The film is very basic and not very well thought through. The characters aren't very well portrayed, especially Andrea, because throughout all of the Lego Friends books and sets that came before this film, all of the girls are described as caring and the best of friends, where as Andrea comes across as snotty and very selfish without a care for her friends, which is inaccurate.
The graphics are quite basic, and this put me off a little. But, my problem lay with the plot, because it was tediously delivered. The script was cheesy and also somewhat cringe worthy at points, such as when talking about weight loss or gender stereotypes. It's just the kind of thing that probably isn't going to be accepted by people who are really PC in this day and age.
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It's predictable, cliché and cheesy, but at least has it's heart in the right place
sporeviews29 November 2017
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Lego friends: Girlz 4 life, has loads of issues, especially in the plot. However, it's not really that awful; it just has a lot of problems. First the positives: The animation is very on-point, and is surprisingly kind of fluid. It's not the best CGI I've seen, but it does show quality.
However, beyond the technical aspects of the movie, like the color palette and the backgrounds, the story is EXTREMELY predictable. We've all heard the 'friends over fame' story before, and Lego Friends: Girlz 4 life does NOTHING new, or interesting with it's story, or characters. The characters are paper-thin, bland, and I could barley tell them apart.
Another thing I don't like, especially in some kids movies, is that the filmmakers always think that their target audience is stupid, and only like pretty colors, bland characters, unfunny jokes, and predictable stories. Every time the filmmakers do this, they always simplify and dumb-down everything. So they don't put any effort into challenging their audience, or writing original, cliché breaking, interesting, realistic and complex issues, stories, villains and characters, that always encourage kids to think. Sure kids movies don't ALWAYS have to be complex, but they at least have to have quality control and originality.
That's just my thoughts on the movie. I don't really want to go any further, but I will say I liked the soundtrack, especially the 'Girlz' song, and I will admit despite the lackluster story, I do like how the message is indeed executed very nicely. However, this movie is just a big cliché that does ABSOLUTELY nothing new, or original.
However, beyond the technical aspects of the movie, like the color palette and the backgrounds, the story is EXTREMELY predictable. We've all heard the 'friends over fame' story before, and Lego Friends: Girlz 4 life does NOTHING new, or interesting with it's story, or characters. The characters are paper-thin, bland, and I could barley tell them apart.
Another thing I don't like, especially in some kids movies, is that the filmmakers always think that their target audience is stupid, and only like pretty colors, bland characters, unfunny jokes, and predictable stories. Every time the filmmakers do this, they always simplify and dumb-down everything. So they don't put any effort into challenging their audience, or writing original, cliché breaking, interesting, realistic and complex issues, stories, villains and characters, that always encourage kids to think. Sure kids movies don't ALWAYS have to be complex, but they at least have to have quality control and originality.
That's just my thoughts on the movie. I don't really want to go any further, but I will say I liked the soundtrack, especially the 'Girlz' song, and I will admit despite the lackluster story, I do like how the message is indeed executed very nicely. However, this movie is just a big cliché that does ABSOLUTELY nothing new, or original.
Horrible Message for Young Girls
laurenschuster2 June 2018
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I put this movie on so that I could clean dishes with my daughter out of my hair. I poked my head in the room to see how the movie was going and if she was watching it. I overheard one of the characters say " A moment on the lips a lifetime on the hips " while carrying her ice cream cone. I was appalled. I then sat and watched another few minutes to see if it was just a fluke and nothing more would be said reguarding we lost our body image. A few minutes after that comment the characters manager pulled her aside and said something along the lines of we need you to get exercising because you have to burn off those calories. now this movie is clearly marketed to young girls this is an inappropriate message to be sending to any girl of any age. Absolutely disgusting movie. Stupid plot. I turned it off immediately after that. Do not allow your children to watch this.
Why does this exist?
LouBlu081 May 2021
In the 2010's, there was a trend of LEGO direct-to-DVD movies being churned out. While there's not as many as there was being pumped out at the same time, there are still these kinds of movies out there. And one of these movies is "LEGO Friends: Girlz 4 Life". And yes, it's intentionally spelt like that. My first major complaint is the animation. It looks fine, but there's barely any LEGO in this movie, in a movie based on the toys. Even the 2012-2015 TV series had LEGO in it. Then there's the soundtrack, which is fine, but my complaint here is that the movies headlining song "Girlz" is played, what, like, 5 times in the movie? Now, the plot of this movie is that the girls recorded the "Girlz" song, and then Olivia gives the agent of Livi, a pop star, a flash drive with the song on it, leaving Livi to call it her own song. Then the girls devise a plan to get the drive, and tell her "Hey, this is our song!". In terms of the character portrayal, Andrea, at the start of the movie, feels like a selfish little twerp who only cares about fame. Though, thankfully, she redeems herself towards the end. And the voice acting is pretty bad. Because the song "Girlz" was recorded by L2M, a band made up of kids (why?), they didn't bother to rerecord the song for the adult actors. Also, the credits is a literal music video, showing the deities who made this movie. So, all in all, this is not a great movie for kids.
Awful
CrystalDiamondWolf13 April 2020
This burns my eyes, I mean this movie is for kids but this is so bad. Even my sister that is 6 years old hated it.
The details are ok but the graphics are seriously terrible. In my opinion it NEEDS only 1 star.
What bothers me most, is how their lips are moving and the words just does not work together. No, this movie sucks.
Nice movie
mayakat-9824825 June 2021
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