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Rating: 7.7/10 by 50 users

Piece by Piece (2024)

The story of the life and career of American musician Pharrell Williams in the style of LEGO animation.

Directing:
  • Morgan Neville
Writing:
  • Jason Zeldes
  • Morgan Neville
  • Oscar Vasquez
  • Aaron Wickenden
Stars:
Release Date: Thu, Oct 10, 2024

Rating: 7.7/10 by 50 users

Alternative Title:
Out of the Box - US

Country:
Denmark
United States of America
Language:
English
日本語
Runtime: 01 hour 34 minutes
Budget: $16,000,000
Revenue: $8,067,870

Plot Keyword: musical, biography, coming of age, live action and animation, lego, music documentary, experimental documentary, animated documentary, biopic
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Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Williams (voice)
Chad Hugo
Chad Hugo (voice)
Gwen Stefani
Gwen Stefani (voice)
Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar (voice)
Timbaland
Timbaland (voice)
Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake (voice)
Busta Rhymes
Busta Rhymes (voice)
Jay-Z
Jay-Z (voice)
Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg (voice)
Morgan Neville
Morgan Neville (voice)
Pusha T
Pusha T (voice)
N.O.R.E.
N.O.R.E (voice)
Shay Haley
Shay Haley (voice)
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey (voice - archival footage)
Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott (Voice)
Helen Lasichanh
Helen Lasichanh (voice)
Jimmy Iovine
Jimmy Iovine (voice)
Rob Walker
Rob Walker (voice)
Teddy Riley
Teddy Riley (voice)
Tyler, The Creator
Teacher (voice)
Carolyn Williams
Carolyn Williams (voice)
Pharoah Williams
Pharoah Williams (voice)
Rocket Williams
Rocket Williams (voice)
Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan (archival audio)

CJ

I adored this movie For background info, I love Pharrell. He is my favorite artist and he has been for a long time now. My parents listen to that type of music so I got it from them. I love his music. So I was going in expecting a fun time with great music and I would probably learn a thing or two. But damn, I got so much more. I love the way Pharrell thinks. The way he sees life. It might seem crazy what I'm about to say but this movie changed my perspective on things. On life. The music was amazing just as expected. A lot of Pharrell’s music is nostalgic to me. So hearing these songs just made me feel so nostalgic. The movie is funny too. Not the funniest thing ever but it is funny at times. Guys, don’t compare this to the other Lego movies that came before. They are wildly different types of films. So just because it’s a movie using Lego as their animation style, don’t compare them. I won’t lie with you and say I didn’t get teary eyed at parts of this movie. Cause I feel what he’s feeling. I know. Probably not in the same exact way but similar ways. Just an all around inspiring film. It’s inspired me to just start. It’s never too early to start on your dream. After Hurricane Milton making me and everyone in Florida stressed and not in a good mood, this is something I needed. It made me…**_happy _** **_9.5/10_**

CinemaSerf

Pharrell Williams has decided to tell us a story of his life thus far using Lego as the creative conduit. The Lego bit is quite impressive and creative, the rest of it is really neither here nor there. Perhaps that's because he is just too young to present us with a compendium of his achievments. The boy from Virginia Beach lucking out when a big noise producer spots his band "The Neptunes" and gives them a chance, his persistence to get noticed, the undulation of his fame, his struggles with success and failure, friendships and family. His increasingly pivotal position in African American culture is all laid out like a yellow brick road, bumps and all, but none of it is particularity interesting. It isn't that different from the story that could be told by almost anyone trying to make it in the entertainment industry - actors, singers, musicians. There are the occasional graphics to tell us who is who, but the lego-fication of the animation sometimes makes it quite difficult to tell the characters apart and it does rely on quite a bit of knowledge of the man's career and of hip-hop to take much from it. It also doesn't really let us appreciate the music. Not that it needed to be a portmanteau of music videos, but the very thing that made and makes him relevant to so many hardly features at all. It's an imaginative production to look at, but the substance is lacking on just about every front.


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