Warner Bros. | Release Date: February 10, 2017
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TVJerryFeb 14, 2017
Batman proved so popular in the previous Lego movie, that he returns with his own…on his own…all alone. Can he learn to work with others to save Gotham from the Joker? Other than a different plot, this is pretty much like the original. TheBatman proved so popular in the previous Lego movie, that he returns with his own…on his own…all alone. Can he learn to work with others to save Gotham from the Joker? Other than a different plot, this is pretty much like the original. The visual style is cluttered, none of the characters are particularly memorable, the jokes are often bad and the many chases are lively but unfocused. The energetic approach should please young viewers, but I didn't care much for the original and found this one even less amusing or inventive. Expand
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JoeCoolFeb 28, 2017
Seriously overrated this one. The first half of the movie is a bore-fest and the second half continues in the same way. If it wasn't for my kids I wouldn't have waited to see the second half which would have been a shave because the last 15Seriously overrated this one. The first half of the movie is a bore-fest and the second half continues in the same way. If it wasn't for my kids I wouldn't have waited to see the second half which would have been a shave because the last 15 minutes are actually pretty good. Still overall I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone with kids over 8, save your bucks for the upcoming smurfs movie which will be hard pressed to do worse than this one. Expand
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bigmsMar 8, 2017
It put me to sleep... Maybe because i was tired, wait no it was 7:40pm showtime... It just didn't do it for me... it wasn't as good the LEGO movie....
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OverpaidFeb 13, 2017
Very funny for the first half, then descends into generic action. The plot is very simple. It's alright, but not a classic like the original Lego Movie.
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JunghovaFeb 14, 2017
Never a good sign when there are like 15 writers in the credits for an animated movie. The movie had some good moments, but ultimately felt half baked and should have been a direct to video release. Overall story was pretty weak. My kidsNever a good sign when there are like 15 writers in the credits for an animated movie. The movie had some good moments, but ultimately felt half baked and should have been a direct to video release. Overall story was pretty weak. My kids loved it, but it is no where near as good as The Lego movie, which had a way better flow while juggling 9 zillion characters. Expand
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TrevorsViewFeb 11, 2017
It happened last year in Deadpool, and now The LEGO Batman Movie does the same basic shindig: as the opening credits come up, Will Arnett speaks in his bat-voice, mocking the clichés utilized by the logo format. Then once the official storyIt happened last year in Deadpool, and now The LEGO Batman Movie does the same basic shindig: as the opening credits come up, Will Arnett speaks in his bat-voice, mocking the clichés utilized by the logo format. Then once the official story starts, the title character introduces himself… in LEGO form! Looks like we’re in for yet another wild mockery of heroism!

Robot Chicken regular Chris McKay recreates the classic bat fun from both yesterday and today with explosively wild fight sequences and its own vocabulary of slang. Best of all, you don’t have to follow the bat-franchise to pick up the laughs aplenty; many jokes stem off “first world problems” such as waiting for food to heat up. Past the big bad bat’s self-absorbed nature, his little “irks” are hilariously relatable.

All the caped crusader’s misadventures are guaranteed to trigger cheers from fans of the franchise as well as newcomers. Right from the first several minutes he takes on his baddest foe forever, (no not Superman) the Joker. He basically breaks the clown’s heart by telling him their enemy-ship means nothing to him, and he then goes straight to basking in the praise of Gotham. Everything else afterward both pokes fun at Batman’s old days and brings in every- literally every baddie he has ever had to fight (including the Condiment King!) over his near-eighty year existence.

This new type of Batman behaves differently from the interpretations by West, Keaton, Kilmer, Clooney, Bale, and Affleck. He spends his free time eating microwaved lobster in the middle of a swimming pool and laughing at emotional scenes in romantic comedies including Jerry Maguire. (Yes, there are live-action films in the LEGO world; it makes no sense but who cares?) Then while out in the crowd under his cowl, he gloats about his abdominal “nine-pack”. While out of the suit as Bruce Wayne, anyone ought to feel stupid for not recognizing his egocentric personality. Normally, nobody would want to know him personally, but Will Arnett’s vocal performance as the Dark Knight is easy to love!

The LEGO Movie was a big, unexpected surprise three years ago, and now the same LEGO universe gets an expansion with the same style of humor, except with Gotham now in the mix—a nine-year-old’s dream come true! The creative world designed off real LEGO bricks still brings out the same feel of playing with LEGO bricks at a young age, but now, not nearly enough creativity plays off the first movie’s celebrated concept. Heck, several of the smoke clouds and water floods are not even made of LEGO bricks! Bummer!

Although the familiar joke a millisecond style of humor remains unscathed, which could turn away those who didn’t enjoy the first movie for that very reason. If you are overwhelmed by briskly paced dialogue and complementing loud colors, then don’t bother with such a franchise.

At least it means The LEGO Batman Movie tries to be as far away from the overly serious character we’ve seen in the last few movies, and the given circumstances fit the cheesy nonsensical nature, more so than what Schumacher succumbed us to. The tiny LEGO universe stands out from all recreations of the famous crime fighter with its traditionally altered set of role models: the publicly praised heroes are actually bad guys in another way, and the publicly condemned villains have a means of becoming heroes in their own right. I mean, it makes the shoe fit, right? With his black, scary cowl, large cape, hoarse voice, and habit of bullying others, shouldn’t we consider Batman a villain? Maybe his new burden *ahem* responsibility of taking custody of orphan Dick Grayson to help stop the Joker’s evil plan will change things.

Sure enough, LEGO Batman has no choice other than let his new adoptive son don a racially offensive Rastafari costume, name himself “Robin,” and fight against all the great pop culture baddies including Voldemort and Sauron. Against his wishes, Batman cannot fight alone: he needs all the help he can get to send these villains back to the “Phantom Zone” (which is an extra-dimensional prison for bad guys) they came from, or else risk Gotham splitting in half, exposing the bottomless abyss underneath.

Overall, if you walk into The LEGO Batman Movie expecting a serious toned town character study, look elsewhere. If you go in expecting a smartly written love letter to the Dark Knight, one to tug on your heartstrings and bring back your inner child, tears of amazement are a guarantee.
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ScienceAdvisorMay 21, 2017
Starts off well, but quickly devolves to childish humor and a pretty basic script that is more in-line with a Michael Bay movie (so a very basic script). So even with Batman in the central role, this is far inferior to The Lego Movie, evenStarts off well, but quickly devolves to childish humor and a pretty basic script that is more in-line with a Michael Bay movie (so a very basic script). So even with Batman in the central role, this is far inferior to The Lego Movie, even though it copies many of it's aspects. The ending was dissapointing and utterly silly, with logic only a child could accept. Expand
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Neth3rtwistFeb 13, 2017
The movie has its moments. From sweeping action sequences that remind us of hundreds of other dark crusader incarnations to a Mad Max-esque Hans Zimmer-ish musical backdrop (the guy works in the same office as Mr. Gladiator himself and isThe movie has its moments. From sweeping action sequences that remind us of hundreds of other dark crusader incarnations to a Mad Max-esque Hans Zimmer-ish musical backdrop (the guy works in the same office as Mr. Gladiator himself and is known as Lorne Balfe, previous work quite unknown) to beautiful, seemingly hand-crafted (seemingly) animation to... sappy emotional scenes? You heard right: the movie is unnecesarily ground to a screeching halt while Batman's familial isolationism is explored. And why do we care about this? Oh, right, we don't. Batman movies are about one thing: brooding action, music, and memorable villains (plus neat vehicles). Lego movies, games, and shows are about.. cute comedy. So how in the world did emotional bonding get thrown in this blender? 6/10 Expand
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RalfbergsJun 23, 2017
I am not a kid anymore, so maybe I did not like it as much as I should - I basically watched it because of the Batman. It was enjoyable, but I did not like some things in the plot. The comedic elements though were a nice touch and I like wereI am not a kid anymore, so maybe I did not like it as much as I should - I basically watched it because of the Batman. It was enjoyable, but I did not like some things in the plot. The comedic elements though were a nice touch and I like were they are going with the Lego Batman franchise. Expand
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avr50Jun 28, 2017
Lego Batman movie is not the lego movie, it shouldn´t but what i meant is the quality of the movie should be the same. The animation is good, but the jokes are just to much and that can be tired to see and anoying sometimes because you justLego Batman movie is not the lego movie, it shouldn´t but what i meant is the quality of the movie should be the same. The animation is good, but the jokes are just to much and that can be tired to see and anoying sometimes because you just don´t laugh because if you see the trailers those are the best jokes. Is good for kids and for parents that trully loves them. Just rent it on iTunes and you will expend 104 minutes of your live, just that Expand
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tbeit2Mar 11, 2017
I have to say I was disappointed by this movie.

To start, my main flaws involved the humor in this movie. There was a lot of it, and not all of it landed. It seemed to put quantity over quality and as a result the film suffered. There were
I have to say I was disappointed by this movie.

To start, my main flaws involved the humor in this movie. There was a lot of it, and not all of it landed. It seemed to put quantity over quality and as a result the film suffered. There were some funny jokes and scenes, but overall I didn't find myself laughing nearly as much as I did at "The Lego Movie".

The story was also kind of... meh. I won't get into spoilers, but I will say it was predictable. It was a cool plot to be sure, but I felt they could have done more with it.

There are positives though. First off, the animation is beautiful and was a joy to watch. There were some characters that grew over the film and were enjoyable, as well as some cameos that were hilarious.

Overall, it definitely isn't a bad movie but it isn't anything I found special.
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TyranianApr 11, 2019
Great animation but even more overstuffed with mediocre jokes than The Lego Movie.
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CHEENYUSAug 6, 2017
So, that was disappointing.
"The LEGO Movie" from 2014 was clearly one of my favourite movies of this decade so far. The jokes as well as the animation, characters and so on were hilarious. Unfortunately, "The LEGO Batman Movie" is pretty
So, that was disappointing.
"The LEGO Movie" from 2014 was clearly one of my favourite movies of this decade so far. The jokes as well as the animation, characters and so on were hilarious. Unfortunately, "The LEGO Batman Movie" is pretty much the opposite in my opinion.
The jokes are pretty repetetive an often just dumb and the animation is way too oversaturated. The cut was very hectic and because of the annoying animations you can`t even notice what`s going on on the screen. Asides from that I think the characters are simple but cute and the story has a lot of potential.
It`s not a terrible movie, but in my opinion "The LEGO Movie" was way better.
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MLPNASCARFan18Oct 16, 2017
The Lego Batman Movie has it's funny moments but it doesn't quite have the same charm The Lego Movie had. Has a lot of action scenes as typical in any DC Universe movie but as for the story it's kind of ho hum and predictable. The charactersThe Lego Batman Movie has it's funny moments but it doesn't quite have the same charm The Lego Movie had. Has a lot of action scenes as typical in any DC Universe movie but as for the story it's kind of ho hum and predictable. The characters were okay but some could have been left out and like Barbara the police chief and The little orphan boy (Forgot his name). Batman may had been the one who stole the show in the first film but I don't think him having a stand alone was really a good idea. But this is coming from a non Lego fan, I mean if your a fan of the Lego series then it would be okay for you but this really wasn't my cup of tea. It's a good action movie but it's not perfect. Expand
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4Nick3Apr 18, 2018
A funny clever film that is one easy to enjoy. But this movie just keeps getting worse and worse each time I watch it, probably because it can be all over the place and boring.
Rating: C
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FedericoSierraMar 4, 2019
There is a genuine interest to analyze Bruce Wayne's lack of social development following his parents death. I wish the movie had dig deeper into this instead of devoting so much of its runtime to travel to The Phantom Zone and all thoseThere is a genuine interest to analyze Bruce Wayne's lack of social development following his parents death. I wish the movie had dig deeper into this instead of devoting so much of its runtime to travel to The Phantom Zone and all those unnecessary villains. Expand
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MiniMovieManiacFeb 6, 2019
What was great about this movie is the overall experience you get in the theatre while watching this movie. Very few animated kids movies do a good job of appealing to kids and adults and put them in seats. To me, for the longest time,What was great about this movie is the overall experience you get in the theatre while watching this movie. Very few animated kids movies do a good job of appealing to kids and adults and put them in seats. To me, for the longest time, Pixar was the only one who could do this. But I am so pleased to say that this movie is great and enjoyable for kids and adults. The humor appeal to both sides without going to far to one side and you keep getting sucked into the comedy of the movie. Another funny part about this movie is that it is very self aware of what it is and of the character of Batman recently. The movie does bring up some points about the not-so-great parts about Batman and addresses them. It is very cool that the studio not only allowed them to do that, but also doing it in a very effective way. Will Arnett rocks it as this version of Batman, he’s a huge narcissist and thinks he’s all that because he’s Batman which was really funny for the whole audience while I was in the theatre.

This movie being as funny as it is does lend itself to the flaws I had with the movie. In that, because the humor of the movie never lets up with the humor and it’s joke after joke. This leads to the first problem, while you do laugh at every joke and it is funny the jokes never have time to fully sink in because you are being presented so many jokes. Not saying this hurts the comedy, but you could become worn out from all the jokes being thrown at you, but it still is funny all around. This leads me to my biggest issue with the movie, and that’s the sudden shift in tone in a part of the movie. There is a whole family dynamic part to the movie which was very out of the blue. What I mean by that is that I found myself cracking up and then suddenly watching something about family. Not saying it was bad but it just is a very sharp turn and I feel could’ve been done a lot more efficient than how it was done in the movie.
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DolphinReviewsJul 21, 2022
It’s a really fun movie if a little annoying at times. It’s a pretty good film.
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