Heart's in the right place but too frenetic

Rating: 7/10 (11 March 2014)

What I found was that my mouth was dropping open fairly regularly as I marveled at the ingenuity on display here. If I were saddled with trying to use Legos to make a movie, I think I'd cry uncle in the first minute. The creators of this little exercise in excess not only met the challenge, they knocked it out of the park.
Still, this movie was a little too quick and frenzied for my taste. I would have wallowed in the wacky world created a little more, simplified the plot a bit, even if it meant going with a shorter run time. My first thought getting out of the theater was, I'm glad there isn't another hour of it. And that's a shame because this movie was truly inspired.
I particularly liked its anti-fascist politics. It was doubly enjoyable knowing some conservatives consider this film an attempt to indoctrinate their children. To me that's just icing on the cake, I couldn't agree more with its cause, but I don't really believe this movie is likely to influence many kids at all. Its position on freeing people's creativity isn't very radical, and the opposite position of making everyone follow rigid rules was not that well developed. But, then, how could it be without inducing a giant buzz kill?
I would not advise skipping this movie but don't expect too much and you'll be better prepared. Just about everything in it is awesome!