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The Emoji Movie 2017

Directed by Tony Leondis · 86 mins · 2,059 views

2.1 Letterboxd 1.48(426,664)
Ratings J P D A D # K K E B

Synopsis

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

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Reviews (16)

  1. J
    James (Schaffrillas) 8 月 22, 2026

    At one point one of the main characters says “Ok, buzzkill”, and at that moment I got down on my knees and prayed to God, thanking Him for the fact that this movie didn’t release two years later. Still better than Cars 2.

    2,879 68
  2. P
    parley78 8 月 22, 2026

    saved my marriage

    1,330 9
  3. D
    DirkH 8 月 22, 2026

    This is who we are. Anyone blaming anyone or anything other than themselves is a hypocrite. This movie exists because of us. And the funniest thing is that it isn’t even that bad.

    901 23
  4. A
    airwreckuh 8 月 22, 2026

    There’s 104 days📅📆 of summer vacation🌞🌊 And school🏫📚 comes along just to end it 😪🔪 So the annual problem💣💥💢 for our generation🤡💯 Is finding a good✅👍 way to spend it🤑💸 Like maybe🤷‍♀️… Building🔨🔧 a rocket🚀💫 Or fighting😡😤 a mummy🔪👩 Or climbing🧗‍♂️☝ up the Eiffel Tower🗼⚡Discovering👩‍🔬🤯 something that doesn’t exist ✖💀 (Hey!) Or giving a monkey🙈🙉 a shower🛀🚿🧼 Surfing tidal waves🌊🏄‍♂️ Creating nanobots👩‍💻🤖 Or locating🚩😵 Frankenstein’s brain🧟‍♂️🧠 (It’s over here!) Finding a dodo bird🦜 Painting a continent🎨🌍 Or driving your sister insane👧🤪 (Phineas!) As you👇🗑 can see👀🌊 There’s a whole⭕🥱 lot of stuff to do🆗🆒 Before⌚💢 school🏫📚 starts this fall🍁🍂 (Come on Perry) So stick🩹😎 with us ’cause Phineas and Ferb 👨🏼‍🤝‍👨🏻 Are gonna do it all😫✊🤞💅 So stick🩹😎 with us ’cause Phineas and Ferb 👨🏼‍🤝‍👨🏻 are gonna do it all! 😫✊🤞💅 (Mom!👩😡 Phineas and Ferb 👨🏼‍🤝‍👨🏻 are making 🔨👷‍♂️a title sequence!🎞📹 ) (Guitar downs🎸🎶💥)

    1,755 37
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    davidehrlich 8 月 22, 2026

    “The Emoji Movie” might seem like a brazenly cynical cash grab that only exists because a Hollywood studio saw an opportunity to brand the most universal human language since the invention of math (apologies to Esperanto), but Sony Pictures Animation’s big new blockbuster has represented something very positive since the start of this summer movie season: hope. Specifically, the hope that — for 90 beautiful minutes — Hollywood would spirit us away to a cinematic world that was somehow actually worse than real life. What a gift it would be in July 2017 to leave the multiplex and actually come up on our way back to reality, to feel the faint nausea of ascension for the first time all year…

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    #1 Digger Rockwell fan 8 月 22, 2026

    Once in a lifetime you’ll come across a film that truly captures the history and cultural distinctions of the modern world the way a person can subjectively perceive it through our guided field of perspective. I have to admit, I had my doubts when I first learned of the movie. After all, a movie based on emojis? Those annoying things people send in texts? Come on, Sony. You’re really pushing it. How ignorant was I to even have these thoughts. Little did I know I was about to indulge in what may have been the best 5 hours and 38 minutes of my life. The movie started out strong. The opening scenes enticed the audience with a captivating enigma. I…

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    kirst 8 月 22, 2026

    someone in an office in front of 10 executives: our story starts with EMOJIS. theyre all the same, except one. he’s not like the other emojis. he’s… different… executives: fuck

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    Karsten 8 月 22, 2026

    I mean like…

    1,209 8
  9. E
    el :) 🪽 8 月 22, 2026

    it was this or the queen’s funeral

    1,083 8
  10. B
    ben wyatt human disaster 8 月 22, 2026

    they made emojis heterosexual this is literally a nightmare

    1,631 9
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    twincoves 8 月 22, 2026

    CITIZEN KANE WHO?? 😂😂😘😅😍😝😤 CINEMA IS SAVED!!

    1,914 6
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    Joel Winstead 8 月 22, 2026

    I gave my six year old son control of the remote and told him to pick a movie. So we sat through this abomination. I have since put him up for adoption.

    5,193 22
  13. A
    Alunauwie 9 月 17, 2025

    The Emoji Movie explores the imaginative lives of emojis, focusing on Gene, who struggles to fit into a world demanding conformity. Despite logical gaps and a flawed narrative structure, the film offers colorful visuals and an important message about embracing individuality. It encourages viewers—especially children—to celebrate their uniqueness rather than conform to societal expectations.

    Read the full review here: (Indonesian version : alunauwie.com)

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    John 4 月 7, 2021

    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.

  15. R
    r96sk 1 月 12, 2021

    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 – ‘The Emoji Movie’ 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.

  16. R
    Reno 11 月 29, 2017

    **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**

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T T.J. Miller Gene (voice)
J James Corden Hi-5 (voice)
A Anna Faris Jailbreak (voice)
M Maya Rudolph Smiler (voice)
S Steven Wright Mel Meh (voice)
J Jennifer Coolidge Mary Meh (voice)
J Jake T. Austin Alex (voice)
C Christina Aguilera Akiko Glitter (voice)
S Sofía Vergara Flamenco Dancer (voice)
P Patrick Stewart Poop (voice)
R Rob Riggle Ice Cream (voice)
S Sean Hayes Steven (voice)
T Tati Gabrielle Addie (voice)
J Jude Koyaute Poop Jr. (voice)
R Rachael Ray Spam (voice)
J Jeff Ross Internet Troll (voice)
M Melissa Sturm Angel / Phone Store Employee (voice)
T Tony Leondis Laughter / Broom / Pizza (voice)
S Sean Giambrone Travis (voice)
T Timothy Durkin Mr. Schnoebelen (voice)
Director Tony Leondis
Writer Tony Leondis, Eric Siegel, Mike White
Producer Michelle Raimo Kouyate, Theresa Bentz, John Kreidman
Executive Producer Ben Waisbren
Editor William J. Caparella
Original Music Patrick Doyle
Sound Deb Adair, Randy K. Singer, Gary A. Hecker, Rick Owens, Michael J. Broomberg
Art Direction Ryan Carlson, Dean Gordon
Casting Mary Hidalgo
Synopsis
Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji.
Director
Tony Leondis
Writer
Tony Leondis, Eric Siegel, Mike White
Studio
Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, LStar Capital
Country
USA
Language
English
Year
2017
Runtime
86 mins

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