Did you even know there was a new LEGO movie coming out this summer? If you don’t pay attention to documentaries, probably not. Beyond the Brick: A LEGO Brickumentary actually made its debut a year ago at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, which is when I saw it and was pleasantly surprised by just how “clever and lively” it is. Yes, I’m using the words blurbed in the above trailer credited to Movies.com, because that’s quoted from my own capsule review over there. Here’s another one: “it’s a really fun doc.”
The feature is co-directed by Kief Davidson, who earned an Oscar nomination in 2013 for his doc short Open Heart, and Daniel Junge, who won an Oscar in 2012 for his doc short Saving Face. In their pairing here, they’ve moved quite a distance away from the heavy subject matter (high-risk heart surgery for Rwandan children and reconstructive plastic surgery for Pakistani women with acid-burned faces, respectively) to profile and celebration of all there is to the iconic toy brand.
Like The LEGO Movie, this overly promotional documentary is at least a very enjoyable time with the brand (and features scenes, including a spoiler, from that franchise-starting animated feature). In Beyond the Brick, Jason Bateman provides his voice for a stop-motion minifig character, a host and narrator who is like the nonfiction film equivalent of Chris Pratt’s character in Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s smash hit of last year.
Unlike The LEGO Movie, though, this upcoming movie will enlighten you. Some things you can learn from the doc include LEGO’s history and the work of LEGO street artists and sculptors, as well as how LEGO is being used to treat autistic children, help in architectural design and influence scientists and engineers of various fields.
Beyond the Brick: A LEGO Brickumentary hits theaters on July 31st.
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