The Lego Movie (2014)

Directed by

Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, action film, adventure film, family film, teen film

Country

Australia, Denmark, United States

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 8,559 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An ordinary Lego construction worker is mistakenly believed to be a legendary hero. He joins a group of rebels to stop a villain from freezing the entire Lego universe in place.

upbeatwhimsicalfast-pacedplayfulsillyenergeticinspirationalcolorful

What happens

The Lego Movie is a 2014 animated adventure comedy film written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Based on the Lego line of construction toys, the film stars the voices of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman. The story focuses on Emmet Brickowski (Pratt), an ordinary Lego minifigure who is believed to be "the Special" and destined to help a resistance movement stop a tyrannical businessman (Ferrell) from gluing everything in the Lego universe into his vision of perfection. Plans of a feature film based on Lego started in 2008 after a discussion between producers Dan Lin and Roy Lee before Lin left Warner Bros. to form his own production company, Lin Pictures. By August 2009, it was announced that Dan and Kevin Hageman had begun writing the script. It was officially green-lit by Warner Bros. in November 2011 with a planned 2014 release date. Chris McKay was brought in to co-direct in 2011 with Lord and Miller and later became the film's animation supervisor. The film was inspired by the visual aesthetic and stylistics of Brickfilms and qualities attributed to Lego Studios sets. While Lord and Miller wanted to make the film's animation replicate stop motion, everything was done through computer animation, with the animation rigs following the same articulation limits actual Lego figures have. Much of the cast signed on to voice the characters in 2012, including Pratt, Ferrell, Banks, Arnett, Freeman and Brie, while the animation was provided by Animal Logic, which was expected to comprise 80% of the film. The film was dedicated to Kathleen Fleming, the former director of entertainment development of the Lego company, who had died in Cancún, Mexico, in April 2013. The Lego Movie premiered in Los Angeles on 1 February 2014, and was released theatrically in the United States on 7 February. It became a critical and commercial success, grossing $470.8 million worldwide against its $60–65 million budget and received acclaim for its animation, writing, story, humor, score and voice acting. The National Board of Review named The Lego Movie one of the top-ten films of 2014. It received a nomination for Best Original Song at the 87th Academy Awards, among numerous other accolades. The Lego Movie is the first entry in what became the franchise of the same name, which includes three more films—The Lego Batman Movie, The Lego Ninjago Movie (both 2017) and The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019). It has since been recognized as one of the greatest animated films of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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