The LEGO Batman Movie
Warner Bros. | Release Date: February 10, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
75
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 48 Critic Reviews
Positive:
44
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanFeb 9, 2017
Like a miniature universe made entirely of millions of tiny plastic bricks, The Lego Batman Movie looks and feels like it could only have been put together by a roomful of mad geniuses, moving in a ballet of well-choreographed creativity: It’s simultaneously epic and humble. Read full review
100
MTV NewsAmy NicholsonFeb 8, 2017
With The LEGO Batman Movie, a shiny, irresistible delight, blockbuster flicks have perfected their ideal form. Read full review
90
VarietyOwen GleibermanFeb 4, 2017
The first thing to say about The Lego Batman Movie is that it’s kicky, bedazzling, and super-fun. Read full review
88
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezFeb 8, 2017
The filmmakers’ fondness and respect for all things Batman are what elevate The Lego Batman Movie past the trappings of a funny cartoon. Who could have guessed, in the era of non-stop comic-book pictures, that a movie that uses toys as protagonist would do the most justice to the enigmatic Bruce Wayne? Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperFeb 8, 2017
Director Chris McKay keeps things zipping along, alternating between smart and often hilarious rapid-fire exchanges of dialogue, and big, big, BIG action sequences that fill every inch of the screen with brightly colored, fantastically kinetic action. Read full review
88
USA TodayBrian TruittFeb 7, 2017
While The Dark Knight won't be supplanted any time soon as tops among Bat-movies, the new film makes a strong argument for second-best simply by taking time to explore the core of Batman that others haven’t: He’s a complicated mess who can’t get out of his own way long enough for the greater good. Read full review
85
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeFeb 4, 2017
The Lego Batman Movie, for the most part, very skillfully keeps the wackiness from overwhelming the plot and vice versa. And while the various Bat-vehicles take us through vertiginous zooms on land or through the air, McKay keeps the action rousing but never jumbled. Read full review
83
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerFeb 10, 2017
The film’s only real drawback, shared by its predecessor, is that it is simply too inventive. There must be more jokes and gags and throwaways per second than in 20 other comedies put together. It’s both exhilarating and exhausting. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyFeb 9, 2017
LEGO Batman revs so fast and moves so frenetically that 
it becomes a little exhausting by the end. It flirts with being too much of a good thing. But rarely has corporate brainwashing been so much fun and gone down with such a delightful aftertaste. Read full review
83
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallFeb 8, 2017
The pleasures of The LEGO Batman Movie are plentiful, especially its cockeyed reverence for the Dark Knight's past. Read full review
83
IndieWireDavid EhrlichFeb 4, 2017
More fun than funny, more clever than smart, “LEGO Batman” moves too fast to acclimate audiences to the world it so eagerly dismantles and rebuilds (and too fast to make them want to stay there for a minute longer), but it serves as a frenzied reminder that laughing at the things we love is sometimes the best way to remember why we love them. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternFeb 9, 2017
It’s really funny, though, an animated sendup of comic-book epics that vanquishes solemnity with the power of supersilliness. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangFeb 9, 2017
In its best moments, this gag-a-minute Bat-roast serves as a reminder that, in the right hands, a sharp comic scalpel can be an instrument of revelation as well as ridicule. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzFeb 7, 2017
In terms of jokes per minute that land, it’s at least the equal of its predecessor. Read full review
80
EmpireJonathan PileFeb 7, 2017
A highly quotable, visual treat that’s packed with in-jokes but is entertaining enough on its own terms to work for fans and non-fans alike. The best Batman film in years. Read full review
80
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonFeb 6, 2017
A ferociously paced, wildly silly pastiche of those comic-book blockbusters we’re all getting a bit sick of. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsGersh KuntzmanFeb 6, 2017
This version feels a lot less like a long advertisement for Lego products than the original, which featured multiple "here's how to build something cool" segments. And "LEGO Batman" uses pop culture better than the original. Read full review
80
CineVueJamie NeishFeb 5, 2017
It's as if the writers have set out with the most basic plot imaginable, hoping to cover the cracks with distractions and colourful set pieces. It works, but the lack of depth and emotional heart is noticeable when the film hits some of its less than spectacular moments. Read full review
80
The TelegraphRobbie CollinFeb 4, 2017
While it never achieves, or even reaches for, The Lego Movie’s unexpected profundity and emotional bite, in purely logistical terms, The Lego Batman Movie is a thing of wonder. There are around four (great) films’ worth of action and jokes here, crammed into a story so streamlined it might have been assembled in the Lockheed wind tunnel. Read full review
80
Total FilmNeil SmithFeb 4, 2017
An entertaining, if frenetic, vehicle for Arnett’s Bale-inspired Bats that packs plenty of laughs. Read full review
80
The GuardianSteve RoseFeb 4, 2017
It doesn’t have the heart, the depth or the novelty of the first Lego movie, but it is relentlessly, consistently funny – which excuses everything. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleSteve DavisFeb 8, 2017
It’s a rat-a-tat-tat animated comedy that rarely lets up, clever and silly and funny, and yes, a bit batty. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzFeb 9, 2017
It all makes for an entertaining, occasionally delirious ride – especially the opening sequence. Read full review
75
New York PostKyle SmithFeb 9, 2017
Nutty as The Lego Batman Movie is in conception, it’s nifty in execution. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliFeb 9, 2017
Tonally, it’s closer to the Adam West television program than to any of the subsequent incarnations, although (if possible) The Lego Batman Movie takes itself even less seriously. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchJody MitoriFeb 9, 2017
Michael Keaton and Christian Bale are the best. George Clooney and Ben Affleck are among the worst. But Will Arnett is by far the funniest. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTom RussoFeb 9, 2017
The movie is sufficiently in touch with current comic books that it’s keen to explore Batman’s psychology — breezily, but still. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter TraversFeb 8, 2017
Don't obsess over the rough edges. The Lego Batman Movie rises on its own goofball spirits. Wanna get nuts and shake your sillies out? This is the place to do it. Read full review
75
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldFeb 8, 2017
You sense that a lot of the funniest stuff is flying by too quickly to land. Read full review
75
The Film StageDaniel SchindelFeb 8, 2017
Crucially, the emotional scenes are some of the ones in which the film lets off the throttle for a bit. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubFeb 8, 2017
The Lego Batman Movie is less awesome than its predecessor, but it’s a clever, well-paced, self-aware and completely satisfying kind of less awesome. Read full review
75
ObserverCameron K McEwanFeb 7, 2017
The show, however, belongs to Batman and Will Arnett. This is a movie that will be enjoyed heartily and repeatedly. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerFeb 7, 2017
If The Lego Movie was a delightful tribute to the multifaceted experiences of playing with Legos, this movie is like one of the licensed sets that inspired it: Less essential, more market-driven, and still irresistible for certain kids, fans, and nerds. Read full review
75
ConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerFeb 6, 2017
Given the sheer volume of jokes on hand, it’s impressive how often LEGO Batman successfully lands its punchlines. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineJake ColeFeb 5, 2017
The film is an unbroken chain of one-liners, sight gags, and pop-culture references, and the hit-to-miss ratio is high. Read full review
70
The New York TimesManohla DargisFeb 8, 2017
As gateway drugs go, The Lego Batman Movie is pretty irresistible. It’s silly without being truly strange or crossing over into absurdity. Along the way it pulls off a nifty balancing act: It gives the PG audience its own Batman movie (it’s a superhero starter kit) and takes swipes at the subgenre, mostly by gently mocking the seriousness that has become a deadening Warner Bros. default. Read full review
70
Village VoiceBilge EbiriFeb 7, 2017
The LEGO Batman Movie is entertaining, but it also sometimes feels less like a spin-off of The LEGO Movie and more like one of its targets. Read full review
70
ScreenCrushMatt SingerFeb 6, 2017
Like The LEGO Movie before it, The LEGO Batman Movie is far more entertaining than a giant piece of crass commercialism has any right to be. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenFeb 4, 2017
Although there is still much to enjoy here, this DC Comics-fueled Lego adventure fails to clear the creative bar so energetically raised by co-directors and writers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller back in 2014. Read full review
70
Screen DailyTim GriersonFeb 4, 2017
While this spin-off to 2014’s more consistently inspired The Lego Movie is a decidedly hit-or-miss affair, it boasts enough giddy good humour and manic rambunctiousness to bludgeon the viewer into submission. Read full review
70
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoFeb 4, 2017
When it counts, The LEGO Batman Movie delivers everything you’d want from such a farcical superhero creation. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 10, 2017
At 104 minutes, this CG/looks-like-stop-motion cartoon, drags. The screen is overcrowded with characters and gadgets that make it feel like a long, LEGO commercial. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsFeb 9, 2017
The Lego Batman Movie offers more mayhem and less funny. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaFeb 9, 2017
There is plenty of visual razzle-dazzle, to be sure, but not much else. Read full review
60
TimeStephanie ZacharekFeb 9, 2017
After that kick-ass opening, the picture devolves into an action-action-plot-action-plot-action monotone. Read full review
58
The PlaylistOliver LytteltonFeb 4, 2017
Lord knows the superhero genre could use some fun poked at it and we were psyched to see the film, but while there’s some fun to be had, it can’t help but feel like a missed opportunity. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinFeb 9, 2017
The last hour is like a night at the comedy club after the headliners have left and the room has the smell of stale beer and flop sweat. Read full review
30
SlateGabriel RothFeb 9, 2017
The greatest disappointment is how much of the script seems to have been assembled from a kit by someone afraid to deviate from the instructions. In a sequel to "The Lego Movie," that’s not just a letdown, it’s a betrayal. Read full review
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