Like passing a kidney stone through your optic nerve.

Rating: 2/10 (10 May 2014)

I can't believe this movie has an 8/10. That score, properly earned, would place it in the annals of movie history, alongside flawless classics such as Alien, Terminator or The Wrath of Khan. The reality is, The Lego Movie is a Pixar-like cookie cutter plot, coupled to nausea-inducing stop-motion animation. The jokes are tedious, predictable and seemingly unending, and the action is mind-numbingly frenetic. Sprinkle in some torture-like Will Ferrell live action, and what you're left with might possibly be the most abrasive film ever made. The Lego Movie makes Toy Story look like fine art, and is a perfect example of cinematic shovelware.