The Emoji Movie (2017)

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

Director:

Tony Leondis

Writers:

Tony Leondis (screenplay by), Eric Siegel (screenplay by)

Stars:

T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris

Bottom Rated Movies #41 | 5 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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)
Patrick Stewart	...	Poop (voice) (as Sir Patrick Stewart)
Christina Aguilera	...	Akiko Glitter (voice)
Sofía Vergara	...	Flamenca (voice)
Rachael Ray	...	Spam (voice)
Sean Hayes	...	'Devil' Steven (voice)
Jake T. Austin	...	Alex (voice)
Tati Gabrielle	...	Addie (voice)
Jude Kouyate	...	Poop Jr. 'PJ' (voice)
Jeffrey Ross	...	Internet Troll (voice) (as Jeff Ross)

Storyline

This movie unlocks the never-before-seen secret world inside your smartphone. Hidden within the messaging app is Textopolis, a bustling city where all your favorite emojis live, hoping to be selected by the phone's user. In this world, each emoji has only one facial expression, except for Gene, an exuberant emoji who was born without a filter and is bursting with multiple expressions. Determined to become "normal" like the other emojis, Gene enlists the help of his handy best friend Hi-5 and the notorious code breaker emoji Jailbreak. Together, they embark on an epic "app-venture" through the apps on the phone, each its own wild and fun world, to find the Code that will fix Gene. But when a greater danger threatens the phone, the fate of all emojis depends on these three unlikely friends who must save their world before it's deleted forever.

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Plot Keywords:

food | emoji | dancing | text messages | high school | 

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Taglines:

Happens (Poop's poster)

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for rude humor

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

28 July 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Emoji

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$24,531,923, 30 July 2017, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$86,089,513

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$217,776,646

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, LStar Capital, Sony Pictures Animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos Dolby Digital DTS (DTS: X) Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mona Marshall and Alicyn Packard who were listed under additional voices have also been known for voicing cat characters in Japanese anime such as Doraemon (2005) as the titular character and Yo Kai Watch (2015) as Jibanyan coincidentally both those shows featured Johnny Yong Bosch who voiced the protagonists of those shows.

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Goofs

Jailbreaking a phone voids its warranty. Alex would not have been able to send it to tech support.

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Quotes

Spam: Hi! It's so good to see you again!

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Crazy Credits

SPOILER: There is a scene before the closing rolling credits: Smiler is stuck in the loser lounge, wearing braces and losing a game of cards.

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Alternate Versions

For its UK release, Sony had to remove some mild language in order to receive an U rating instead of a PG - this included a visual use of "WTF" (considered 'disguised strong language' and worthy of a 12A) and a verbal use of "turd".

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Connections

Featured in Tamara Just Saw: The Emoji Movie - Tamara's Never Seen (2017)

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Soundtracks

The Magic Flute: Queen of the Night
K. 620
Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Emanuel Schikaneder

User Reviews

Hot Garbage

If you would like to watch an hour and a half long commercial then this is the movie for you. The entire film revolves around these brand deals they were able to acquire such as Candy Crush, Just Dance, and Spotify. Even if it doesn't make sense for the plot and what is happening for these brand deals to be brought in to the movie, they are still included. It's like watching a YouTube video with mid roll ads that interrupt the video. The plot itself is very common and not nearly as different or interesting enough as many other films with this format. The characters are bland and forgettable since they are literally the same characters as your regular outcast hero characters. If you want to see a good version of this film, watch Wreck It Ralph. While that film isn't the exact same as this, it is quite similar and much more intriguing and interesting. I can't even think of a single thing I liked about this film, that's just how bad it was.