The LEGO Ninjago Movie

Name: The LEGO Ninjago Movie
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Animation, Family
Released: September 22, 2017
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 55
Cast: Abbi Jacobson, Alex Kauffman, Dave Franco, David Burrows, Fred Armisen

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: September 22, 2017 | PG

Starring: Abbi Jacobson, Alex Kauffman, Dave Franco, David Burrows, Fred Armisen, Jackie Chan, Justin Theroux, Kaan Guldur, Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Peña, Olivia Munn, Zach Woods

Summary: The battle for Ninjago City calls to action young Master Builder Lloyd, aka the Green Ninja, along with his friends, who are all secret ninja warriors. Led by Master Wu, as wise-cracking as he is wise, they must defeat evil warlord Garmadon, The Worst Guy Ever, who also happens to be Lloyd’s dad. Pitting mech against mech and fatherThe battle for Ninjago City calls to action young Master Builder Lloyd, aka the Green Ninja, along with his friends, who are all secret ninja warriors. Led by Master Wu, as wise-cracking as he is wise, they must defeat evil warlord Garmadon, The Worst Guy Ever, who also happens to be Lloyd’s dad. Pitting mech against mech and father against son, the epic showdown will test this fierce but undisciplined team of modern-day ninjas who must learn to check their egos and pull together to unleash their inner power of Spinjitzu. … Expand

Director: Bob Logan and Charlie Bean and Paul Fisher

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy, Animation, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 101 min

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Alex Welch

Sep 22, 2017

While The LEGO Ninjago Movie does venture into overly cliched and cheesy territory at times, the performances of its actors and excited attitude of the material keep it from ever going stale. Read full review

Brian Truitt

Sep 20, 2017

Lego Ninjago sparkles with humor and kung fu style, yet it’s a few pieces short of greatness. Read full review

John DeFore

Sep 20, 2017

A perfectly adequate family film for kids who love watching things they've seen many times before (which is to say, most kids), it offers plenty of chuckles for their parents but nothing approaching the glee of that first Lego Movie. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Sep 20, 2017

The Lego Ninjago Movie does fit into the decidedly silly, self-aware sphere of the Lego movie franchise. Comparisons won’t help it any, though: unlike the two previous entries, this one feels a little worn around the edges. Read full review

Christian Holub

Sep 20, 2017

Credit is due to Jackie Chan, who gives his all to make Ninjago work. Read full review

Peter Travers

Sep 21, 2017

The action and jokes pile up with exhausting repetitiveness. But Theroux and Franco make a truly hilarious team. Read full review

Marc Savlov

Sep 20, 2017

Ninjago’s sprawling team of screenwriters – nine credits in all – throw every joke they can at the screen, but few of them stick in your memory for longer than a moment. Read full review

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lrbohnert

Sep 22, 2017

When The LEGO Movie first hit theaters in 2014, audiences weren’t prepared for it’s refreshingly fast-paced, eccentric style of comedy nor its surprisingly emotional third act. Now, three years later, Warner Bros. has begun its first step towards building out this unlikely franchise with TheWhen The LEGO Movie first hit theaters in 2014, audiences weren’t prepared for it’s refreshingly fast-paced, eccentric style of comedy nor its surprisingly emotional third act. Now, three years later, Warner Bros. has begun its first step towards building out this unlikely franchise with The LEGO Batman Movie and, now, The LEGO Ninjago Movie, which hits theaters this weekend. While both films have managed to maintain the same comedic style and emotional themes of the original LEGO Movie, they’ve also both shown signs of how quickly this formula can start to wear thin.

Fortunately, The LEGO Ninjago Movie has a different enough backdrop and story to keep it from ever becoming too familiar or boring. Based on the LEGO property of the same name, Ninjago keeps the self-referential and parodical style of its two franchise predecessors, but swaps out the underdog and comic book movie settings of those films for a ninja-themed coming-of-age story. The result is an exuberantly told, if occasionally familiar and comedically uneven, story about a family learning how to come together for the first time.
Borrowing the same general plot of the Ninjago TV series, the film takes place in the titular island city where the citizens are left constantly in fear of the frequent destructive takeover attempts by the evil Lord Garmadon (Justin Theroux), a maniacal warlord hellbent on ruling over the city and everyone in it. And when the film begins, the only obstacles in his way are a team of six young ninja, led by Garmadon’s personal archenemy, the mysterious Green Ninja.… Expand

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Shadow_Ink

Dec 16, 2020

LEGO Ninjago Movie, большое возвращение. Когда фильм LEGO достигнет цели 2014 года, а фильм LEGO Batman достигнет цели 2017 года, мы будем надеяться, что фильм LEGO Ninjago сможет достичь цели, забавный и развлекательный.LEGO Ninjago Movie, большое возвращение. Когда фильм LEGO достигнет цели 2014 года, а фильм LEGO Batman достигнет цели 2017 года, мы будем надеяться, что фильм LEGO Ninjago сможет достичь цели, забавный и развлекательный.

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superlongears

May 8, 2018

Laa-Loyd and his friends are soo funny! Admittedly, I started watching it because I was too lazy to get the remote... but I found myself LAUGHING HARD every minute. I mean, if you give this a poor rating check your pulse!
Let us not forget this is 'animated', which in itself is a work ofLaa-Loyd and his friends are soo funny! Admittedly, I started watching it because I was too lazy to get the remote... but I found myself LAUGHING HARD every minute. I mean, if you give this a poor rating check your pulse!
Let us not forget this is 'animated', which in itself is a work of art. And the cast... Everyone is awesome!… Expand

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Tyranian

Apr 11, 2019

Better than Lego Batman with some quite funny stuff though inconsistent. Great animation.

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SocioStache

Sep 23, 2017

With a surprising and touching adventure like The Lego Movie, followed by a funny and self-aware hero flick like The Lego Batman Movie, The Lego Ninjago Movie had a lot of expectations to fulfill, both from fans of the Lego sets and moviegoers. While the film boasts some great animation andWith a surprising and touching adventure like The Lego Movie, followed by a funny and self-aware hero flick like The Lego Batman Movie, The Lego Ninjago Movie had a lot of expectations to fulfill, both from fans of the Lego sets and moviegoers. While the film boasts some great animation and a few great laughs, The Lego Ninjago Movie is a fairly disappointing but still fun romp through the ever-expanding Lego film universe. If you were expecting a funny but heartfelt adventure populated by the iconic five (or six, now, I guess) ninja, prepare to have those expectations ruined. Aside from Lloyd and Garmadon, there is little to no screentime or character development for anyone on the roster. Considering how well the other two Lego movies have tackled this, I'm surprised the writers dropped the ball so bad. The main four ninja can't even summon the effort to be one-dimensional. If you can't stand Lloyd and prefer the other ninja instead, this is a movie you can skip. Additionally, the action and animation feel a bit lackluster this time around. Instead of the exciting and spectacular chases in The Lego Movie or the hilarious and epic fights in The Lego Batman Movie, we're left with a few mediocre and rather poorly choreographed battles that can't even manage to be particularly hard-to-follow. Confusingly, the funny and clever smoke, fire, and water animation which utilized Lego bricks instead of simple CGI is gone; rather favoring a simpler animation that looks rather ugly at times. Even some of the landscapes aren't Lego. The story was okay, to be honest. It didn't have the heart of the first Lego film, nor the self-aware but also self-contained humor of the second. But the message got its point across, even if the plot itself was very bare-bones and frustrating at times. Lastly, the jokes in this film rely more on parodies, references, and drawn-out gags a lot more than the first two, making it feel like a crummy Marvel movie. While not completely unfunny, it signals a worrying turn for the future of the Lego Movie franchise.… Expand

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bkristman

Sep 26, 2017

I'd never heard of ninjago but thought i'd give it a shot. It is about a group of power rangerish heroes who battle a vaderish villain for control of city of ninjago.
It has some pretty funny moments but is just mediocre as a kids film even.
Last 20 minutes is lame pablum .

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lxai

Mar 3, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Is this a movie! Once again, I will see the wall and not watch this movie The sound performance is very bad and the animation is bad. I advise everyone not to watch this nonsense… Expand

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