The LEGO Movie Review

Rating: Null/10 (6 June 2014)

Based on the famous Lego line of construction toys generations have grown up playing with, The Lego Movie tells the story of an ordinary Lego mini-figure who is a nobody but is mistaken as "the Special" when he accidentally discovers the Piece of Resistance & is drafted into a fellowship of strangers with whom he takes an epic journey to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the entire Lego universe together.
Written & directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, the film is masterfully envisioned, excellently written, carefully crafted & is infused with heavy use of pop-culture references from start to finish. The animation is wonderful, cinematography provides a vibrant look to the Lego universe, the entire film is terrifically paced, the humour is perfectly timed & the background score makes it even more awesome.
Coming to voice performances, The Lego Movie employs a pretty impressive voice cast in Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman & others with each one of them donning the roles of equally fascinating characters amongst which my favourite turned out to be Batman, voiced by Will Arnett. And every single frame in the film pays homage to cinema classics & delivers them in rapid-fire succession.
On an overall scale, The Lego Movie is a thoughtfully structured, hilariously narrated & intelligently executed work of originality, fun & creativity that's exuberantly directed, deftly written, gorgeously animated, fiercely paced, splendidly photographed, superbly voiced, nicely scored & is jam-packed with never-ending funny lines plus pop-cultural references throughout its runtime. In short, it's a 90 minute commercial that viewers of all ages are gonna enjoy in more ways than one.
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