Everything's worth it just to see chicken jockey.

The latest IP to be mined into a Hollywood blockbuster is appropriately a video game that celebrates digging: “A Minecraft Movie.”Like “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” and “Jumanji” before it, “A Minecraft Movie” centers on four misfits who enter a mysterious portal that pulls them into a strange land, this time cubic, like Lego only on shrooms.The Jared Hess-directed action-adventure artfully straddles the line between delighting preteen gamers and keeping their parents awake. It's an often-bananas adaptation, with bizarre digressions into turquoise blouses and tater tot pizzas. It has Jennifer Coolidge being very Jennifer Coolidge. Need we say more?If you’ve never heard of “Minecraft” — or its denizens like Creepers, Piglins, Villagers and Endermen — you are in big trouble. Consult with the closest 10-year-old immediately. (I have one and he noticed a sweet nod to the late YouTuber Technoblade, an Easter egg of sorts.)The movie is faithful to the world of the game, while adding some things — orbs and crystals…

LOS ANGELES, April 2 (UPI) -- In A Minecraft Movie, in theaters Friday, Jack Black and Jason Momoa work overtime to sell the film's overly complicated premise. Their admirable efforts are no match for a disastrous script.

The film adaptation of the world's best-selling video game lacks in genuine imagination, though kids will probably like it all the same, writes our reviewer.

Jared Hess, the director of "Napoleon Dynamite," brings his indie-camp absurdist cred to this adaptation of the blockbuster sandbox video game.

Jared Hess' mega-budget video game adaptation works best whenever you can tell that it was made by the director of "Napoleon Dynamite."

"You have to take some swings."

A Minecraft Movie's filmmaker has passed judgement on the use of AI in the entertainment industry.