The Lego Batman Movie
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A cooler-than-ever Batman must face the usual villains as the Joker plots a takeover of Gotham City. But when Bruce Wayne accidentally adopts a teenage orphan who wishes to become his sidekick, he’s forced to give up his lone-vigilante ways and learn to work with others.
What critics thought
Broadly well-received as a hyperactive, gag-dense comedy that wrings genuine wit from Batman's ego and self-pity, the film earns most of its praise for Will Arnett's vocal performance and the sheer density of clever jokes — though a handful of critics found the relentless pace exhausting and noted it never quite reaches the emotional depth of its predecessor.
“Lego Batman revs so fast and moves so frenetically that it becomes a little exhausting by the end. It flirts with being too much of a good thing. But rarely has corporate brainwashing been so much fun and gone down with such a delightful aftertaste.”
Chris Nashawaty·Entertainment Weekly
“While it never achieves, or even reaches for, The Lego Movie's unexpected profundity and emotional bite, in purely logistical terms, The Lego Batman Movie is a thing of wonder. There are around four (great) films' worth of action and jokes here, crammed into a story so streamlined it might have been assembled in the Lockheed wind tunnel.”
Robbie Collin·The Daily Telegraph
“A movie of endlessly hurtling momentum, this is Mad Max: Fury Road for five-year-olds, and not nearly as much fun as snapping those bricks together.”
J. R. Jones·Chicago Reader
“Your average Pixar comedy thumbs its nose at a great many things, but The Lego Batman Movie is a helter-skelter lampoon in the daftly exhilarating spirit of Mad magazine and the Naked Gun films.”
Owen Gleiberman·Variety
“Kids will enjoy the vivid colors and clever use of Lego shapes (the characters shake hands by interlocking their pieces), as well as the dialogue, which has the cheery, slapdash feel of having been written by extremely clever 12-year-olds.”
Moira MacDonald·The Seattle Times
Parents guide
- Violence
- mild
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- none
- Intensity
- mild
Genres
Action, Adventure, Animation
Cast & Crew
Chris McKayDirector
Will ArnettBatman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
Michael CeraRobin / Dick Grayson (voice)
Rosario DawsonBatgirl / Barbara Gordon (voice)
Ralph FiennesAlfred Pennyworth (voice)
Zach GalifianakisJoker (voice)
Jenny SlateHarley Quinn (voice)
Jason MantzoukasScarecrow (voice)
Conan O'BrienThe Riddler (voice)
Doug BensonBane (voice)
Billy Dee WilliamsTwo-Face (voice)
Zoë KravitzCatwoman (voice)
Kate MicucciClayface (voice)
Lorne BalfeComposer
Seth Grahame-SmithWriter
Chris McKennaWriter
Erik SommersWriter
Jared SternWriter
John WhittingtonWriterThe Lego Batman Movie
A cooler-than-ever Batman must face the usual villains as the Joker plots a takeover of Gotham City. But when Bruce Wayne accidentally adopts a teenage orphan who wishes to become his sidekick, he’s forced to give up his lone-vigilante ways and learn to work with others.
What critics thought
Broadly well-received as a hyperactive, gag-dense comedy that wrings genuine wit from Batman's ego and self-pity, the film earns most of its praise for Will Arnett's vocal performance and the sheer density of clever jokes — though a handful of critics found the relentless pace exhausting and noted it never quite reaches the emotional depth of its predecessor.
“Lego Batman revs so fast and moves so frenetically that it becomes a little exhausting by the end. It flirts with being too much of a good thing. But rarely has corporate brainwashing been so much fun and gone down with such a delightful aftertaste.”
Chris Nashawaty·Entertainment Weekly
“While it never achieves, or even reaches for, The Lego Movie's unexpected profundity and emotional bite, in purely logistical terms, The Lego Batman Movie is a thing of wonder. There are around four (great) films' worth of action and jokes here, crammed into a story so streamlined it might have been assembled in the Lockheed wind tunnel.”
Robbie Collin·The Daily Telegraph
“A movie of endlessly hurtling momentum, this is Mad Max: Fury Road for five-year-olds, and not nearly as much fun as snapping those bricks together.”
J. R. Jones·Chicago Reader
“Your average Pixar comedy thumbs its nose at a great many things, but The Lego Batman Movie is a helter-skelter lampoon in the daftly exhilarating spirit of Mad magazine and the Naked Gun films.”
Owen Gleiberman·Variety
“Kids will enjoy the vivid colors and clever use of Lego shapes (the characters shake hands by interlocking their pieces), as well as the dialogue, which has the cheery, slapdash feel of having been written by extremely clever 12-year-olds.”
Moira MacDonald·The Seattle Times
Parents guide
- Violence
- mild
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- none
- Intensity
- mild
Genres
Action, Adventure, Animation
Cast & Crew
Chris McKayDirectorWill ArnettBatman / Bruce Wayne (voice)Michael CeraRobin / Dick Grayson (voice)Rosario DawsonBatgirl / Barbara Gordon (voice)Ralph FiennesAlfred Pennyworth (voice)Zach GalifianakisJoker (voice)Jenny SlateHarley Quinn (voice)Jason MantzoukasScarecrow (voice)Conan O'BrienThe Riddler (voice)Doug BensonBane (voice)Billy Dee WilliamsTwo-Face (voice)Zoë KravitzCatwoman (voice)Kate MicucciClayface (voice)Lorne BalfeComposerSeth Grahame-SmithWriterChris McKennaWriterErik SommersWriterJared SternWriterJohn WhittingtonWriterStream
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