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Movie ID: 1196
RT slug: the_lego_ninjago_movie
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_lego_ninjago_movie
Release year: 2017
Runtime: 101 mins
Wide release date: 2017-09-22
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: 2017-12-12
Tomatometer final: 56%
Audience score final: 47%
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
Directors: Bob Logan, Charlie Bean, Paul Fisher
Writers: Jared Stern, John Whittington, Tom Wheeler, William Wheeler
Producers: Chris McKay, Christopher Miller, Dan Lin, Maryann Garger, Phil Lord, Roy Lee
MPAA rating: PG
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-08-20 20:59:34
Updated: 2026-08-20 20:59:34
The battle for NINJAGO City calls to action young Master Builder Lloyd, aka the Green Ninja, along with his friends, also secret ninja warriors. Led by Master Wu, as wise-cracking as he is wise, they must defeat the evil warlord Garmadon, who also happens to be Lloyd's dad. Pitting father against son, the epic showdown tests these fierce but undisciplined modern-day ninjas as they learn to check their egos and pull together to unleash the inner power of Spinjitzu.
Despite ample charm and a few solid gags, The Lego Ninjago Movie suggests this franchise's formula isn't clicking like it used to.
Canonical reviews: 132
Canonical fresh: 74
Canonical rotten: 58
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 56%
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-08-20 20:52:56
Snapshot Tomatometer: 56%
Snapshot review count: 132
Snapshot fresh count: 74
Snapshot rotten count: 58
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #2939 (full_snapshot)
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| Warner Bros. Pictures | distributor |
| Animal Logic | production |
| LEGO | production |
| Lin Pictures | production |
| Lord Miller | production |
| NPV Entertainment | production |
| SN Studios | production |
| Vertigo Entertainment | production |
| Warner Animation Group | production |
| Warner Bros. | production |
| Warner Bros. Animation | production |
| Warner Bros. Discovery | production |
| Billing | Name | Character |
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| 1 | Jackie Chan | Master Wu |
| 2 | Dave Franco | Lloyd |
| 3 | Fred Armisen | Cole |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 247256 | Paul McGuire Grimes | KSTP-TV (St. Paul, MN) | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2020-11-05T20:52:39.000Z | 2020-11-05 20:52:39 | Easy entertainment for the kids even if it's not as original as the others... |
| 247257 | Leigh Monson | Substream Magazine | Fresh | 3/5 | 2020-10-01T22:02:16.000Z | 2020-10-01 22:02:16 | There is still a lot of the old LEGO charm floating around... |
| 247258 | Steven Prokopy | Third Coast Review | Fresh | — | 2020-05-13T21:52:15.000Z | 2020-05-13 21:52:15 | When I say this is my least favorite of the three Lego animated films, I don't mean that as an insult... In fact, The LEGO Ninjago Movie is still quite spirited, funny, and fully enjoyable. |
| 247259 | Charlotte Harrison | Den of Geek | Rotten | 2/5 | 2020-01-27T20:02:12.000Z | 2020-01-27 20:02:12 | The film is so high-energy and desperate to keep your attention that it becomes rather exhausting to watch, like spending 97 minutes with a child that's overloaded on sugar. |
| 247260 | Kaitlyn Booth | Bleeding Cool | Fresh | 7/10 | 2019-05-17T23:42:43.000Z | 2019-05-17 23:42:43 | The LEGO Ninjago Movie aims younger for its target audience, and while it's still enjoyable, it doesn't quite reach the peak of its predecessors. |
| 247261 | Francis X. Friel | Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2019-03-21T19:18:24.000Z | 2019-03-21 19:18:24 | The low point of the Lego franchise drops the ball hard by being a warmer, fuzzier retread of the first two films. |
| 247262 | Katy Moon | One Room With A View | Fresh | 3/5 | 2019-02-21T22:06:45.000Z | 2019-02-21 22:06:45 | A perfectly pleasant way to pass 90 minutes or so, but adult viewers looking to revisit the heartwarming silliness of The Lego Movie or the breathless gag rate of Lego Batman are advised to look elsewhere in the Brickverse. |
| 247263 | Rachel Wagner | Rachel's Reviews (YouTube) | Rotten | C | 2019-02-20T21:02:04.000Z | 2019-02-20 21:02:04 | I left feeling pretty underwhelmed. |
| 247264 | Colby Bryant | Colbybryant.com | Fresh | 6.75/10 | 2018-12-08T18:35:48.000Z | 2018-12-08 18:35:48 | While I may have been let down on some levels by this film, The LEGO Ninjago Movie still offers a good time, even for those with no familiarity with the toy line. |
| 247265 | Sharronda Williams | Pay or Wait | Fresh | — | 2018-11-12T21:30:08.000Z | 2018-11-12 21:30:08 | You could tell that the kids in the theaters were enjoying what they were watching...they do need to up the ante in further installments, though. |
| 247266 | Frank Ochieng | SF Crowsnest | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2018-11-09T05:16:05.000Z | 2018-11-09 05:16:05 | One is not quite sure where the true forum for 'The Lego Ninjago Movie' should be promoted...on the straight-to-video shelves or merely being trapped in a cluttered toy box with other forgettable action figures. |
| 247267 | Micheal Compton | Bowling Green Daily News | Fresh | B | 2018-10-31T09:09:25.000Z | 2018-10-31 09:09:25 | It doesn't quite have the sharp pacing and across-the-board humor as the previous two films, but it is still lots of fun with enough moments to appease the entire family. |
| 247268 | Bob Chipman | Geek | Fresh | — | 2018-10-31T09:08:48.000Z | 2018-10-31 09:08:48 | 3 It's kind of amazing how much better this send-up of the whole Power Rangers aesthetic is than the actual Power Rangers movie. |
| 247269 | Kyle Wilson | The Lamplight Review | Rotten | 3/5 | 2018-10-10T20:56:32.000Z | 2018-10-10 20:56:32 | This film lacks the depth and wit that made the previous LEGO films a hit with all ages and critics. |
| 247270 | Rendy Jones | Rendy Reviews | Fresh | 3/5 | 2018-08-30T04:56:04.000Z | 2018-08-30 04:56:04 | The franchise may be running out of steam because I'm starting to get 'LEGO' fatigue. |
| 247271 | Asia Frey | Lagniappe (Mobile, AL) | Fresh | — | 2018-08-23T21:10:54.000Z | 2018-08-23 21:10:54 | While clueless adults will notice that this is the least amusing Lego movie yet, wise small children will note the presence of ninjas, some riding dragons, and enter a state of cinematic bliss. |
| 247272 | Andre Meadows | Black Nerd Comedy | Fresh | — | 2018-02-21T22:21:05.000Z | 2018-02-21 22:21:05 | It's Lego-Power Rangers...it is straight up the plot of Might Morphin Power Rangers the movie. |
| 247273 | Ryan Pollard | Starburst | Fresh | 8/10 | 2018-02-02T02:01:04.000Z | 2018-02-02 02:01:04 | This is still a solid LEGO movie with a great voice cast. |
| 247274 | James Plath | Family Home Theater | Fresh | B- | 2018-01-16T12:40:11.000Z | 2018-01-16 12:40:11 | The action is non-stop, the jokes (though aimed a little lower than usual) are rapid-fire, and the Lego world of bright colors and mechs and machines is something that Lego fans can enjoy. |
| 247275 | David Aldridge | Radio Times | Rotten | 2/5 | 2017-12-21T23:47:44.000Z | 2017-12-21 23:47:44 | It's certainly brash and breezy enough to keep youngsters mildly amused, though adults may well agree that it's time to say leggo to Lego, which isn't even an element crucial to much of this underwhelming adventure. |
| 247276 | Nazareno Brega | Clarín | Fresh | — | 2017-11-04T00:23:18.000Z | 2017-11-04 00:23:18 | The Lego Ninjago Movie is as effective and ephemeral as its predecessors. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 247277 | Wesley Lovell | Cinema Sight | Fresh | 3/4 | 2017-11-02T23:07:36.000Z | 2017-11-02 23:07:36 | While it has little of the wit and charm that made the two previous Lego entries so special, it still maintains the passion and life-affirming elements that have come to represent these pictures. |
| 247278 | Rachit Gupta | Filmfare | Rotten | 2/5 | 2017-10-26T21:22:11.000Z | 2017-10-26 21:22:11 | The Lego Ninjago Movie is the third movie based on the lego franchise and it's the weakest one yet. |
| 247279 | Todd Jorgenson | Cinemalogue | Rotten | — | 2017-10-21T01:56:51.000Z | 2017-10-21 01:56:51 | More exhausting than endearing, the film tries to jam every frame with as many sight gags and one-liners as possible, presumably to cover a plot that plays out like a silly Power Rangers-style superhero saga. |
| 247280 | Renuka Vyavahare | The Times of India | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2017-10-19T22:58:27.000Z | 2017-10-19 22:58:27 | Overall, the film is a joy ride as it boasts of an adorable father-son quirky banter and the ninja adventures. You are bound to fall in love with Dave Franco and Justin Theroux for sure. Watch it. |
| 247281 | Matthew Bond | The Mail on Sunday (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2017-10-16T00:57:18.000Z | 2017-10-16 00:57:18 | Time to put the Lego back in its box, methinks. |
| 247282 | Edward Porter | Sunday Times (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2017-10-15T23:00:19.000Z | 2017-10-15 23:00:19 | Its high-energy exploits should go down well enough with the younger end of Lego's cinema audience, but its story is formulaic and its jokes (apart from a brilliant feline cameo) spring no surprises. |
| 247283 | Andy Lea | Daily Express (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2017-10-15T17:00:23.000Z | 2017-10-15 17:00:23 | The Lego Ninjago Movie could be the funniest film of 2017. |
| 247284 | Wendy Ide | Observer (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2017-10-15T16:45:17.000Z | 2017-10-15 16:45:17 | Very silly, very funny and particularly recommended for fans of hokey chopsocky films and kittens. |
| 247285 | Tara Brady | Irish Times | Rotten | 3/5 | 2017-10-13T21:32:21.000Z | 2017-10-13 21:32:21 | Lego Ninjago, conversely, can't sustain its central joke over an overlong 101 minutes. Everything is not quite awesome. |
| 247286 | Soumya Srivastava | Hindustan Times | Rotten | 1.5/5 | 2017-10-13T20:37:20.000Z | 2017-10-13 20:37:20 | Unless you are a kid who was just fed a jar of sugar, I'd say it'd be quite tough to keep up with this annoying, screaming film. |
| 247287 | Paul Whitington | Irish Independent | Rotten | 2/5 | 2017-10-13T19:47:54.000Z | 2017-10-13 19:47:54 | There are more misses than hits in The Ninjago Movie. |
| 247288 | Brian Viner | Daily Mail (UK) | Fresh | — | 2017-10-13T01:38:54.000Z | 2017-10-13 01:38:54 | I can't knock it as a half-term family treat. |
| 247289 | Ed Potton | The Times (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2017-10-12T23:42:41.000Z | 2017-10-12 23:42:41 | Just as Toy Story did by featuring an owner of the toys, it reminds us that these films are about play and imagination. Yes, they're also effectively feature-length adverts for Lego, but this is rampant capitalism at its most arch and entertaining. |
| 247290 | Alistair Harkness | Scotsman | Rotten | 2/5 | 2017-10-12T21:42:47.000Z | 2017-10-12 21:42:47 | A pretty cynical toy advert reconfigured as a standard issue hero's journey movie, one replete with trite life lessons that make it about as entertaining as the last Kung Fu Panda film. |
| 247291 | Robbie Collin | Daily Telegraph (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2017-10-12T21:37:46.000Z | 2017-10-12 21:37:46 | A sad turn-up for a franchise which has already proven dazzlingly adept at staging Michael Bay-style madcap spectacle on a toy-box scale. |
| 247292 | Geoffrey Macnab | Independent (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2017-10-12T19:27:24.000Z | 2017-10-12 19:27:24 | The Lego Ninjago Movie has its moments... but risks drifting off into inanity in a way that the earlier films in the franchise didn't. |
| 247293 | Nigel Andrews | Financial Times | Fresh | 3/5 | 2017-10-12T15:36:20.000Z | 2017-10-12 15:36:20 | It's pretty fast, pretty furious and needs a fair amount of perceptual footwork. If you go, let the children take you. |
| 247294 | Ali Gray | TheShiznit.co.uk | Fresh | 3/5 | 2017-10-12T13:11:12.000Z | 2017-10-12 13:11:12 | Pathos and charm required from original LEGO Movie, not sold separately. |
| 247295 | Juanma Fernández París | El Nuevo Día (Puerto Rico) | Fresh | — | 2017-10-11T23:22:17.000Z | 2017-10-11 23:22:17 | With each offer the quality of the animation of these films is giving more visual dynamism to what can be done with these cinematic adventures built with Lego toys. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 247296 | J.D. Gillam | Starburst | Fresh | 8/10 | 2017-10-11T18:41:25.000Z | 2017-10-11 18:41:25 | You forget that you are watching plastic bricks on screen and settle in nicely to enjoy the spectacle. As a result, in perhaps in one of the most unsurprising reviews of the year, The LEGO Ninjago Movie is exactly what you expect - bloody good fun. |
| 247297 | Larushka Ivan-Zadeh | Metro Newspaper (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2017-10-11T17:10:42.000Z | 2017-10-11 17:10:42 | The film is full of the nostalgic charm of the cartoon series and wittily references the fact it is entirely made out of fingerprint-smudged bricks in a way Lego Batman kind of forgot. |
| 247298 | Hazem Fahmy | Film Inquiry | Fresh | — | 2017-10-11T08:15:34.000Z | 2017-10-11 08:15:34 | While fun and heartwarming, The Lego Ninjago Movie's predictability, along with the problematic nature of its setting, hold it back from being as fresh as its predecessors. |
| 247299 | Neil Smith | Total Film | Rotten | 3/5 | 2017-10-10T17:55:40.000Z | 2017-10-10 17:55:40 | Tots will enjoy, but there's no denying the pieces don't quite click together. Best giant moggy since The Goodies, mind. |
| 247300 | Craig Mathieson | The Sunday Age | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2017-10-10T05:50:18.000Z | 2017-10-10 05:50:18 | The Lego Ninjago Movie codifies the amusing pleasures and simple riffs of 2014's The Lego Movie into a kid-friendly adventure satire without the original's zany transformative energy or homage to creative invention |
| 247301 | Eddie Harrison | The List | Fresh | 3/5 | 2017-10-09T11:50:08.000Z | 2017-10-09 11:50:08 | While the franchise needs a rest, the film's slapstick sense of fun should satisfy even the most hyperactive imagination. |
| 247302 | John Nugent | Empire Magazine | Fresh | 3/5 | 2017-10-09T10:40:10.000Z | 2017-10-09 10:40:10 | Three films in, and the Lego franchise remains hugely entertaining - though it could do with being less of a chip off the old block. |
| 247303 | Sergio López Aguirre | Cine Premiere | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2017-10-05T00:47:20.000Z | 2017-10-05 00:47:20 | ... without a doubt the most basic of the movies to date. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 247304 | Sarah Ward | ArtsHub | Fresh | — | 2017-10-04T21:20:47.000Z | 2017-10-04 21:20:47 | At its best when it embraces just what makes the toys fun. |
| 247305 | Marija Djurovic | Cairo360 | Rotten | 2/5 | 2017-10-04T18:25:46.000Z | 2017-10-04 18:25:46 | Struggling to maintain the freshness of the previous installments, the story doesn't really have much going for it... |
| 247306 | Roe McDermott | Hot Press | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2017-10-04T18:05:48.000Z | 2017-10-04 18:05:48 | The result is still fun and colourful, but lacking some Master Builder magic. |
| 247307 | Jonathan Sánchez | Butaca Ancha | Fresh | — | 2017-10-03T01:40:30.000Z | 2017-10-03 01:40:30 | A film that the youngest and less demanding film enthusiasts will be able to enjoy, laugh and have a good time. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 247308 | Jamal Grootboom | Independent Online (South Africa) | Rotten | 3/5 | 2017-09-29T22:16:13.000Z | 2017-09-29 22:16:13 | The Lego Ninjago Movie, unfortunately, doesn't reach the same heights as its predecessors. While the animation is still extremely well done, the humour that was present in the previous films is notably absent. |
| 247309 | Tom Glasson | Concrete Playground | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2017-09-29T01:22:21.000Z | 2017-09-29 01:22:21 | Whilst still entertaining enough to satisfy, Lego Ninjago is definitely the weakest entry in the franchise. |
| 247310 | Jim Lane | Sacramento News & Review | Rotten | 2/5 | 2017-09-28T23:27:53.000Z | 2017-09-28 23:27:53 | Cranked out by an unruly mob of three directors and nine writers, this third outing is of interest only to kids ages five to seven-and any parents with serious daddy issues. |
| 247311 | Graeme Tuckett | The Post NZ | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2017-09-28T21:02:36.000Z | 2017-09-28 21:02:36 | If you're in charge of anyone who liked the other two Lego movies, then you can take them to The Lego Ninjago Movie confident enough they'll be happy with this one too. |
| 247312 | Josh Terry | Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Fresh | 3/4 | 2017-09-28T20:44:36.000Z | 2017-09-28 20:44:36 | Even as a step down, The Lego Ninjago Movie is still a lot of fun and superior to the majority of animated options out there for the whole family. |
| 247313 | Susan Granger | SSG Syndicate | Rotten | 5/10 | 2017-09-28T18:30:42.000Z | 2017-09-28 18:30:42 | Familiar, frenetic family fare that becomes yet another brick-building commercial. |
| 247314 | Maricar Estrella | Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com | Fresh | 3/5 | 2017-09-27T22:15:58.000Z | 2017-09-27 22:15:58 | The storytelling is uneven and may be difficult to understand for the younger demographic. However, that target audience will still connect to the frenetic battle scenes, sophomoric humor (butt jokes, anyone?) and engaging characters. |
| 247315 | Joanne Soh | The New Paper (Singapore) | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2017-09-27T18:57:44.000Z | 2017-09-27 18:57:44 | If only the movie's many writers - more than 10 - picked up some tips from the cartoons and kept the plot engaging. |
| 247316 | Andre Teh | The Straits Times (Singapore) | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2017-09-27T18:57:43.000Z | 2017-09-27 18:57:43 | The movie builds up so much goodwill through its effervescent humour and spectacular set pieces that, like Garmadon, it is easy to look past its shortcomings. |
| 247317 | Jason Rhode | Paste Magazine | Rotten | 6/10 | 2017-09-27T18:12:47.000Z | 2017-09-27 18:12:47 | With nine writers and one-hundred-and-one minutes-at the risk of sounding like Andy Rooney's reanimated husk-you'd think that would be enough to do a complete job. |
| 247318 | Mike McGranaghan | Aisle Seat | Fresh | 3/4 | 2017-09-27T14:00:24.000Z | 2017-09-27 14:00:24 | The LEGO Ninjago Movie isn't quite as joke-packed as its predecessors, although it offers plenty of laughs nonetheless. |
| 247319 | Richard James Havis | South China Morning Post | Fresh | 3/5 | 2017-09-26T15:55:15.000Z | 2017-09-26 15:55:15 | The animators seem undaunted by the script's shortcomings and their work is often spectacular. |
| 247320 | Tim Brayton | Alternate Ending | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2017-09-26T05:00:14.000Z | 2017-09-26 05:00:14 | Finally places the franchise securely in territory it's managed to avoid twice, against all odds: this movie pretty obviously just wants to sell toys to kids. |
| 247321 | Mikel Zorrilla | Espinof | Rotten | — | 2017-09-25T21:40:53.000Z | 2017-09-25 21:40:53 | An irregular entertainment that doesn't measure up to its precedents. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 247322 | Vicky Roach | Daily Telegraph (Australia) | Rotten | — | 2017-09-25T21:10:45.000Z | 2017-09-25 21:10:45 | A disappointingly plastic addition to both the Lego and ninja cannons. |
| 247323 | Chris Agar | Screen Rant | Rotten | 2/5 | 2017-09-24T15:05:15.000Z | 2017-09-24 15:05:15 | The LEGO Ninjago Movie is an underwhelming series installment hamstrung by a thin script and weak characters that don't leave much of an impact. |
| 247324 | Christopher Campbell | Film School Rejects | Fresh | — | 2017-09-24T12:20:11.000Z | 2017-09-24 12:20:11 | For the most part, The Lego Ninjago Movie comes together wonderfully. |
| 247325 | Teddy Durgin | Screen It! | Fresh | — | 2017-09-23T14:00:17.000Z | 2017-09-23 14:00:17 | It's light on its feet and totally confident about what it is and what it isn't. (Full Content Review for Parents - Violence, etc. - also Available) |
| 247326 | Steve Persall | Tampa Bay Times | Fresh | C+ | 2017-09-22T21:29:57.000Z | 2017-09-22 21:29:57 | Whatever the franchise targets next, my best advice is going back to square one. |
| 247327 | Fred Topel | We Live Entertainment | Rotten | — | 2017-09-22T20:09:47.000Z | 2017-09-22 20:09:47 | Relies much more on generic pop music (the kind that "Everything is Awesome" was satirizing), famous needle drops and real celebrity cameos than any of the other LEGO movies needed. It's jangling keys at the kids which is beneath the LEGO brand. |
| 247328 | Dave Calhoun | Time Out | Fresh | 3/5 | 2017-09-22T19:49:42.000Z | 2017-09-22 19:49:42 | I won't give away one of the best gags, but the sight of a giant cat causing mayhem in a city built of LEGOs definitely makes up for some of the film's less inspired passages. |
| 247329 | Gregory Wakeman | Metro | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2017-09-22T19:17:51.000Z | 2017-09-22 19:17:51 | Overall, it's solid enough for kids and adults to enjoy. |
| 247330 | Michael Ordoña | Common Sense Media | Fresh | 4/5 | 2017-09-22T17:25:51.000Z | 2017-09-22 17:25:51 | Plenty of fake kung fu in fun comedy with toy ninjas. |
| 247331 | Stephen Schaefer | Boston Herald | Fresh | B- | 2017-09-22T16:55:53.000Z | 2017-09-22 16:55:53 | With The Lego Ninjago Movie, the third in the series, the novelty is gone. We're now familiar with seeing plastic cube characters animated in all their awkward but effective glory. |
| 247332 | Dan Lybarger | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | Fresh | 80/100 | 2017-09-22T16:40:45.000Z | 2017-09-22 16:40:45 | The self-awareness is back with a vengeance in The Lego Ninjago Movie, but the story line is a few bricks shy of a play set. |
| 247333 | Sara Michelle Fetters | MovieFreak.com | Fresh | 3/4 | 2017-09-22T15:10:34.000Z | 2017-09-22 15:10:34 | The movie is just a heck of a lot of fun. |
| 247334 | Peter Travers | Rolling Stone | Rotten | 2/4 | 2017-09-22T13:55:43.000Z | 2017-09-22 13:55:43 | Despite comically inspired vocal performances from Justin Theroux and Dave Franco as nutjob Lego versions of Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker, the action and jokes pile up with exhausting repetitiveness. |
| 247335 | Roxana Hadadi | Chesapeake Family Magazine | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2017-09-22T13:10:46.000Z | 2017-09-22 13:10:46 | The LEGO Ninjago Movie is the weakest of the LEGO big-screen adaptations, a derivative regurgitation of what the toy line has already done in preceding films. |
| 247336 | Brad Wheeler | Globe and Mail | Fresh | 3/4 | 2017-09-22T10:55:28.000Z | 2017-09-22 10:55:28 | It all snaps together easily, just like it says on the box. |
| 247337 | Jim Schembri | 3AW | Fresh | 2.5/5 | 2017-09-22T09:33:35.000Z | 2017-09-22 09:33:35 | The law of diminishing returns continues to take its toll on the Lego franchise here as Lego's Ninjago TV series gets the big-screen treatment. The cute self-referencing that peppered [the first two films] goes into overdrive in Ninjago. |
| 247338 | Mark Dujsik | Mark Reviews Movies | Rotten | 2/4 | 2017-09-22T07:13:39.000Z | 2017-09-22 07:13:39 | This one feels like it's telling a story in order to sell toys, instead of letting the toys serve as the spirit for a story. |
| 247339 | Nell Minow | Movie Mom | Fresh | B | 2017-09-22T02:31:35.000Z | 2017-09-22 02:31:35 | It's colorful and entertaining, but it does not come close to its hilariously meta predecessors. |
| 247340 | Sean P. Means | Salt Lake Tribune | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2017-09-22T00:02:02.000Z | 2017-09-22 00:02:02 | The brick-based franchise's third outing, The LEGO Ninjago Movie, mixes Hong Kong-style martial arts and Japanese kaiju monster traditions into a smartly funny adventure that will have kids and adults laughing in equal measure. |
| 247341 | Chris Knight | National Post | Rotten | — | 2017-09-21T23:43:08.000Z | 2017-09-21 23:43:08 | You may call the latest movie a blatant attempt to boost sales of the building toy, and you'd be right ... But that would be less of a problem if there were more than mere commercial aspirations up on the screen. |
| 247342 | Laura Clifford | Reeling Reviews | Rotten | C | 2017-09-21T21:57:50.000Z | 2017-09-21 21:57:50 | ...or how the inventive surprise of "The Lego Movie" has turned into creative bankruptcy in just two steps. |
| 247343 | Emily Yoshida | New York Magazine/Vulture | Rotten | — | 2017-09-21T21:18:17.000Z | 2017-09-21 21:18:17 | There's no there there, and the film never seems to know what it's playing with besides the idea of movies in general. |
| 247344 | Glen Weldon | NPR | Rotten | — | 2017-09-21T21:18:16.000Z | 2017-09-21 21:18:16 | Just three movies in, the Lord/Miller LEGO genre is showing signs of exhaustion. |
| 247345 | Peter Howell | Toronto Star | Rotten | 2/4 | 2017-09-21T20:58:20.000Z | 2017-09-21 20:58:20 | The bloom is definitely off the brick. The anarchic spirit and spitball humour of The Lego Movie and The Lego Batman Movie have been replaced by characters and gags from a faulty assembly line. |
| 247346 | Johnny Oleksinski | New York Post | Fresh | 3/4 | 2017-09-21T20:38:07.000Z | 2017-09-21 20:38:07 | Everything is still mostly awesome. |
| 247347 | Angie Han | Mashable | Rotten | — | 2017-09-21T19:58:12.000Z | 2017-09-21 19:58:12 | The Lego Ninjago Movie comes down to a 'be yourself' message that's so half-hearted that, even as I'm typing this, I'm not entirely sure it was the message of the movie. |
| 247348 | Christopher Schobert | Buffalo News | Fresh | 3/4 | 2017-09-21T19:32:58.000Z | 2017-09-21 19:32:58 | The storytelling is often over-adrenalized and the visuals eye-popping, but the humor and sweetness make The Lego Ninjago Movie a winner. And if you're a 7-year-old, it might even be the best movie ever made. |
| 247349 | Frank Swietek | One Guy's Opinion | Fresh | B- | 2017-09-21T18:54:19.000Z | 2017-09-21 18:54:19 | A genial but undercooked Lego product, one that tries hard to apply the recipe of the brand from previous films-smart dialogue and witty visuals-to an inferior story, and only sporadically succeeds. |
| 247350 | Michael Smith | Tulsa World | Rotten | 2/4 | 2017-09-21T17:43:11.000Z | 2017-09-21 17:43:11 | It's so eager to please that it doesn't. It's so formulaic and predictable that there are no surprises. |
| 247351 | Alex Welch | IGN Movies | Fresh | 7.5/10 | 2017-09-21T17:43:08.000Z | 2017-09-21 17:43:08 | While The LEGO Ninjago Movie does venture into overly cliched and cheesy territory at times, the performances of its actors and excited attitude of the material keep it from ever going stale. |
| 247352 | Kayti Burt | Den of Geek | Rotten | 2/5 | 2017-09-21T17:33:13.000Z | 2017-09-21 17:33:13 | There is something unsettling about a predominantly white creative team making a movie starring mostly white voice-actors about a popular art form that hails from another, non-white part of the world. |
| 247353 | Matt Goldberg | Collider | Fresh | B | 2017-09-21T17:27:58.000Z | 2017-09-21 17:27:58 | While it's the weakest of the three LEGO movies thus far, it's still surprisingly sweet and charming. |
| 247354 | JimmyO | JoBlo's Movie Network | Fresh | 8/10 | 2017-09-21T17:17:56.000Z | 2017-09-21 17:17:56 | THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE may not be quite as perfectly built as the first two, but it is a terrific adventure with a ton of laughs and a magnificent villain courtesy of Justin Theroux. |
| 247355 | Marc Savlov | Austin Chronicle | Rotten | 1.5/5 | 2017-09-21T16:17:15.000Z | 2017-09-21 16:17:15 | Ninjago reeks of the dreaded marketing ploy, wherein a subset of LEGO's omnivorous, pop-cultural universe is shunted out into the public arena minus so much of the topical wit and actual emotion of the prior two films. |
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