Given some of the reviews I’d seen—and that I know nothing about Minecraft beyond its mining and crafting—I wasn’t expecting too much. But I approached it as any other Jack Black film, but set in a blocky cartoon world, and I honestly had fun. Sure, there are lots of Minecraft in-jokes that my fellow audience found hysterical and went straight over my head, but there was still plenty to enjoy. Jack Black’s doing his usual chaotic hero thing, and it works. The animation is bright and kinetic, and while the plot is pretty standard save-the-world stuff, it doesn’t drag. It’s not the kind of film I’ll be thinking about tomorrow, and it’s clearly made for Minecraft fans first—but as a casual viewer, I was perfectly entertained for 90 minutes. Honestly, it could’ve been a lot worse. Blocky nonsense, but enjoyable blocky nonsense.