Mon, February 11, 2019
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019 · 1hr 47min · PG
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How do you follow up a fresh, spontaneous breakout hit in a way that delivers new surprises, but doesn’t discard the original elements that felt so fresh and spontaneous but now feel a little familiar? Deadpool 2 managed it better—this new LEGO story is fun at times, but often overlong, with way too much of the live action “human world” story, too many endings, and a climax that’s telegraphed repeatedly and heavyhandedly from the very first scene.