Storyline
In the irreverent spirit of fun that made “The Lego Movie” a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble—Lego Batman—stars in his own big-screen adventure. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to save the city from The Joker’s hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up.
Directors
Cast
Zach Galifianakis, Jonah Hill, Seth Green, Riki Lindhome, David Burrows, Ralph Fiennes, Rosario Dawson, Channing Tatum, Michael Cera, Zoë Kravitz, Laura Kightlinger, Will Arnett, Eddie Izzard, Jemaine Clement, Ellie Kemper, Chris Hardwick, Billy Dee Williams, Héctor Elizondo, Mariah Carey, Jenny Slate, Ralph Garman, Mark Jonathan Davis, Jason Mantzoukas, Adam Devine, Conan O'Brien, Kate Micucci, Chris McKay, Todd Hansen, Doug Benson, Brian Musburger, Susan Bennett
Trailer
Reviews
90
The first thing to say about The Lego Batman Movie is that it’s kicky, bedazzling, and super-fun.
85
The Lego Batman Movie, for the most part, very skillfully keeps the wackiness from overwhelming the plot and vice versa. And while the various Bat-vehicles take us through vertiginous zooms on land or through the air, McKay keeps the action rousing but never jumbled.
83
More fun than funny, more clever than smart, “LEGO Batman” moves too fast to acclimate audiences to the world it so eagerly dismantles and rebuilds (and too fast to make them want to stay there for a minute longer), but it serves as a frenzied reminder that laughing at the things we love is sometimes the best way to remember why we love them.
80
It doesn’t have the heart, the depth or the novelty of the first Lego movie, but it is relentlessly, consistently funny – which excuses everything.
80
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.
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