The unique story format melds the playfulness of a Lego landscape with a boppy tune, but the film doesn’t go too far outside the box of a celebrity profile
Pharrell Williams stars in director Morgan Neville’s Piece by Piece, a documentary that uses Lego to tell the life of the musical performer.A Lego documentary on Pharrell Williams?! Twenty seconds into the trailer, you understand why the idea makes total sense. As his hit songplays in the background, you hear Williams tell his story: about how he always felt different, how even as a child people thought he was odd.
All these artists know how to spin a beat and a yarn. Feature them with their own chart-topping numbers in the background and the documentary feels like a party in the theatre. Using Lego as a medium adds an element of trippiness, especially when Williams talks about having synesthesia and seeing music as colours, or muses out loud about mental escapades into underwater or outer space realms.
In the interest of consistency across all critics’ reviews, The Globe has eliminated its star-rating system in film and theatre to align with coverage of music, books, visual arts and dance. Instead, works of excellence will be noted with a critic’s pick designation across all coverage. Switch gears. Give your brain a workout and do today's Daily Cryptic Crossword.
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