Everything Is Awesome!

Rating: 10/10 (10 May 2014)

"The Lego Movie" is an animated adventure/comedy film that tells the story of Emmet, an ordinary LEGO minifigure thought to be the long-awaited "Special" that is supposed to save the entire LEGO universe from the evil plans of Lord Business. Emmet is recruited by the Master Builders to bring peace to the world by using the "Piece of Resistance" and some creativity.
The movie is directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller and features the voices of Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Ferrell, Will Arnett, Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman. The original screenplay is written by Lord and Miller.
Directors Lord and Miller made an excellent job in the direction of the movie by replicating what playing with LEGO's feels like, capturing the essence of imagination and bringing it to life in a very creative and unique way through the movie. Lord and Miller made an awesome job in the script too, by creating an original story full of comedic moments and pop-culture references that has as well a heart and sends a message, that if you believe in yourself, work as a team and have a little creativity, you can do everything. Everything is possible, and awesome.
The live-action part of the film was very well connected with the animated part. It was really great how the filmmakers managed to relate the relationship of Emmet and Lord Business with the relationship of Finn and his father, "The Man Upstairs". The cameos by familiar figures from licensed LEGO franchises, pop-culture and history that range from Batman, Han Solo and Dumbledore to Shakespeare, Lincoln and Shaquille O'Neil are very well received, seeing them in LEGO form was awesome.
The cast did a great job in voicing the characters, each member of the cast added a little of their personality to their respective character. Animal Logic, the studio in charge of the animation, did an awesome job too. The studio tried to replicate the feel of stop-motion films and they achieved it in a way that's both funny and charming.
All this elements make "The Lego Movie" a great film that provides lots of fun for the whole family, and like the movie's main song says, "Everything Is Awesome!!!"