Variety
Still plenty entertaining and occasionally very funny, "Ninjago" nonetheless displays symptoms of diminishing returns, and Lego might want to shuffle its pieces a bit before building yet another film with this same model.
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The Lego Ninjago Movie 3D
Six teens are high school students by day and ninjas defending their homeland of Ninjago by night in this CGI martial arts comedy featuring the voices of Jackie Chan, Dave Franco and Michael Peña.
2017Rating: PG, Low level violence101 minsUSA, Denmark
ActionAnimatedComedyKids & Family3D
- Director:
- Charlie Bean (feature debut)Paul Fisher (feature debut)Bob Logan ('Yard Sale', 'Meatballs 4', 'Repossessed')
- Writer:
- Hilary WinstonBob LoganPaul Fisher
- Cast:
- Jackie ChanDave FrancoMichael PeñaKumail NanjianiZach WoodsFred ArmisenOlivia MunnJustin TherouxAbbi Jacobson
The Lego Ninjago Movie 3D / Reviews
The New York Times
I’m sorry to report that the Lego movie enterprise has lapsed into intentional mediocrity.
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The franchise is showing signs of fatigue but for now, there's enough here to play with.
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Sydney Morning Herald
There are clever touches along the way – such as a subliminal pun on the phrase "inner peace" – but the plot sticks relentlessly to the most reductive version of the "hero's journey" formula.
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Hollywood Reporter
A perfectly adequate family film for kids who love watching things they've seen many times before (which is to say, most kids), it offers plenty of chuckles for their parents but nothing approaching the glee of that first Lego Movie.
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Entertainment Weekly
So much screen time is devoted to paternal-abandonment issues that it seems more like The LEGO Kramer vs. Kramer Movie. And about as fun.
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Collider
Although it doesn’t hit as well as The LEGO Movie or The LEGO Batman Movie, The LEGO Ninjago movie is still a delight, and a promising path forward for future LEGO spinoffs.
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