The Emoji Movie

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The Emoji Movie

PG

2017

1h 26m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

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Hidden inside a smartphone, the bustling city of Textopolis is home to all emojis. Each emoji has only one facial expression, except for Gene, an exuberant emoji with multiple expressions. Determined to become "normal" like the other emojis, Gene enlists the help of his best friend Hi-5 and a notorious code breaker called Jailbreak. During their travels through the other apps, the three emojis discover a great danger that could threaten their phone's very existence.

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Kambole Campbell

One Room With A View

One wishes that this movie could be erased from existence - but for now, let's hope that the burning wreckage acts as a warning to never, ever do this again.

Rated: 1/5

Aug 25, 2018

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

If I'm not dreaming, I've just seen one of the boldest mainstream American movies in ages.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 13, 2017

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

Occasionally it's as if The Lego Movie is reaching out a long, friendly arm to Inside Out and falling into the chasm between. But the film is inventive too.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 7, 2017

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Jason Best

What's On TV

It's hard to decide what is most annoying about this cinematic botch: the ugly animation, the contrived story or the blatant product placement, or the fact that the filmmakers spoil almost every gag by underlining it twice.

Rated: 1/5

Dec 20, 2020

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Leigh Monson

Substream Magazine

It's a horrifying scene set atop a pile of trash, but the pure absurdity of its existence is enough to make one laugh in shock and disbelief.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 25, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

No one beyond the smallest of children should be entertained by this shameless money grab that fails in virtually every way.

Rated: .5/4.0

Sep 7, 2020

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Audience Member

La película aunque no la considere como mi favorita, sinceramente me entretiene mucho y la historia está aceptable. No es la mejor película que he visto, pero de entretener sí que entretiene, y bastante.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/16/25

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Kelly M

Ok because it is about this emoji called Gene and he doesn’t think he is very popular and there is this kid called Alex and he likes this girl called Addie and he thinks his phone is acting weird and there is this evil emoji called smiler and she wants to delete Gene and he meets this other emoji called high-five and this hacker called jailbreak but it reveals that she is actually a princess ok movie 6/10

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/13/25

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Taylor G

From the very first second, I felt my soul leave my body. 💀 This wasn’t a movie — it was a 💣 corporate fever dream, a tragic fusion of 💩, 📱, and 😭 pain. They took something as harmless as emojis — our tiny digital friends! — and turned it into a two-hour advertisement for despair. 🤑 The plot? Nonexistent. The characters? Emotionally hollow. The jokes? So bad they made me question the concept of humor itself. 😐 Gene the “meh” emoji was the perfect metaphor — not because he was relatable, but because I was also meh for 86 agonizing minutes. 😩 The pacing felt like watching a buffering YouTube video on 1% battery. 🔋🐢 Every frame whispered: “This was made by a marketing team, not artists.” 💔 By the time the credits rolled, I was staring into the void, wondering how a film could make Pixels look like Citizen Kane. 😵‍💫 Final Verdict: 💩💩💩💩💩 out of ⭐️ This wasn’t a movie. It was a crime against cinema. 🎭🔥

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/11/25

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Edward S

I Did Not Like This Movie, Because... IT'S THE WORST ANIMATED MOVIE FROM 2017 EVER EXISTED IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!!!! 😡😡😡😡😡👎👎👎👎👎

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/11/25

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Piet v

The Emoji Movie is a disappointing attempt to cash in on smartphone culture without offering any real heart, humor, or originality. The story feels forced and predictable, the jokes rarely land, and the constant product placement makes it feel more like a long commercial than a film. Even the talented voice cast can’t save the shallow script or the lifeless animation. Overall, it’s a soulless, emoji-filled mess that fails to connect with kids or adults — a movie that should have stayed in the drafts folder.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/03/25

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Jake D.

Why did I even rate this…?

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/03/25

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Anthony Leondis

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Gene

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Hi-5

Anna Faris

Jailbreak

Maya Rudolph

Smiler

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The Emoji Movie: Official Clip - Cheese & Hackers

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The Emoji Movie: Official Clip - Intro to Textopolis

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The Emoji Movie: Official Clip - Fireball and the Firewall

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The Emoji Movie: Official Clip - Smiler's Revenge

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The Emoji Movie: Official Clip - A New Face

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The Emoji Movie: Official Clip - Making the Wrong Face

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The Emoji Movie: Official Clip - Just Dance

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The Emoji Movie: Official Clip - A Helping Hand

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Synopsis

Hidden inside a smartphone, the bustling city of Textopolis is home to all emojis. Each emoji has only one facial expression, except for Gene, an exuberant emoji with multiple expressions. Determined to become "normal" like the other emojis, Gene enlists the help of his best friend Hi-5 and a notorious code breaker called Jailbreak. During their travels through the other apps, the three emojis discover a great danger that could threaten their phone's very existence.

Director: Anthony Leondis
Producer: Michelle Raimo
Screenwriter: Anthony Leondis, Eric Siegel, Mike White
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Columbia Pictures, LStar Capital, Sony Pictures Animation
Rating: PG (Rude Humor)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 28, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 24, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $86.1M
Runtime: 1h 26m
Sound Mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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