Reviews

Our four-year-old daughter enjoyed this movie. We rented it and watched at home (3 times). If you are at all concerned about a movie's content, there's no substitute for previewing it and deciding if it's right for your child. I still haven't entirely forgiven Pixar for Toy Story 3 (or myself for allowing my six-year-old son to watch it without my vetting it first). With preschoolers, we wait for things to come out on DVD/streaming and rent at home. Movies are so much more overwhelming on a huge screen with booming surround sound. And even then, you can't always predict how they'll react. My now 13-year-old son didn't make it past the first five minutes of a home viewing of Finding Nemo until 2nd grade. I was concerned about The LEGO Movie after reading some of the other parent reviews, but I'd seen it in the theater with my then 10-year-old son and didn't remember it being upsetting at all. Prior to viewing, I told my daughter it was a movie about LEGOs. They are toys that can be put back together if they come apart. None of this is real. This worked for our daughter who typically only watches PBSKids. Our whole family really enjoyed the humor, sometimes clever, sometimes just downright silly. The animation of the LEGOs is, I have to say it, pretty awesome. It was cool to see how they animated bricks and other LEGO pieces to be an undulating ocean, running water, etc. The message at the end was a sweet one, and backed up my caveat that these characters are simply toys whose actions are limited only by our imagination.