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With help from her boyfriend's teenage kids, a graduate student (Livia De Paolis) comes to a better understanding of love in the digital age.

Critics Reviews

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Neil Genzlinger New York Times 05/29/2014
"Emoticon ;)" is stuffed with complexities. So why does it feel as facile as that irksome title? Go to Full Review Inkoo Kang Los Angeles Times 05/29/2014
In wildly disparate plot lines, Guerrero and Chandler easily command sympathy, but De Paolis doesn't let the sibling characters roam very far. Go to Full Review Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 05/28/2014
Livia De Paolis's too cutely titled debut feature wears its themes a little too baldly on its sleeve, but this modest effort about a non-nuclear family dealing with various interpersonal crises boasts some genuinely effective, understated moments. Go to Full Review Kelly Maxwell Bust Magazine 08/11/2017
Audiences go in expecting something cute and fun, but instead, [Emoticon ;)] is introspective and almost self-deprecating. Go to Full Review Amanda Nojadera Common Sense Media 05/30/2014
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Human connections trump technology in social media drama. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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06/06/2014 Emoticon was a sweet, simple well acted movie about complex relationships, love, motherhood, gender and race. See more 05/30/2014 Between a 5/10 and 6/10, Livia De Paolis's too cutely titled debut feature wears its themes a little too baldly on its sleeve, but this modest effort about a non-nuclear family dealing with various interpersonal crises boasts some genuinely effective, understated moments. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Livia De Paolis

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Livia De Paolis

Elena

Michael Cristofer

Walter Nevins

Carol Kane

Hannah Song

Sônia Braga

Sonia

Diane Guerrero

Amanda Nevins
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Movie Info

Synopsis With help from her boyfriend's teenage kids, a graduate student (Livia De Paolis) comes to a better understanding of love in the digital age.
Director
Livia De Paolis
Producer
Danelle Eliav, Livia De Paolis, Schuyler Weiss
Screenwriter
Livia De Paolis, Sarah Nerboso
Production Co
Tandem Pictures, The Station
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 22, 2015
Runtime
1h 19m