'The Lego Movie' Brilliantly Subverts Movie Tropes
The Lego Movie achieves great humor and story with a combination of childish comedy, adult references, irony, and by subverting popular movie tropes.
A Man Without A Case
At the school where worker Nikolai Zhikharev studied, students were given a lot of theoretical information, but how to work with machinery was not explained. Therefore, on one of the first working days at the plant Zhikharev made a serious mistake - he let steam out of the boiler. He was transferred to the clerk's office, but even there difficulties awaited the hero. However, Zhikharev did not give up. He decided to change the educational process in schools so that trained and prepared workers would come to the factories.
- / 5
PopScore
Representation
Pictures and Videos
Movie Information
At the school where worker Nikolai Zhikharev studied, students were given a lot of theoretical information, but how to work with machinery was not explained. Therefore, on one of the first working days at the plant Zhikharev made a serious mistake - he let steam out of the boiler. He was transferred to the clerk's office, but even there difficulties awaited the hero. However, Zhikharev did not give up. He decided to change the educational process in schools so that trained and prepared workers would come to the factories.
Rating:
Genre:Drama
Written By:Serafima Roshal, Vera Stroyeva
In Theaters:
Box Office:
Runtime:56 minutes
Studio:Odessa Film Studio
Cast
Vera Stroyeva
Director
Boris Ferdinandov
Igor Mikhaylovich Lebed, school principal
Mikhail Viktorov
Nikolay Zhikharev
Mykola Nademskyi
Zhikharev, Nikolay's father and director of the factory
Valentina Mironova
Volodymyr Lisovskyi
Semyon Petrovich, teacher
Sofiia Smyrnova
Geography teacher
Vladimir Voyshvillo
Communist, factory worker
Mikhail Gayvoronsky
Vyacheslav Gomolyaka
Engineer
Aleksandra Popova
Articles You May Like
True Love is Just 'A Whisker Away'
A 2020 Japanese anime movie that focuses on a high school girl who is desperately in love with her secret crush.
‘WandaVision’ Episode 5 Flips the MCU Upside Down
Wanda and Vision are suffering under the stress of parenting their twin boys.
“Forbidden Fruits” (2026)
Not every film can make a shopping mall feel both magical and menacing, but Forbidden Fruits challenges that.
“Selma” & “Just Mercy” are Streaming Free Until the End of June
Two movies that do a fantastic job in conveying the ongoing struggle for racial justice are Selma (2014) and Just Mercy (2019).
Why ‘Mulan’ Is The Most Underrated Disney Remake
Disney remakes have often gotten a bad rap for their consistent reliance on the originals and overuse of CGI. However, Mulan is a remake that is able to transcend beyond Disney's other remakes with a confident and bold earnestness.