This film’s topic, singer-songwriter-producer Pharrell Williams, seems somewhat inappropriate at first glance. Many of the songs he recorded, wrote, or produced do not lend themselves to a PG-rated movie treatment.

When Pharrell Williams and Morgan Neville decided to embark on a movie about Williams’ life but animated in Lego pieces, they knew there would be culture shocks.

“Piece by Piece” is a bright, clever song-filled biopic that pretends it’s a behind-the-scenes documentary using small plastic bricks, angles and curves to celebrate an artist known for his quirky soul. It is deep and surreal and often adorable. Is it high concept or low? Like Williams, it’s a bit of both.

A documentary about Pharrell Williams rendered entirely as a Lego movie? It’s understandable to be a bit skeptical of this gimmick, but in “Piece by Piece,” directed by Oscar-winning documentarian Morgan Neville,

When Pharrell Williams and Morgan Neville decided to embark on a movie about Williams’ life but animated in Lego pieces, they knew there would be culture shocks. But making Piece by Piece still led to some places that neither Williams,

For Lego, making 'Piece by Piece' was its biggest gamble since stepping into feature films with 2014's 'The Lego Movie.'