The LEGO Ninjago Movie
The teenage son of the famous warlord is living behind the eyes of society trying to find the ways to defeat his evil father with the help of his ninjas friends.
12 June 1985, Palo Alto, California, USA
1 February 1984, Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA
10 August 1971, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
3 July 1980, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
25 September 1984, Trenton, New Jersey, USA
22 March 1982, Richmond, Virginia, USA
11 December 1974, Epping, Essex, England, UK
13 June 1964, Jamestown, New York, USA
October 12, 2017
A pretty cynical toy advert reconfigured as a standard issue hero's journey movie, one replete with trite life lessons that make it about as entertaining as the last Kung Fu Panda film.
September 22, 2017
I won't give away one of the best gags, but the sight of a giant cat causing mayhem in a city built of LEGOs definitely makes up for some of the film's less inspired passages.
September 21, 2017
Just three movies in, the Lord/Miller LEGO genre is showing signs of exhaustion.
October 12, 2017
A sad turn-up for a franchise which has already proven dazzlingly adept at staging Michael Bay-style madcap spectacle on a toy-box scale.
October 12, 2017
I can't knock it as a half-term family treat.
September 27, 2017
The storytelling is uneven and may be difficult to understand for the younger demographic. However, that target audience will still connect to the frenetic battle scenes, sophomoric humor (butt jokes, anyone?) and engaging characters.
September 22, 2017
Despite comically inspired vocal performances from Justin Theroux and Dave Franco as nutjob Lego versions of Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker, the action and jokes pile up with exhausting repetitiveness.
October 12, 2017
Just as Toy Story did by featuring an owner of the toys, it reminds us that these films are about play and imagination. Yes, they're also effectively feature-length adverts for Lego, but this is rampant capitalism at its most arch and entertaining.
October 12, 2017
It's pretty fast, pretty furious and needs a fair amount of perceptual footwork. If you go, let the children take you.
September 21, 2017
There's no there there, and the film never seems to know what it's playing with besides the idea of movies in general.
October 12, 2017
The Lego Ninjago Movie has its moments... but risks drifting off into inanity in a way that the earlier films in the franchise didn't.
September 22, 2017
It all snaps together easily, just like it says on the box.
