The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part Reviews

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Hanna Flint
Time Out
April 2, 2019
If you're willing to let the quantum mechanics slide, you'll have a pretty awesome time.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5
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Charlotte O'Sullivan
London Evening Standard
February 10, 2019
A semi-brilliant family movie, guaranteed to leave both kids and adults buzzing.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5
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James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4
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Anthony Lane
New Yorker
February 9, 2019
Viewers reared on "The Lego Movie" will find plenty to nourish them anew.
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Ed Potton
Times (UK)
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.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
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Matthew Lickona
San Diego Reader
February 8, 2019
Exhausted, and exhausting.
Full Review | Original Score: 1/5
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Barry Hertz
Globe and Mail
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.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
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Adam Graham
Detroit News
February 8, 2019
"Lego 2" is like stepping on a Lego.
Full Review | Original Score: C-
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Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
February 8, 2019
A hugely ambitious sequel, joyous and genuinely complex, that's charged with dramatic and musical energy to the very last frame.
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Matthew Rozsa
Salon.com
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.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
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Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
February 7, 2019
"The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part" is at times enormously fun... But like a forced marriage between a Lego minifig and a Duplo character, its parts don't fit together seamlessly.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4
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Sam Adams
Slate
February 7, 2019
Lord and Miller have always known what they're doing, but here it feels like they need you to know it, too.
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Peter Howell
Toronto Star
February 7, 2019
It's like watching an infomercial where children mindlessly smash heaping piles of name-branded toys together for the better part of two hours - although the children are invisible for the most part.
Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4
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Sara Stewart
New York Post
February 7, 2019
It's almost impossible to resist "The Lego Movie 2" for its continued everything-is-awesomeness, even if it does fall back on the trope of playthings terrified of being relegated to the storage bin.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
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Oliver Jones
Observer
February 7, 2019
While the new film is heavy-handed in its messaging about friendship and the power of getting along, it does so with little of the emotional heft of the previous installments-and about half the wit.
Full Review | Original Score: 1/4
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Brian Lowry
CNN.com
February 7, 2019
Far from awesome, it settles for being just OK -- lacking the surprise that elevated the original, while appearing reasonably content to simply follow the instructions.
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Ty Burr
Boston Globe
February 7, 2019
"Everything's Not Awesome," but just enough is to keep this series in one piece.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4
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Chris Hewitt
Minneapolis Star Tribune
February 7, 2019
The Chris Pratt/Elizabeth Banks duo remains a very appealing protagonist pair, the movie doesn't take itself too seriously, the sheer volume of non sequitur cameos is astonishing and the moral is another sweet one.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4
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Rafer Guzman
Newsday
February 7, 2019
More in-jokes and wisecracks than new ideas here, but the animation still dazzles and the voice-cast still charms.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4
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Glen Weldon
NPR
February 7, 2019
The film's final section features a clever-but-earned and entirely character-based pivot that serves to deepen and complicate its themes, adding a welcome layer of nuance to the proceedings.
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