THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE, U, 104MINS

Hollywood Plaza, Scarborough

The beginning is a very good place to start with The LEGO Batman Movie because the opening five minutes of credits and droll voiceover are sheer perfection. It’s genuinely one of the finest animated opening salvos since the wizards at Pixar had us sobbing into our handkerchiefs with Up. The rest of the picture is a delight. Batman wallows in loneliness at Wayne Manor where loyal butler Alfred (Ralph Fiennes) expertly pinpoints the source of his master’s malaise. Soon after, Commissioner James Gordon (Hector Elizondo) hands over control to his daughter, Barbara (Rosario Dawson), who calls into question the effectiveness of Batman.