Barrage of manic frenzy of cultural jokes

Rating: 8/10 (8 January 2015)

The Lego Movie is an animated film that's like Legoland theme park vomited and then tried to cram as many pop culture references as possible.
The Lego Movie was one of those films that I had no desire to watch because it looked beyond stupid – and I'm adult enough to admit I was hugely mistaken.
Emmet is a completely ordinary construction worker in Lego city who gets mixed up in an epic journey to save the free Lego-world. Somehow he gets mistaken for the prophesied Special and is recruited as the one true savior from an evil mastermind's plot for Lego universe domination.
The Lego Movie is proof that commitment to and passion for your craft.just kidding! Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have mastered the quirky referential comedy down to a science with the same unexpected vigor experienced from 21 & 22 Jump Street. The Lego Movie is fresh, smart and new rather than following the standard expected by family oriented films set to capitalize on a franchise and rake in the dough. It satiates entertaining children and adults equally the with seamless duality that can only come from true dedication to storytelling.
At first glance, The Lego Movie is a fun family-friendly adventure film. It is also a cheeky satire to those intellectuals able to catch the never-ending barrage and chronic lampooning in the form of cultural references. Every single sentence within the dialogue of this film is an exploited opportunity to parody anything and everything.
With such an underwhelming year for animated films, The Lego Movie is the stand-out winner. It may be a bit too manic for some viewers, but that's okay because everything is awesome! Please check out our website for all the recent releases, reviewed in full.