‘The Lego Movie’ an absolute pleasure of humor, intelligence

Legos hold a special place in my childhood psyche. I spent many hours building ridiculous creations with my brother, from Egyptian pyramids to nonsensical monstrosities you only see in your nightmares. (We quickly destroyed those ones.)

So for a film to avoid simply capitalizing on the toy aspect and instead focus on the joy this childhood staple evokes, the simple pleasure of creating a landscape and the outright clever fun you can have with a bucket full of brightly colored plastic bits, it shows a skill and reverence you just don’t see all too much. For that alone, I’m thankful.

For that same film to be outrageously funny, well-edited and perfectly paced to boot? Be still, my beating heart.

Click here to read the full review at TDN.com.

Four snap-together stars out of five.

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Playing primary roles in a film centering around Lego blocks, from left, Emmet, voiced by Chris Pratt, Wyldstyle, voiced by Elizabeth Banks and Batman, voiced by Will Arnett, in a scene from “The Lego Movie.” (Photo credit: AP photo by Warner Bros. Pictures)