The Emoji Movie

"An adventure beyond words."

2017 1h 26m EN

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5.4

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★5.4TMDB · 3,395

AnimationFamilyComedy

Synopsis

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Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji.

“An adventure beyond words.”

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Cast

T.J. Miller
Gene (voice)
James Corden
Hi-5 (voice)
Anna Faris
Jailbreak (voice)
Maya Rudolph
Smiler (voice)
Steven Wright
Mel Meh (voice)
Jennifer Coolidge
Mary Meh (voice)
Jake T. Austin
Alex (voice)
Christina Aguilera
Akiko Glitter (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tony Leondis
Writers: Tony Leondis, Tony Leondis, Eric Siegel
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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86 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $50M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.4× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Patrick Doyle. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor William J. Caparella shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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T.J. Miller and James Corden and Anna Faris carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "An adventure beyond words.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tony Leondis directs. Patrick Doyle scores. William J. Caparella cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Mid-budget at $50M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
3Made its money back 4.4× over at the box office.
4Released 9 years ago.
5Original score by Patrick Doyle. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor William J. Caparella shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7T.J. Miller and James Corden and Anna Faris carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "An adventure beyond words.".
9IMDB entry: tt4877122 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Original score: Patrick Doyle
Editing: William J. Caparella
Production design: Carlos Zaragoza
VFX supervisor: David Alexander Smith
Sound: Deb Adair
Runtime: 86 min · 1h 26m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $50,000,000
Box office: $217,776,646
Return: 436% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: The Emoji Movie (2017)

Awards

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture

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What people are saying

Reno2017-11-29
★ 3/10
As a thematic where expressions matter the film failed to express! I agree that this film was not good. Not because of bad writing, animation, voice rendered, but the timing of the film coming out mattered. If this same film was released before 'Wreck it Ralf', 'The Lego Movie', 'Pixels', 'Inside Out', then people might have liked it. But now, it is like Sony desperately wanted their version of toys and/or games related film, so they made it. That's how it looks like. Despite all the criticism, the film minted good sum. So it is not a box office flop, only devalued honestly by those who saw it. Those titles I mentioned and this story has the same storyline. Basically, that's very common platform where 80 per cent of the films borrow from. The scenes looked very ordinary, like there's nothing much to explore. The jokes were weaker, the characters were uninteresting in most of the parts. I would say they did not utilise them rightly. The good thing is, it is a watchable film, but the majority won't like it. Usually Sony animations were met with underwhelmingly, and seeing the response it had got, surely there will be no sequel, at least for now. 3/10
r96sk2021-01-12
★ 2/10
Excruciatingly bad. It's proper rubbish. Based on the reputation of this, I knew it was going to be utter tripe. I always wait to watch myself to form my own opinion, but there is no doubt about it - <em>'The Emoji Movie'</em> is truly awful. It's such a lazy attempt, there is absolutely no creativity and there doesn't seem to have been that much care put into this. How about that product placement, also?! I will say I do like the idea, you could probably create a fine film with it. However, man did they get the execution incredibly wrong. That's also not good given the cast performances, all of which are quite pathetic. In fairness, they don't exactly get much to work with. I'm someone who likes James Corden, but he is terrible here. As is T.J. Miller, while Anna Faris and Maya Rudolph are forgettable. I was disappointed (sorta) not to see more of Patrick Stewart's character, given how much I've heard in recent years; he's barely in it. It's a painful watch, even with a run time of just 86 minutes.
John2021-04-07
★ 8/10
In spite of this somehow being a movie, the animation and sound was good with enough subtle references to keep adults entertained, while also being fun and bright enough to hold the attention of my kids.