages to make quite a bit of fun of the simple idea of desiring a banana. It may be a bit one-eyed (pun intended) but that is why it works. Thumbs up!I found this on a DVD with half a dozen shorts. The others also had their points, but I found this to be the purest in its form. I have heard that comedians find it easier to find humor by restricting themselves to a tight concept, a kind of "creativity by limitations", and I think this is one such case. It is about almost nothing. A banana. Oh, by the way, we all know that bananas are the funniest vegetable out there (rhubarb is the second, and I guess strawberries are next) and this is not the only movie where it is more or less the whole title.

... more
Horst in Translation ([email protected])
2010/12/20

"Banana" is a 3-minute short film starring the Minions from "Despicable Me". It came out after the first of the so far two movies and now that the Minions got their own film, it may be time to take a closer look at their short film past. The story here is very simple. One Minion has a banana, but another one sees it and wants it too. Pay attention to how some Minions have one eye and others have two. Quickly, a third Minion joins the battle, probably their foreman. The action takes place at a factory and it won't take too long until the entire staff is basically chasing after the banana. No good can come from that sadly and in the end, the banana is lost. Luckily for everybody, there's another delicacy around pretty quickly. I did not find this short film too funny to be honest. Not really recommended, only for hardcore fans of the Minions.

... more