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The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) poster

2017 · action · adventure · animation

The Lego Ninjago Movie

1h 41m2017

Six young ninjas are tasked with defending their island home of Ninjago. By night, they’re gifted warriors using their skill and awesome fleet of vehicles to fight villains and monsters. By day, they’re ordinary teens struggling against their greatest enemy....high school.

Our read: The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive action · adventure · animation entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

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Cosy, breathless, measured action / adventure, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, tender.

ElsewhereIMDb6.134kRT56%Metacritic55
  • cosy
  • kinetic
  • inventive
  • redemptive
  • tender
  • epic-stakes
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DNA · twelve axes

How The Lego Ninjago Movie feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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What watching it is actually like.

“You want goofy Lego kung fu with father-son reconciliation jokes.”

ends upliftingyou’ll feel glowing aftergrabs you earlygrips from the openattention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonight — Skip if toy-brand movies or dad-son drama annoy you.

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