Not for 6 years olds

Rating: 3/10 (21 February 2014)

My boy loves all the Lego cartoons on TV so, obviously, I thought he'd enjoy the film.
Unfortunately, the powers that be behind this, opted instead to try to blend The Matrix with Kevin Smith-esque constant nods to American pop culture to appeal to "fanboys" who played with the little bricks and yellow people as kids, pumping it all up with a (disjointed) plot to fully expose the brand's toy range and maximise the action (chaos) on screen, regardless of how pointless it was. The result - with incredibly fast action sequences even I had trouble keeping up with - was something that both bored and bemused my boy... who luckily, had a big bag of sweets to keep him entertained.
And don't even get me started on the ending... which was so "deep", "metaphorical" and "clever" that parents all around me were consoling their children with the promise that it was almost over...
Ultimately, what let the film down was an unclear target audience: in an attempt to cater for parents and 20-something nerds, it left parents frustrated by the fact that their 6 year olds just didn't get what was going on for the most part and lost interest as soon as their popcorn ran out.
Others may complain that this film was nothing but an advertisement for Lego toys, but come on, wasn't that the whole point?