And the Oscar for best picture goes to … ‘The Lego Movie’?
"The Lego Movie" trailer
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows characters Emmet, voiced by Chris Pratt, left, and Batman, voiced by Will Arnett, in a scene from "The Lego Movie." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures)
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows characters, from left, Benny, voiced by Charlie Day, Batman, voiced by Will Arnett, Vitruvius, voiced by Morgan Freeman, Wyldstyle, voiced by Elizabeth Banks and Unikitty, voiced by Alison Brie, in a scene from "The Lego Movie." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures)
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows the character Bad Cop/Good Cop, voiced by Liam Neeson, left, and President Business, voiced by Will Ferrell, in a scene from "The Lego Movie." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures)
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows characters, from left, Emmet, voiced by Chris Pratt, Wyldstyle, voiced by Elizabeth Banks and Batman, voiced by Will Arnett, in a scene from "The Lego Movie." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures)
Call your friends. "The Lego Movie" is polling as high or higher than every current best-picture nominee at Rotten Tomatoes. (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows the character Wyldstyle, voiced by Elizabeth Banks, in a scene from "The Lego Movie." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures)
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows the character President Business, voiced by Will Ferrell, in a scene from "The Lego Movie." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures)
Ladies and gentleman, your best-picture winner at the 2015 Academy Awards: “The Lego Movie.”
OK, so that’s probably not going to happen.
But you’d be surprised just how well those goofy little bricks stack up against this year’s best-picture nominees at Rotten Tomatoes.
Granted, the website doesn’t track how much a critic loves a movie, just whether or not his review was positive.
As of late Friday morning, though, “The Lego Movie’s” reviews were an alarmingly 97 percent positive.
Here’s a look at how this year’s nominees compare:
- “Gravity” 97 percent
- “12 Years a Slave” 96 percent
- “Captain Phillips” 94 percent
- “Her” 94 percent
- “American Hustle” 93 percent
- “Dallas Buyers Club” 93 percent
- “Nebraska” 92 percent
- “Philomena” 92 percent
- “The Wolf of Wall Street” 77 percent
