The Upcoming
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Cinema
      • Movie reviews
      • Film festivals
    • Food & Drinks
      • News & Features
      • Restaurant & bar reviews
      • Interviews & Recipes
    • Literature
    • Music
      • Live music
    • Theatre
    • Shows & On demand
  • Fashion & Lifestyle
    • Accessories
    • Beauty
    • News & Features
    • Shopping & Trends
    • Tips & How-tos
    • Fashion weeks
  • What’s On
    • Art exhibitions
    • Theatre shows
  • Tickets
  • Join us
    • Editorial unit
    • Our writers
    • Join the team
    • Join the mailing list
    • Support us
    • Contact us
  • Interviews
  • Competitions
  • Special events
    • Film festivals
      • Berlin
      • Tribeca
      • Sundance London
      • Cannes
      • Locarno
      • Venice
      • London
      • Toronto
    • Fashion weeks
      • London Fashion Week
      • New York Fashion Week
      • Milan Fashion Week
      • Paris Fashion Week
      • Haute Couture
      • London Fashion Week Men’s
  • Facebook

  • Twitter

  • Instagram

  • YouTube

  • RSS

CultureCinemaMovie reviews

The Lego Movie

The Lego Movie | Movie review
4 February 2014
Georgia Snow
Avatar
Georgia Snow
4 February 2014

The Lego Movie is the first full-length Lego adventure from Warner Bros, and with a rumoured sequel already in the pipeline, it would seem they are hopeful for its success. In bold 3D The Lego Movie is of course animated but every effort has been made to ensure that every character’s move is entirely true to form. Even down to the gain and texture of the bricks, the animation is immaculately accurate and clearly created with love and admiration for the legendary toy.

The story follows Emmet (Chris Pratt), an average, ordinary Lego minifigure who never lives his life outside the set of instructions that rule his race. He is mistaken as the key to a prophecy that will save the universe from the evil plotting of Lord Business (Will Ferrell).

Morgan Freeman voices the unsurprisingly god-like wizard Vitruvius who trains Emmet to abandon his rulebook ways and learn to think for himself. The characters hurtle off on a rip-roaring journey in which they encounter pirates, cowboys and some well-known characters including a star turn from Arrested Development star Will Arnett.

It is the kind of film that works well in 3D – it doesn’t feel gratuitous and manages to keep an organic feeling of stop-motion filming despite the complex animation. The attention to detail makes The Lego Movie all the more interesting and enjoyable for an adult audience, and the film boasts some gentle social satire and pokes fun at the impracticalities of working with the cup-handed, swivel-headed figures.

This film has all the ingredients for a family favourite; riotous laughs for the kids, subtle nods towards more sophisticated humour for the adults and a fast-moving plot that races through Matrix-style alternate worlds.

Aside from a surprising last quarter, it is a relatively simple film that will undoubtedly delight children and remains just about rewarding enough for an adult audience.

Georgia Snow

The Lego Movie is released nationwide on 14th February 2014.

Watch the trailer for The Lego Movie here:

Related Itemsreview

More in Movie reviews

Imperial Blue

★★★★★
Guy Lambert
Read More

MLK/FBI

★★★★★
Andrew Murray
Read More

Sing Me a Song

★★★★★
Abbie Grundy
Read More

A Night of Horror: Nightmare Radio

★★★★★
Andrew Murray
Read More

Wonder Woman 1984

★★★★★
Jake Cudsi
Read More

Come Away

★★★★★
Sylvia Unerman
Read More

Murder Me, Monster

★★★★★
Andrew Murray
Read More

David Byrne’s American Utopia

★★★★★
Rosamund Kelby
Read More

Dreamland

★★★★★
Guy Lambert
Read More
Scroll for more
Tap
  • Popular

  • Latest

  • TOP PICKS

  • Female filmmakers lead nominees for the London Critics’ Circle Film Awards
    Cinema
  • An interview with Ifrah Ismael: Tales from the Front Line and other stories
    Theatre
  • Persian Lessons
    ★★★★★
    Cinema
  • Jeremiah Fraites – Piano Piano
    ★★★★★
    Album review
  • Lonely the Brave – The Hope List
    ★★★★★
    Album review
  • Identifying Features
    ★★★★★
    Cinema
  • 23 Walks
    ★★★★★
    Cinema
  • Live Lab at The Yard Theatre: An interview with associate director Cheryl Gallagher
    Theatre
  • We Still Fax at ANTS Theatre Online
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • We Ask These Questions of Everybody: An interview with Amble Skuse and Toria Banks
    Theatre
  • Identifying Features
    ★★★★★
    Cinema
  • We Still Fax at ANTS Theatre Online
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • WandaVision: Marvel’s charming sitcom proves an astounding success
    ★★★★★
    Cinema
  • The Queen’s Gambit: A chess story that’s not about the moves but the motives
    ★★★★★
    Cinema
  • Undercover at Morpheus Show Online
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
The Upcoming
Pages
  • Contact us
  • Join mailing list
  • Join us
  • Our London food map
  • Our writers
  • Support us
  • What, when, why

Copyright © 2011-2020 FL Media

Breton at Rough Trade East | Live review
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at the Electric Ballroom | Live review