The Lego Movie

"The story of a nobody who saved everybody."

2014 1h 40m EN

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7.4

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★7.4TMDB · 8,769

AnimationFamilyAdventureComedyFantasy

Synopsis

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An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from conquering the universe.

“The story of a nobody who saved everybody.”

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Cast

Chris Pratt
Emmet Brickowski (voice)
Elizabeth Banks
Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
Will Ferrell
Lord Business / President Business / The Man Upstairs
Morgan Freeman
Vitruvius (voice)
Will Arnett
Batman / Bruce Wayne (voice)
Liam Neeson
Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice)
Alison Brie
Unikitty (voice)
Nick Offerman
Metal Beard (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Phil Lord
Writers: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Igor Khait
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America, Australia

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $60M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 7.8× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Australia.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Lego Movie Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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365+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Phil Lord, shot by Pablo Plaisted. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mark Mothersbaugh. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Phil Lord directs. Pablo Plaisted behind the camera. Mark Mothersbaugh scores. David Burrows cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America, Australia. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Mid-budget at $60M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 7.8× over at the box office.
3Released 12 years ago.
4International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Australia.
5Part of the "The Lego Movie Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6365+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
7Directed by Phil Lord, shot by Pablo Plaisted. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
8Original score by Mark Mothersbaugh. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
9Editor David Burrows shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
10Chris Pratt and Elizabeth Banks and Will Ferrell carry the top of the cast.
11Marketing tagline: "The story of a nobody who saved everybody.".
12IMDB entry: tt1490017 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
13Classified under 31 themes, including "friendship", "parent child relationship", "prophecy", "superhero".
14Released under 14 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Pablo Plaisted
Original score: Mark Mothersbaugh
Editing: David Burrows
Production design: Grant Freckelton
Makeup / hair: Robert Hallowell II
VFX supervisor: Kirsty Millar
Sound: Michael Semanick
Runtime: 100 min · 1h 40m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $60,000,000
Box office: $470,759,687
Return: 785% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: The Lego Movie (2014)

Awards

BAFTA's Children & Young People Award - Feature Film
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature

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Part of

The Lego Movie Collection

The Lego Movie Collection is a vibrant mix of adventure, comedy, and imagination inspired by the iconic toy brand. With fast-paced storytelling, quirky humor, and heartfelt themes, the series follows a group of unlikely heroes navigating creative worlds built from bricks. It celebrates individuality, teamwork, and the power of believing in yourself.

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billyboy2014-05-26
Excellent movie for Legos ;) . Great for the whole family as well as adults. I had quite a few chuckles from this film and enjoyed it the whole way. Animation was great and the movie had a fairly decent plot as well. I give it 2 thumbs up, I could see myself watching this a second or third time with the familiy.
Vlyood2019-01-09
If you're Lego you will love this movie.
CinemaSerf2026-10-02
★ 7/10
Borrowing from just about every theme from "Batman" to "Star Wars" - though sadly not "Jaws", this is a really quite entertaining satire on all things megalomaniac, venal and consumerist and two decades on from it's release, it might be even more of an accurate reflection of modern day American life than it was then. It's all about the evil "Lord Business" who has dreams of controlling the world of Lego with the help of his ultimate sticky brick - the "Kragle". The only hope of thwarting him is for someone to find the long-lost "Piece of Resistance" and then know how to use it! That task falls - literally - to the hapless "Emmet" who unwittingly discovers not only said object but a new world of dangerous adventures as he and "Wyldstyle" try to stay one step ahead of the pursuing lord and his sidekicks long enough to save the day. There are metaphors galore contained here and though the Lego theme underpins much of it successfully enough, this could be reanimated or actually dramatised and be about any society that's forgotten what life ought really to be all about. It pokes fun at the mundanity and routine nature of life; a lack of both aspiration and inspiration from the masses and the ease with which the "system" can be crafted and manipulated by not just the greed of the few, but by the idle complicity of the many. The pace is pretty frenetic right from the start and remains so throughout, and the dialogue is riddled with pretty obvious and enjoyably sarcastic jibes as well as a fair amount of only very vaguely disguised character assassinations of individuals we can all recognise from the real world - but who are never actually named. On a much less controversial front, it also reminds those of us of a certain age just how versatile this toy is and just how much fun was had building and rebuilding in the days of our childhood - I remember getting my first set of wheels! There is plenty here for the weans, but there's also a surprising amount for the adults to appreciate too. Are their tariffs on Lego?