A look at the global culture and appeal of the LEGO building-block toys. This documentary covers the history of this product of Denmark and how it arose from a toy company with an owning family that refused to let either hard times or multiple fiery disasters get them down.
3 August 1955, West Los Angeles, California, USA
14 January 1969, Rye, New York, USA
10 July 1973, Colville, Washington, USA
8 December 1985, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
February 24, 2016
A LEGO Brickumentary is a business move, not a movie.July 31, 2015
Documentary? Please. This glorified infomercial from directors Kief Davidson and Daniel Junge is indoctrination.July 31, 2015
The film exhibits an oddly promotional tone that might rub audiences wrong if it were hyping any another product.August 14, 2015
The documentary is so relentlessly upbeat and told with such cheerleading verve, the style and tone detract from the undeniably interesting material.July 31, 2015
Most of this is interesting enough, although a little too self-congratulatory at times, but "A LEGO Brickumentary" never really goes much deeper than that ...August 07, 2015
Diehard Lego fans will enjoy docu about the popular toys.August 05, 2015
It's a good documentary, and it should be a perfect choice when it shows up on your Netflix menu, but it's nowhere near a great one.August 11, 2015
A Lego Brickumentary is pretty much Exhibit A in empty cinematic calories -- a peppy, eager-to-please offering whose primary audience should be self-selecting.August 21, 2015
Davidson and Junge's film spends its slightly drawn-out duration tracking and cheering on the splendidly various subcultures of Lego enthusiasts. They make some amazing stuff.August 05, 2015
Probably fine if you're a fan of the toy, and is undoubtedly the bee's knees if you're a shareholder in the company. If not...well, that's another load of bricks altogether.August 07, 2015
I'm sure the [LEGO] board of directors loved this.July 31, 2015
True, "A LEGO Brickumentary" is a barely disguised hour-and-a-half commercial. But as hour-and-a-half commercials go, it's somewhat interesting.