Boston Globe by Tom Russo

A wide-ranging new survey of the toy’s global subculture and appeal.

Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea

Although it often feels like a company-bankrolled promo film, A Lego Brickumentary answers all the questions both Lego novices and Lego nerds would want to know.

IndieWire by Eric Kohn

Directors Daniel Junge and Kief Davidson at least manage to cast a broad enough net to put the great big celebration in context: Legos are hotter than ever, and this new documentary effectively tells you why.

Portland Oregonian by Marc Mohan

This 90-minute exploration of the myriad ways Lego is great suffers from a relentlessly annoying narrator and a punishingly peppy tone. Still, if you're an AFOL—that is, an Adult Fan of Lego — or even a KFOL — you can figure that one out, right?—there's plenty to make it worth your while. If you're not, don't bother.

The New York Times by Andy Webster

A Lego Brickumentary might be a resounding cheer for a brand, but it’s an eye-opener, too.

The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore

Chipper and fun if occasionally superficial, the doc finds its subject too large to address in a way that satisfies the most curious outsider or devoted fan. Everyone else will have a good time, though.

Washington Post by Stephanie Merry

Overall the movie is a fun peek at the birth of Lego bricks and their ever-evolving place in the world.

RogerEbert.com by Peter Sobczynski

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.

The A.V. Club by Jesse Hassenger

Directors Kief Davidson and Daniel Junge drive home the company’s grown-up fan base by logging an amusingly eclectic array of celebrity testimonials: Ed Sheeran, Trey Parker, and NBA star Dwight Howard.

San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle

Even the interesting parts of A Lego Brickumentary aren’t that interesting, but are rather more like the best thing you might hear while being cornered by the most boring person at a party.

New York Post by Sara Stewart

For a company that purports to be all about sparking creativity, asking a kid to follow Ikea-evocative directions to assemble an X-wing fighter seems at odds with the mission.

Arizona Republic by Randy Cordova

A LEGO Brickumentary feels like one of those cheerful corporate videos that gets screened at team meetings, designed to rouse employees into a rah-rah fervor. The down side: Most videos of that ilk don’t last for 90 minutes.

Village Voice by Simon Abrams

A largely genial but frequently wearying feature-length toy ad.

Slant Magazine by Clayton Dillard

Here's a documentary so insidious, so comprehensively scrubbed clean, that it argues for the therapeutic powers of consumerism.

New York Daily News

As Corporate promotional videos go, this one snaps together right out of the box. As a movie, it can be as annoying as stepping on a stray LEGO brick with your socks off.