A Minecraft Movie

"“A Minecraft Movie” lacks the very spark of creativity that made its source material a global phenomenon. (...) It’s too convoluted for kids, too slight for adults and too self-aware to be taken seriously." 

"Surprisingly well-crafted adaptation (...) Momoa’s comic timing is particularly sterling" 

"Mine all you like. You’ll never find any smarts in this cavern of stupidity. (...) [It] is a 101-minute lobotomy. (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)" 

"Hess, the director, combines the spirit of his 2004 hit “Napoleon Dynamite” with the game and thwack, he’s made a solid comedy constructed of his own touchstones: tater tots, ’80s kitsch and wannabe alpha males in a joystick-measuring contest." 

"Kids will likely be diverted by the colorful excess of 'A Minecraft Movie,' but fans of the game may feel it misses the mark. More creativity, please." 

"What makes 'A Minecraft Movie' so dispiriting is how it fails to spark the imagination, betraying a core tenet of the game on which it’s based." 

"This iteration of Minecraft instead plays it safe, constructing plot conveniences instead of digging for inspiration (...) Still, [It] understands why its audience pulled themselves away from their consoles and PCs to spend an afternoon in the theater and delivers it to them with diamond-pickaxe precision."