The Lego Movie (2014)

THE LEGO MOVIE  (2014)  ¢ ¢
    D: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Some characters made out of tiny bits of plastic battle some other tiny plastic characters led by an evil president who wants to control the world and everything in it. A 100-minute ad for the Lego industry, with a mixed message about whether it's more useful and fun to follow the directions, or to build outside the box. There are some amusing movie references and voice work by Liam Neeson, Elizabeth Banks, Morgan Freeman and others, but the range of expression you can get from an action figure out of a Lego kit is limited. I can see where it works as a feature-length commercial, though. If the Lego Group didn't furnish the entire budget for this, it should have.