Over the Moon (2020)

In this animated musical, a girl builds a rocket ship and blasts off, hoping to meet a mythical moon goddess.

Directors:

Glen Keane, John Kahrs (co-director)

Writers:

Audrey Wells, Jennifer Yee McDevitt (additional screenplay material by)

Stars:

Glen Keane, Brycen Hall, Ruthie Ann Miles

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Glen Keane	...	Space Dog / Rail Worker #3 (voice)
Brycen Hall	...	Young Fei Fei (voice) (as Brycen Taylor Hall)
Ruthie Ann Miles	...	Mother (voice)
John Cho	...	Father (voice)
Cathy Ang	...	Fei Fei (voice)
Edie Ichioka	...	Bungee (voice)
Greg Watanabe	...	Male Customer / Rail Worker #2 (voice)
Elizabeth Pan	...	Photographed Mother (voice)
James Taku Leung	...	Photographed Father / Rail Worker #1 / Delivery Man (voice)
Josiah D. Lee	...	Photographed Son (voice)
Lucy Lin	...	Photographed Daughter (voice)
David Chen	...	Townsperson / Teacher (voice)
Sandra Oh	...	Mrs. Zhong (voice)
Robert G. Chiu	...	Chin (voice)
Margaret Cho	...	Auntie Ling / Gretch (voice)

Storyline

In this animated musical, a girl builds a rocket ship and blasts off, hoping to meet a mythical moon goddess.

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Plot Keywords:

girl | true love | moon | mother daughter relationship | goddess | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some thematic elements and mild action

Did You Know?

Trivia

The third Netflix's animated film to be rated PG by the MPA, after Klaus (2019) and The Willoughbys (2020).

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Quotes

Young Fei Fei: Magnetic levitation's the coolest.

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Connections

Referenced in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: Last-Minute Setup: The Musical (2020)

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Soundtracks

Rocket to the Moon
Written by Christopher Curtis, Marjorie Duffield and Helen Park
Performed by Cathy Ang

User Reviews

Loved certain things about it

As a Chinese person, I LOVED seeing so much wonderful cultural representation and the all-Asian cast. As a kid, there was very little of this type of thing available to me and I'm happy that my four year old enjoys this movie and sees positive representations of this part of her heritage.

I thought the visuals were stunning, and the animation and character design were lovely.

Otherwise, it was... fine. I feel like the movie started off strong. I got teary during the first part. Then the story just got kind of confusing and I felt very little emotional connection to the characters. The singing is good, but I didn't find the music as catchy or memorable as some other recent musicals. I'll watch this again with my kid and I prefer it to something like Frozen, Cars, or The Good Dinosaur, but I don't think it's as good as my favorite Pixar films like Wall-e or Monsters, Inc.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

China USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 October 2020 (USA)

Also Known As:

Over the Moon

Company Credits

Production Co:

Glen Keane Productions, Janet Yang Productions, Netflix

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1