The LEGO Movie
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: February 7, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
83
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 43 Critic Reviews
Positive:
38
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
SlateDana StevensDec 15, 2014
A clever, vividly imagined, consistently funny, eye-poppingly pretty and oddly profound movie … about Legos. Read full review
100
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaFeb 7, 2014
Everything in The Lego Movie is, indeed, awesome. Read full review
100
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriFeb 6, 2014
The LEGO Movie is the kind of animated free-for-all that comes around very rarely, if ever: A kids’ movie that matches shameless fun with razor-sharp wit, that offers up a spectacle of pure, freewheeling joy even as it tackles the thorniest of issues. Read full review
100
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubFeb 6, 2014
The movie is a wonderful surprise, cleverly written and executed brick by brick with a visual panache. Read full review
100
TimeRichard CorlissFeb 6, 2014
The funniest, cleverest, most exhaustingly exhilarating animated feature in ages. Read full review
100
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallFeb 6, 2014
The jokes fly at a pace demanding viewers to either refrain from laughing (highly unlikely) or see The Lego Movie again to catch all the wondrous sights and amiable wit sliding by the first time. Read full review
100
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanFeb 5, 2014
It's hard to think of the last time a Pixar film made you go ''Wow!'' That's part of why The LEGO Movie is such outrageous and intoxicating fun. Read full review
100
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsFeb 5, 2014
Finally! A comedy that works. Read full review
100
The PlaylistDrew TaylorFeb 3, 2014
The Lego Movie is an absolute blast—a whip-smart, surprisingly emotional family film where the toy property is seen less as a concrete template than a tool for seemingly limitless potential. Read full review
100
The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenFeb 3, 2014
It’s a non-stop blast from beginning to end, jam-packed with a wacky irreverence, dazzling state-of-the-art CGI (courtesy of Animal Logic) and a pitch-perfect voice cast headed by Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks and Will Ferrell. Read full review
91
HitfixDrew McWeenySep 22, 2014
Beautifully shot, impeccably paced, and with a voice cast that nails it in every role, large or small, "The Lego Movie" is a genuine delight. Read full review
91
Portland OregonianStephen WhittyFeb 6, 2014
Like the toy it's based on, it's goofy and colorful and something adults and children can enjoy together. Read full review
90
SalonAndrew O'HehirFeb 6, 2014
Fast-paced, often hilarious fun and involves an imaginative and deeply weird use of cutting-edge digital animation. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyFeb 6, 2014
The Lego Movie is strikingly, exhilaratingly, exhaustingly fresh. Read full review
90
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzFeb 5, 2014
The Lego Movie is a delight, a funny, fast-moving film that should satisfy adults and children alike. Read full review
90
Village VoiceAmy NicholsonFeb 4, 2014
Lord and Miller do great work within constraints, taking pre-made pieces and fashioning them into feats worthy of applause. It's no wonder they made a Lego movie — and it's no wonder it's so good. Read full review
88
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliFeb 10, 2014
This is truly a movie that children and their parents can both enjoy for different reasons. Read full review
88
Rolling StonePeter TraversFeb 7, 2014
A wickedly smart and funny free-for-all, and sassy enough to shoot well-aimed darts at corporate branding. Read full review
88
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsFeb 6, 2014
A marvelous piece of work. Read full review
88
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanFeb 6, 2014
There are so many things to like about The Lego Movie: a great voice cast, clever dialogue and a handsome blend of stop-motion and CGI animation that feels lovingly retro, while still looking sharp in 21st-century 3-D. But the best thing about this movie... is its subversive nature. Read full review
88
Boston GlobeTy BurrFeb 6, 2014
The first great cinematic experience of 2014. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesBill ZweckerFeb 4, 2014
The visuals are spectacular, the 3D technology is artfully used and the storyline is jam-packed with so many funny lines, it’s hard to catch all the jokes that are delivered in rapid-fire succession. Read full review
83
Film.comKate ErblandFeb 6, 2014
Just plain funny, loaded with joke after joke and pun after pun. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubKevin McFarlandFeb 5, 2014
Effervescent in style, conveying a substantive message without ever devolving into saccharine preachiness. Read full review
80
The GuardianMike McCahillFeb 18, 2014
An unexpected joy. Read full review
80
NPRJoel ArnoldFeb 7, 2014
The Lego Movie maybe be one giant advertisement, but all the way to its plastic-mat foundation, it's an earnest piece of work — a cash grab with a heart. Made for, with and about Legos, the movie is also made for, with and about imagination, and when that association seems completely natural, it's a win all around. Read full review
80
The DissolveKeith PhippsFeb 5, 2014
For a film that clearly required a small army to make, it often feels thrillingly off-the-cuff, which keeps with The Lego Movie’s themes of creativity and weirdness: Nobody’s following an instruction book with this one. Read full review
80
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonFeb 4, 2014
The LEGO Movie is sheer joy: the script is witty, the satire surprisingly pointed and the animation tactile and imaginative. Read full review
80
Total FilmMatt MaytumFeb 3, 2014
Ridiculously funny and meticulously detailed, The LEGO Movie is far better than a toy tie-in movie has any right to be. Despite a couple of dips, you’ll be grinning throughout. Read full review
80
EmpireOlly RichardsFeb 3, 2014
The Lego Movie is bursting out of its box with enthusiasm and excitement for the possibilities of a little pile of nubby plastic. Read full review
80
The TelegraphRobbie CollinFeb 3, 2014
For a shot of pure forward-leaping, backward-dreaming animated pleasure, pick brick. Read full review
80
VarietyPeter DebrugeFeb 3, 2014
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller irreverently deconstruct the state of the modern blockbuster and deliver a smarter, more satisfying experience in its place, emerging with a fresh franchise for others to build upon. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleSteve DavisFeb 5, 2014
The film is one big advertisement for the multicolored building blocks from which it’s made. The Lego Movie may be the shrewdest marketing ploy you’ve ever seen. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyFeb 6, 2014
No doubt, there is an uncomfortable number of logos being marketed to kids in the The Lego Movie, along with the obvious one that’s in the title, but the film as a whole is very much in the spirit of Cloud Cuckooland: It’s a place where the use of X-Acto blades and Krazy Glue breaks the rules but almost everything else goes. Read full review
75
USA TodayClaudia PuigFeb 6, 2014
The all-Lego adventure is warm and witty, showing flashes of satire. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezFeb 6, 2014
A manic and at times surprising comedy that has more imagination and creativity than all the Transformers pictures combined. Read full review
75
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreFeb 4, 2014
The Lego Movie amuses and never fails to leave the viewer –especially adults — a little dazzled at the demented audacity of it all. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundFeb 4, 2014
All told, there's an ageless warmth to The LEGO Movie akin to that of the LEGO brand itself. Read full review
60
The New YorkerAnthony LaneMar 3, 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. Read full review
60
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternFeb 6, 2014
The Lego Film has a specialness all its own. There's never been a hodgepodge quite like it. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanFeb 6, 2014
As full-length toy advertisements go, you really couldn’t ask for more. Read full review
60
The New York TimesA.O. ScottFeb 6, 2014
The visual environment created by the filmmakers (Phil Lord and Christopher Miller of “21 Jump Street” wrote and directed; the animation is by Animal Logic) hums with wit and imagination... The story is a busy, slapdash contraption designed above all to satisfy the imperatives of big-budget family entertainment. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle SmithFeb 5, 2014
As cute and energetic as it is, The Lego Movie is more exhausting than fun, too unsure of itself to stick with any story thread for too long. The action scenes are enthusiastic, colorful but uninvolving, like an 8-year-old emptying a bucket of plastic blocks. Read full review
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