The Lego Movie
A Lego figurine finds himself drawn into a fellowship of strangers who are on a mission to stop an evil tyrant's plans to conquer the world.
26 February 1972, Los Angeles, California, USA
3 April 1982, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
10 February 1974, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
7 June 1952, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
21 February 1946, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
28 May 1978, Evanston, Illinois, USA
16 July 1967, Irvine, California, USA
19 March 1977, Berkeley, California, USA
22 March 1971, Southfield, Michigan, USA
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9 February 1976, New York City, New York, USA
26 April 1980, Cullman, Alabama, USA
26 June 1970, Joliet, Illinois, USA
23 September 1975, Everett, Washington, USA
21 June 1979, Virginia, Minnesota, USA
4 May 1970, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
6 April 1937, New York City, New York, USA
12 June 1985, Palo Alto, California, USA
21 December 1987, Mountain View, California, USA
6 March 1972, Newark, New Jersey, USA
June 17, 2016
An especially clever ontological construct is having all the various LEGO game-sets represent various dimensions of the LEGO cosmos, sort of like unitary paradises.
January 03, 2015
Lord and Miller's sensibilities are continually clever, and The Lego Movie works hard to gradually deliver surprising payoffs to what seem to be throwaway bits.
February 09, 2014
The Lego Movie: Merely a great film, or the greatest film ever in the history of cinema?
May 11, 2016
The idea that the deadliest weapon in this Lego galaxy is glue, which will make everything permanent and unmovable, shows that childish wit is probably the purest wit of all.
March 10, 2017
It's equal parts clever, hilarious and full of heart.
January 03, 2015
The movie is a wonderful surprise, cleverly written and executed brick by brick with a visual panache.
January 03, 2015
The Lego Movie has enough wit and wisdom to send a recession-age message to families on the importance of thinking through problems with creativity.
June 21, 2016
The LEGO Movie teaches our kids what it means to be unique, imaginative, and heroically important by paving their own paths.
October 08, 2015
At least, lighthearted silliness serves as a palliative for the reflexive cynicism that emerges in viewers confronted with such a blatant corporate agenda. But the filmmakers do not have the good sense to stop there.
February 10, 2014
This is truly a movie that children and their parents can both enjoy for different reasons.
April 15, 2016
It's hard to imagine a more inspired Lego film, or one less concerned with selling toys.
March 03, 2014
As a rule, movies about toys need to be approached with extreme caution; some of them have been bad enough to count as health hazards. This one is the exception.
