The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part Reviews
January 18, 2020
All in all, The LEGO Movie 2 feels like more movie than the first one, which somehow winds up making it feel like less.
April 21, 2019
It's only really in the last 20 minutes of the film that it all comes together and you can appreciate what the movie is trying to say about working collaboratively and sharing something you love
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| Original Score: 3/5
April 2, 2019
If you're willing to let the quantum mechanics slide, you'll have a pretty awesome time.
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| Original Score: 3/5
February 23, 2019
There was a super heartwarming theme to it all, one I understood and agreed with. I liked the third act and how it wrapped things up...but just because the message is good doesn't mean that it worked.
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| Original Score: B-
February 17, 2019
The Lego Movie 2 has serious points to make about human relationships but undermines them by always reverting to a stance of cheeky self-awareness.
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| Original Score: 5
February 12, 2019
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part might not be as awesome as its forerunner but that doesn't make it any less worthwhile.
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| Original Score: 3/4
February 10, 2019
A semi-brilliant family movie, guaranteed to leave both kids and adults buzzing.
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| Original Score: 3/5
February 10, 2019
By this point... I think I've had enough of The Lego Movies. These things can only go so far and I think they may have exceeded their natural life span.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
February 9, 2019
Viewers reared on "The Lego Movie" will find plenty to nourish them anew.
February 9, 2019
The final set piece is a little protracted, but the jokes are mostly sharp and enjoyably self-referential and the songs still catchy.
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| Original Score: 4/5
February 9, 2019
Not only is it funny and visually arresting... but it manages to do something which is really quite complicated.
February 8, 2019
Suffice to say that it's a hell of a ride, with poignant things to say about the earnestness of adolescence and the frustrations of sibling conflict.
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| Original Score: 4/5
February 8, 2019
The Lego Movie 2 ensures that you will leave the cinema hall, feeling good and on a hopeful sugar high.
February 8, 2019
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part sets itself apart with zany touches but an acknowledgment that its audience has grown up.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
February 8, 2019
Exhausted, and exhausting.
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| Original Score: 1/5
February 8, 2019
And while it takes a few beats to rediscover the manic rhythm of the original, about half an hour in, every piece more or less clicks, and I will not apologize for that sentence.
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| Original Score: 3/4
February 8, 2019
"Lego 2" is like stepping on a Lego.
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| Original Score: C-
February 8, 2019
A hugely ambitious sequel, joyous and genuinely complex, that's charged with dramatic and musical energy to the very last frame.
February 8, 2019
The expression "more of the same" isn't always what artists want to hear, but for "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part" it is very good news indeed.
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| Original Score: 3/4
February 8, 2019
It deals subtly but frankly with three of the most annoyingly painful human experiences: fighting with siblings, adolescent moodiness, and stepping on LEGOs in bare feet.
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| Original Score: B+