Hess brings something likable to "A Minecraft Movie." He’s a genial camp satirist who knows how to invest not taking anything seriously with a flaked-out conviction. "A Minecraft Movie" never stops goofing on itself,

Sebastian Hansen, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks and Jennifer Coolidge also star in the story of four strangers who must find their way back home after being pulled into a cubic wonderland created by a doorknob salesman.

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