2017 · animation · action · comedy
The Lego Batman Movie
Directed by Chris McKay1h 44m2017
A cooler-than-ever Bruce Wayne must deal with the usual suspects as they plan to rule Gotham City, while discovering that he has accidentally adopted a teenage orphan who wishes to become his sidekick.
Our read: The Lego Batman Movie (2017) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive animation · action · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, gentle animation / action, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- kinetic
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- funny
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How The Lego Batman Movie feels to watch.
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“You want meta Batman comedy that roasts loner ego while staying surprisingly sweet.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if rapid-fire gag density and toy-brand irony will exhaust not entertain.
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