A Minecraft Movie was released on April 4th, 2025. The hype around this movie was borderline hysterical, and everyone was talking about it, whether they were planning to watch it or not. If there is one thing that can be said for this movie, it is that the studio behind it knew exactly what they were doing with its marketing. A Minecraft Movie was created with the sole purpose of making money, and that is very clear upon watching it. 

The entire selling point of the movie is that you are watching Minecraft on the big screen. That is all. There is no meaningful plot to follow, zero interesting characters, and little to nothing offered in terms of memorability. Just Minecraft. This makes the entire film feel extremely redundant, as you could easily play the game instead. 

This movie is better described as an almost two-hour tutorial on how to play Minecraft than a coherent experience with a story. This direction for A Minecraft Movie is absolutely mind-boggling because the only people interested in watching this already know about the game. Children, the target audience, will only be interested in A Minecraft Movie if they have played the game (and a large majority of children have), which makes explaining how it works to them pointless. The other audience who would watch the movie is older people already familiar with Minecraft, which once again calls into question why the movie desperately tries to explain the game to death. 

The fact that the game is explained at all is not the problem. It is good that they give the parents who will inevitably be dragged to the film an entryway into this nightmare so they can at least follow along (not that there is much to follow). The problem is that there is nothing else to A Minecraft Movie except for the characters describing the game until their faces turn blue. 

Speaking of characters, none of the main characters in the movie are anything to write home about. They are all unremarkable, save for Jason Momoa and Jack Black’s characters, Garett and Steve, respectively, who try their hardest to make the film somewhat enjoyable. They are sometimes entertaining and offer a brief respite from the monotony of the other three lifeless husks. 

One thing I will say is that the world of Minecraft itself looks fairly good! It is accurate to the game, and it is obvious that a lot of time and effort were put into making the Overworld, where the characters are trapped, look convincing. The only problem with this is the fact that the actors are poorly green-screened into this impressive CGI world, which completely kills the otherwise impressive illusion.

Overall, this movie is not very enjoyable and commits a greater sin than being bad to me: Being boring. There is little to nothing going on in this movie, and the most entertaining part is when Jennifer Coolidge hits a Minecraft villager with a car.

Pomegranate Seeds: 3/10