The Lego Movie (2014) - Glue and near-robotic square-mindeness gets a kick in the head in the year's surprise family favorite

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The colorful, building-inspired poster for Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's The Lego Movie

Our hero here is an utterly ordinary construction Lego-man, who, due to a case of bad luck, gets named 'the special one' who is to save the Lego worlds from the evil President Business and his terrifying Kragle.

 
The Lego Movie is an often funny, unusual family animation adventure comedy. It works as a sense-bombardment with great voice work by among others Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)), Will Ferrell (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)), who also appears in the flesh, Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption (1994)) and Liam Neeson (Non-Stop (2014)).
It all builds (no pun intended) on a really good, simple idea; a boy's playing with Lego. The film delights adults and kids alike, blending an original plot with exciting visuals, (the animation was designed to resemble brick-by-brick stop motion and therefore looks pretty unique), satire, cultural references by the boatload and sheer glee.
It is directed by film-making partners Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who are also behind Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009), 21 Jump Street (2012) and 22 Jump Street (2014), - and the two are set to produce the coming Lego Movie sequel, which is set for 2017.

Watch a long trailer for the funny movie here

Cost: 60 mil. $
Box office: 468.1 mil. $
= Big hit

What do you think of The Lego Movie?