"It's way too funny," Jared Hess told the New York Times about fans' exuberant reactions to the film, some of which have been widely shared. The UK Cinema Association this week noted the "exceptional" crowd response to the movie and its characters,

Jared Hess, director of A Minecraft Movie, has been reveling at fans’ reactions to his movie in theaters. “It’s been so bananas,” the filmmaker told Entertainment Weekly a couple of days after the movie’s considerable box office haul from its opening weekend.