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MPAA Rated PG for mild action and rude humor
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Sex & Nudity

  • In ones scene, a LEGO police officer states that a main character has Ben "convulsing with a strange piece" in which he replies, "that's disgusting!" Could be a reference to adult sex toys.
  • (NOTE: This is a LEGO "brickfilm", a movie that is filmed with LEGO figurines and bricks. There is no hint or content of or at genitalia, but there are some sexual references, though not explicitly stated.)
  • Wyldstyle says that Batman is her boyfriend and calls him "babe".
  • The main Lego character briefly walks out of his apartment naked. But, because the character is a LEGO figurine, he has no genitalia.
  • A running gag throughout the movie is that people are mesmerized by a repetitive and poorly-written TV show in which a man can't find his pants, and walks around in what appears to be thong underwear. Of course, being made of LEGOs, the man has no genitalia.
  • Lando Calrissian remarks Wyldstyle as "a heavenly body". Only scene here that explicity states a sexual comment.

Violence & Gore

  • This film does have a high carnage count, but most of the deaths are robots and are not gory. They are shot, stabbed, arms ripped off (in a comical manner), head torn off (again, in a comical fashion), and bashed to pieces.
  • A CEO who wears a red hat with two flaming red coffee mugs slams Bad Cop's face into a windowpane without injury, then Krazy Glue sticks Bad Cop's parents to their front yard and erases Bad Cop's "good" face. A businessman/CEO orders his robots to destroy a wizard with glowing eyes; the robots attack, but the wizard wins the fight (no one seems hurt).
  • Master builders are probed for instructions. If they don't obey, they get shocked. A LEGO skeleton can be seen with the characters in pain.
  • Violent actions appear as if performed by actual Lego pieces; rushing water, fire, laser bolts, explosions, and smoke, all look like the plastic pieces in a Lego set.
  • Five deputies ride horses off a cliff and fall a long distance, after which we see a small amount of fire and black smoke, indicating the plastic figures and horses "died." In a car chase, sheriff's deputy figures fire automatic weapons with plastic bullets at a male figure (he is not struck); a nearby wall falls on another figure (we do not see the outcome).
  • A Lego city falls into the sea and pieces of plastic float on top; several figures escape drowning by riding on a double-decker couch and a pirate ship retrieves them while others are picked out of the water by robots with silver skeleton ribs; the robots take the captives to an evil Think Tank and tie them up.
  • Construction workers blow up two buildings that fall under small puffs of black smoke.
  • A figure falls from a skyscraper window and hits the ground, then awakens to hazy images of Lego buildings, a human boy, and a human father; the boy stomps on the figure three times (no damage), but later picks him up and tosses him down a cardboard tunnel and into the city; there, micromanager robots and rebels fight until the falling figure arrives in a puff of white plastic "smoke" pieces.
  • A Bad Cop in a cruiser with lights flashing, on a horse with a flashing blue light on its forehead, and in a police airplane with flashing blue lights chases a construction worker and a freedom fighter on foot; other cops join Bad Cop and they all shoot plastic pieces (bullets) at the two, simulating handguns and automatic rifles, hitting no one; the construction worker falls off a motorcycle and shouts in pain (no injury is visible).
  • In two scenes, a female figure saves a male figure from robot attacks by using karate kicks and punches to knock down the attackers. Batman and Bad Cop figures fight and flip one another. A female figure kicks an actor figure off a TV stage and he flies off screen.
  • A happy kitty figure occasionally changes from pink to red, briefly sprouting big sharp teeth when angry; in one scene, she becomes angry and chews up several robots. An indistinct monster head rises from the ground, swallows a passing Lego airplane and disappears into the ground again.
  • This movie could've easily gotten a G rating. There is no violence, it's just legos.
  • (NOTE: This is a LEGO "brickfilm", so there is no blood and and little or no gore.)
  • Several fights between LEGO characters including punching and flipping, this is also nonviolent and meant to have a cartoon feel.
  • A wizard fights a CEO, who throws a sharp disk and cuts the wizard's head off; the head with glowing eyes speaks to another figure, then the eyes turn to black Xs and the wizard dies; the wizard returns as a ghost to give advice in three scenes, lowered into the shot on a wire, wearing eyes and a smile made with a black marker.
  • In a car chase, Deputy figures fire automatic weapons with plastic lasers at a male figure (he is struck, the outcome is shown later).
  • A nearby wall falls on a robot (We see the severed head however it is cartoonish and it is in lego pieces).
  • A police figure drives his cruiser across the tops of moving train cars, shoots out a trestle, and causes three other figures to fall off the bridge and onto the ground (they are unharmed).
  • In two scenes, Lucy and Emmett from robot attacks by using karate kicks and punches to knock down the attackers (One is stabbed through the chest, but the sword is penetrating from the legs; another one has it's arms dismembered).
  • Bad Cop chases a construction worker and a freedom fighter on foot; other cops join Bad Cop and they all shoot plastic pieces (lasers) at the two, simulating handguns and automatic rifles, hitting no one; the construction worker falls off a motorcycle (no injury is visible).
  • A Bad Cop arrests several figures as other cops handcuff them and lead them away to a skyscraper where lightning and thunder surrounds the top floors; cops chain the captives, stand them in small compartments and shock them with electricity and we see sparks as they shout in pain.
  • Lord Business orders his computer mainframe to "destroy everyone" with a time bomb.
  • A horde of robots attack and glue many civilians, while others are fighting them with makeshift machines.
  • Emmett builds a giant mechanized robot and attacks a horde of robots alongside others
  • In a Old West bar scene, LEGO figures break bottles and chairs over each other's heads (This is meant to be comical).
  • MetalBeard and his crew are shown fighting against robots (He ends up getting out with his head and organs [we see the outline of the organs]).
  • The Man Upstairs is shown dismantling parts and putting them back (All of it is then shown through the LEGO world).
  • A laser is shown pointed towards Emmett, and there is no impact (We do see signs of pain).
  • A hovercraft shaped like a LEGO 2x2 brick explodes (No violence, however a person is shown flying from the wreckage).

Profanity

  • Batman and MetalBeard both say the slang term "crap" as exclamations
  • Towards the end a micromanager is chasing a woman with cats then says stay the hell still
  • BadCop says "darn, darn, darn, darny, darn (2014 kid friendly version of saying "damn")
  • Emmet says "Oh, my...". Then Emmet spells "G-O-S-H".
  • One incomplete "what the-".
  • Lord business says b00b in the beginning
  • Uses of "darn", "crap", "what the heck!", "hippy dippy baloney", "old man" is used as an insult.
  • Death threats are said (although infrequently) such as "rest in pieces", "we'll kill ya!", "I just want to throw someone out this window!". There are phrases in this movie you probably don't want your younger child to repeat.
  • 5 mild anatomical terms, 14 mild obscenities, 7 altered religious exclamations (e.g., "Oh my Gosh"), and quite a few minced oaths (e.g., dang, darn, darny darn, Oh man!, kill, heck, Wow, gosh, et al.)
  • Name-calling (hippy dippy baloney, stupid, crazy, insane, dumb, loser, lame, ding dong, dorky, old man, useless, liar, cowardly, special snowflake, unspecial and weird.)
  • Stereotypical (though unoffensive) references to wizards, heroes, Big Business CEOs, Big Oil, women, men, followers, the police, cats, Mexicans, the Scottish, TV personalities, micromanagers and controlling fathers.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Cowboy figures drink from glasses of what may be beer in a saloon scene. In that same scene a character spits into a spittoon but the use of chewing tobacco is not implied.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Emmett falls through a completely, grotesquely, distorted hole after saving his friends, his whole vision is grotesque. He then re-enters Bricksburg.
  • Cleopatra attempts suicide by holding a snake so it bites her. Played for laughs and will likely fly over most kids heads.
  • This movie is literally 1984 retold in Lego and with tons of humour. The story beats still remain almost the same, so this may unsettle some younger viewers.
  • There is a sequence of master builders being captured which can be distressing to viewers.
  • Emmet is implied to have sacrificed himself during the down-point of the film which may upset some viewers, he later comes back during the final battle.
  • Part of Bad Cop's face (the Good Cop face) is erased using nail polish remover. After, his parents are frozen in place with Krazy Glue.
  • Emmett is interrogated by Bad cop and is taken to the "Melting Chamber". However, this entire scene is comical not meant to be scary.
  • Unikitty becomes very sad when Cloud Cucoland is destroyed.
  • Vitruvius is killed by decapitation. While not bloody or graphic, it is rather sad. He is reincarnated as a ghost, which is played for comedic effect.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • Bad Cop ends up gluing his parents.
  • Lord Business decapitates Vitruvius, killing him.
  • Han Solo and other beloved characters from the Star Wars franchise are eaten by the Exogorth. Some sensitive/young fans of Star Wars may be offended/scared.

Profanity

  • At the beginning, Vitruvius says the first lines, "He is coming! Cover your butt!"

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