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 #33 | 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

The Emoji 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:

Welcome to the secret world inside your phone.

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

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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, 30 November 2017

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$200,405,914, 8 October 2017

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, 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

According to T.J. Miller, this was the fastest produced animated film in history.

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Goofs

As the Emojis start chanting Gene's name, Hi-5 begins chanting his own name and making comments. His mouth is never in sync with the words, it just opens and closes.

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Quotes

Hi-5: Throw some sauce on that dance burrito!

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Crazy Credits

End credits are depicted as text bubbles, with an appropriate emoji for each position, i.e. a camera for the director and monkeys for the writers.

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Connections

Referenced in AniMat's Reviews: Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

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Soundtracks

Marry Me Someday
Written by Roberto Benozzo, Simone Chivilo, Massimo Valli and Dan Zagor
Performed by Plastic People
Courtesy of Plastic People Music
Under license from Format Music Solutions

User Reviews

Excellent Movie ,Unbelievable Why It Is Underrated And Hated!.

Me and my son Muhammad were shocked how this great and funny 3D movie whose budget is 50 million dollars is so underrated and hated.

The film centers on Gene, a multi-expressional emoji who lives in a teenager's phone, and who sets out on a journey to become a normal meh emoji like his parents.

My son Muhammad and I laughed and saw this movie too entertaining for kids and adults and the thing that convinces us to see despite the unstoppable attack on it is that it has already reached number 1 in the US Box Office and that many open-minded people did not believe the malicious hatred against a quality movie like this.