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48 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanThe first thing to say about The Lego Batman Movie is that it’s kicky, bedazzling, and super-fun.
- 85TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeThe 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.
- 83IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichMore 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.
- 80The GuardianThe GuardianIt doesn’t have the heart, the depth or the novelty of the first Lego movie, but it is relentlessly, consistently funny – which excuses everything.
- 80The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinWhile 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.
- 80Total FilmNeil SmithTotal FilmNeil SmithAn entertaining, if frenetic, vehicle for Arnett’s Bale-inspired Bats that packs plenty of laughs.
- 70We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoWe Got This CoveredMatt DonatoWhen it counts, The LEGO Batman Movie delivers everything you’d want from such a farcical superhero creation.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenAlthough 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.
- 70Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonWhile 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.
- 58The PlaylistOliver LytteltonThe PlaylistOliver LytteltonLord 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.