The LEGO Movie
The directors of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and TV's Robot Chicken bring LEGO to life in this stop-motion-simulating adventure. Emmet (Chris Pratt) - a run of the mill, follow-the-rules, decidedly average little LEGO man - is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person ever and the key to saving the world from the evil President Business (Will Ferrell).
Emmet spends his days as one of many construction workers living repetitive, orderly lives under the reign of President Business, a crazed dictator masquerading as a benevolent ruler. When he unintentionally beats captivating stranger Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks) to a mysterious object, Emmet is identified as "The Special", prophesied to defeat the evil plans of Business and his right-hand man Bad Cop/Good Cop (Liam Neeson). Drafted into a fellowship of heroes by a powerful wizard (Morgan Freeman), Emmet teams up with Wyldstyle and Batman (Will Arnett) to save the LEGO universe. Along the way they'll also encounter Green Lantern, Superman, a pirate, a (usually) cute kitty, Star Wars characters, a mystical realm known as Middle Zealand and much more.
The Danish-made plastic toys have had many spin-offs including a number of movies, though this is their first major movie release into cinemas. Animation duties were carried out by Australia's Animal Logic studio (Happy Feet, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole).
- Director:
- Phil LordChris Miller ('Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs', '21 Jump Street')
- Writer:
- Phil LordChris Miller
- Cast:
- Will FerrellLiam NeesonAlison BrieNick OffermanMorgan FreemanElizabeth BanksWill ArnettChris PrattChanning TatumJonah HillShaquille O'NealJake JohnsonDave FrancoWill Forte
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Liam Maguren
flicksA five star film is often perceived as either ‘an emotionally crippling experience’ or ‘cinema on the brink of revolutionary’. While The LEGO Movie certainly isn’t an intense psychoanalytical musing on the human condition (thank God), it is an animated family film so joyously creative, so continuously hilarious and so hyper-aware of what it means to play with LEGO that future product-based movies of its ilk should use it as a template. If that’s not a cinematic revolution, it’s definitely dancing on the brink of it.
More Fun than Standing on Lego
Fun, fresh and fast. Just how we like it. The Lego Movie was billed as a family movie and I think it spoke to the 5 year old's in all of us. If you havn't already, pull up a pew and give it a watch. A well trained 3/5 from me. PS. Just a little heads up for the likes of @SHAZZAROONY and @THE_CHIHUAHUA... As a family movie, The Lego Movie was targeted...
Looks amazing... storyline is -.-
The visual effects are absolutely outstanding, but the storyline however is a completely different story. It is really jumpy and random, however in saying so there are many hilarious moments that make anyone laugh out loud in hysteria. Overall I would not personally recommended it as it is one of those films that you rent for a cheap price instead of going...
The Lego Movie
Energetic, imaginative, and hilarious. Everything in The Lego Movie is awesome. Phil Lord & Christopher Miller have created one of the smartest animated films since Toy Story 3. Emmett, voiced by Chris Pratt, is just an ordinary, generic Lego construction worker. But one day, Emmett is told that he is the most important Lego in the universe and is destined...
Total Film
pressRidiculously funny and meticulously detailed... far better than a toy tie-in movie has any right to be. Despite a couple of dips, you'll be grinning throughout.
Time Out
pressThe script is witty, the satire surprisingly pointed, and the animation tactile and imaginative.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressThe directors seem so spooked by fears of their young audience's short attention span that some of their best touches go by in a blur.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA full-throttle, giddily inventive, all-ages joyride that buoyantly boosts the bar for 3D computer-animated movies.
Empire Magazine
pressA film that's insane, witty, uneven and almost certain to delight anyone who's ever laid hands on Lego.
Flicks, Liam Maguren
flicksA five star film is often perceived as either ‘an emotionally crippling experience’ or ‘cinema on the brink of revolutionary’. While The LEGO Movie certainly isn’t an intense psychoanalytical musing on the human condition (thank God), it is an animated family film so joyously creative, so continuously hilarious and so hyper-aware of what it means to play with LEGO that future product-based movies of its ilk should use it as a template. If that’s not a cinematic revolution, it’s definitely dancing on the brink of it.
Total Film
pressRidiculously funny and meticulously detailed... far better than a toy tie-in movie has any right to be. Despite a couple of dips, you'll be grinning throughout.
Time Out
pressThe script is witty, the satire surprisingly pointed, and the animation tactile and imaginative.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressThe directors seem so spooked by fears of their young audience's short attention span that some of their best touches go by in a blur.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA full-throttle, giddily inventive, all-ages joyride that buoyantly boosts the bar for 3D computer-animated movies.
Empire Magazine
pressA film that's insane, witty, uneven and almost certain to delight anyone who's ever laid hands on Lego.
More Fun than Standing on Lego
Fun, fresh and fast. Just how we like it. The Lego Movie was billed as a family movie and I think it spoke to the 5 year old's in all of us. If you havn't already, pull up a pew and give it a watch. A well trained 3/5 from me. PS. Just a little heads up for the likes of @SHAZZAROONY and @THE_CHIHUAHUA... As a family movie, The Lego Movie was targeted...
Looks amazing... storyline is -.-
The visual effects are absolutely outstanding, but the storyline however is a completely different story. It is really jumpy and random, however in saying so there are many hilarious moments that make anyone laugh out loud in hysteria. Overall I would not personally recommended it as it is one of those films that you rent for a cheap price instead of...
The Lego Movie
Energetic, imaginative, and hilarious. Everything in The Lego Movie is awesome. Phil Lord & Christopher Miller have created one of the smartest animated films since Toy Story 3. Emmett, voiced by Chris Pratt, is just an ordinary, generic Lego construction worker. But one day, Emmett is told that he is the most important Lego in the universe and is...
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