Boys Go to Jupiter

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Boys Go to Jupiter

Aug 2025

1h 30m

Comedy

Fantasy

Animation

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It's the day after Christmas in suburban Florida and Billy 5000 (Jack Corbett) and his friends pass the seemingly endless days by slacking, shoplifting, and beatboxing. In between lounging on the beach and sneaking into pools, Billy spends his time hustling on the food-on-demand app Grubster, desperate to make $5,000 before New Year's Eve. As he darts around the city delivering to a series of oddball characters, a routine stop at the mysterious Dolphin Groves Juice Company leads to a run-in with his former classmate--and crush--Rozebud (Miya Folick) and a surprise backpack stowaway in Donut, a bizarre creature from another world. But Dr. Dolphin (Janeane Garofalo), the powerful orange juice CEO, will do anything to get Donut back, and Billy is forced to make hard choices about love, friendship, and how far he'll go for financial security in a world ruled by capitalism in this absurdist and musical take on a coming-of-age comedy.

Critics Consensus

Bouncy, bright, and liminal in scope, Boys Go to Jupiter harnesses the absurd to creatively skewer capitalistic intent through a surreal yet sublimely animated environment.

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Richard Whittaker

Austin Chronicle

There has to be more to insightful absurdity than having an alien food influencer singing a review of to-go spaghetti.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 18, 2025

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Micco Caporale

Chicago Reader

It could be more adventurous, but what Boys Go to Juper lacks in teeth it makes up for with heart—and that’s just fine for a cultural moment when everything outside the movies has audiences going fangs out.

Aug 25, 2025

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Matt Zoller Seitz

RogerEbert.com

The filmmaker’s quiet confidence unites what might otherwise seem like a grab bag of bits.

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 15, 2025

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Jeffrey Overstreet

Looking Closer

When I laughed (and I laughed a lot), it was sometimes at the jokes, sometimes at the architecture, and sometimes at just how starkly Glander highlights the waking-nightmare landscapes so many American children are trying to survive.

Rated: B+

Nov 24, 2025

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David-Elijah Nahmod

Bay Area Reporter

It’s not a great film, but it’s not a bad film either. See it if you’re in the mood for something different, just don’t expect all of it to make sense.

Oct 28, 2025

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Juan Barquin

MovieWeb

Its imaginative ambiance has an undeniable allure, and it’ll undoubtedly be something of a calling card for Glander's brand of animation, but ultimately it's little more than just pleasant viewing.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 8, 2025

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Whittington

The movie was a brilliant slice of life title that captured the underclass struggle of the smart child who wasnt able to meet their potential due to circumstances out of their control. Its a refreshing change from the current state of animated films

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/18/25

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Jose M

Great music, wonderful visuals and a good story. A very pleasant surprise.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/16/25

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Jaimee D

So cool, so thoughtful, so weird (complimentary!!)! Loved it.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/16/25

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Alex E

It's an instagram zoomer vibe that's too lethargic to live and too into it's own amateur animation aesthetic to die.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/10/25

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Dave R

A very unique, quirky and charming animated feature that's intended for older audiences. The visual style is colorful and original while the musical numbers are quite bizarre.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/05/25

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avner k

This one did not work for me. It is charming and quirky, but both plot and humor are aimless, random, unsatisfying. It reminded me of the popular TV series Bob's Burgers, which I find unfunny, so this is one indicator of whether this film is for you.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/20/25

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It's the day after Christmas in suburban Florida and Billy 5000 (Jack Corbett) and his friends pass the seemingly endless days by slacking, shoplifting, and beatboxing. In between lounging on the beach and sneaking into pools, Billy spends his time hustling on the food-on-demand app Grubster, desperate to make $5,000 before New Year's Eve. As he darts around the city delivering to a series of oddball characters, a routine stop at the mysterious Dolphin Groves Juice Company leads to a run-in with his former classmate--and crush--Rozebud (Miya Folick) and a surprise backpack stowaway in Donut, a bizarre creature from another world. But Dr. Dolphin (Janeane Garofalo), the powerful orange juice CEO, will do anything to get Donut back, and Billy is forced to make hard choices about love, friendship, and how far he'll go for financial security in a world ruled by capitalism in this absurdist and musical take on a coming-of-age comedy.

Director: Julian Glander
Producer: Julian Glander
Distributor: Cartuna / Irony Point
Production Co: Glanderco
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 8, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 1h 30m

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