Purrs Along at Light-Speed Until the Ending

Rating: 7/10 (27 September 2014)

Overstuffed to the Max, this CGI Brick Bash has a Lot Going for it, Namely Familiarity. There are Constant Character References that are Already in the Brain and Make for Easy Access and Satire, and of Course the Toy Set Itself (the word Lego is never mentioned), that has been Around Since 1949.
Ultra-Kinetic and Cut Like a TV Commercial (like just about everything else Today), it Seems to Embrace the Attention Span Deficit as though it is Sacrosanct and Young People Cannot Live with a Micro-Second of Reflection. This Works for Awhile but can be Overwhelming to Anyone Needing to Take a Breath.
Ironically, the Movie Comes to a Crashing Halt when Live Actors Show Up, Things Slow Way Down, and the Final Fifteen Minutes Go from Wacky to Completely Out of Whack. It's Light Speed Pacing Collides with a Brick Wall and Never Recovers.
The Film Could have been a Complete and Persistent Piece of Art Without the Worn Out Preaching from an Unenlightened Dad and the Writers. It is a Flaw that is just too Big to Ignore and Drags the Thing Down to a Normal Level that the Movie Abandoned So Well.
Until then the Audience was in a Completely Different Time-Space Continuum and One Wonders Why such a Misstep was Included. Overall it is a Right Angle Amalgam of Pop Culture Icons and Ultra-Brite Colors Flashed with a Frenetic Blast of Plasticized Eye Candy with a Clever Storyline and a Ponderance of Puns.