The Lego Ninjago Movie

Lego’s movie mojo runs out with Ninjago.

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It’s been only three years since The LEGO Movie hit theaters, and already this mini-franchise may be running out of steam. The third installment, which focuses on characters from LEGO’s ninja-themed line, produces the feeling that kid audiences might be better off just playing with their toys and inventing their own stories.

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‘Ninjago’ is mildly entertaining, and kids should find it pleasurable enough, but it’s missing that special spark, the kind of joyful flicker that compels children to ask for the movie on DVD at Christmas.

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Plenty entertaining and occasionally very funny, “Ninjago” nonetheless displays symptoms of diminishing returns, and Lego might want to shuffle its pieces a bit before building yet another film with this same model.

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The toy-branded TV series jumps to the big screen in Warner Bros.' third Lego movie.

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Lessons will be learned about teamwork and reconciliation, and many jokes will be told along the way. Some of those jokes are pretty funny.

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Some aspects of the film are quite entertaining. Garmadon is a great character, especially as voiced by Theroux (his pronunciation of Lloyd as "Luh-Loyd" doesn't get old).

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The less you know about the world of Ninjago, the more you’ll like this amiable, lesser Lego adventure.

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The third movie in the surprisingly astute toy-based franchise covers similar ground but at such a fast pace, it’s impossible to be bored.

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The Lego figures are rendered with playful rigor; their limited movements and expressions generate some amusing sight gags. But the physical world they inhabit is more of a generic digital-cartoon space than a snapped-together environment. And the themes they explore are tired, cynical, sub-Disney bromides about family reconciliation and self-discovery.

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Despite inspired performances from Dave Franco, Justin Theroux and Jackie Chan, 'the action and jokes pile up with exhausting repetitiveness'

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Its cumulative effect is utter exhaustion, the cinematic equivalent of chasing a toddler through a toy store.

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The pieces are all there, but they never really snap into place in “The LEGO Ninjago Movie.”

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Ninjago’s sprawling team of screenwriters – nine credits in all – throw every joke they can at the screen, but few of them stick in your memory for longer than a moment.

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