The Emoji Movie
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: July 28, 2017
2.1
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 910 Ratings
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6
Daniel_CampbellAug 7, 2017
This is an unpopular opinion, but I honestly didn't hate the Emoji Movie. It had some pacing issues and too many B and C stories, but it wasn't THAT bad. Seems like a lot of the hate stems from the, "This thing is popular, therefore I mustThis is an unpopular opinion, but I honestly didn't hate the Emoji Movie. It had some pacing issues and too many B and C stories, but it wasn't THAT bad. Seems like a lot of the hate stems from the, "This thing is popular, therefore I must tell the world I hate it" factor. Am I saying the movies is great? Of course not. But it's certainly better than a lot of the other horrid kids movies that get shoveled out of the trash heap these days. How this movie got such an insanely low score while steaming piles of crap like "Boss Baby" got good reviews escapes me. But, like I said, most people seem to be hating on this movie simply because of the subject matter rather than the actual quality of the movie itself.… Expand
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5
CinemaphileAug 1, 2017
Was wrangled into watching this movie. However, reclining theater seats are the new sliced bread. I made it through the first 20 minutes before taking the best hour long nap in recent memory. MEH INDEED!
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6
thefishslapAug 7, 2017
when jailbreak did it I was. This movie was such a wonder I won the wonder flunder.How come the good/bad joke when the I saw it, but good/bake joke for good joke for one other good/bad people saw the other good time movie?If i were to ratewhen jailbreak did it I was. This movie was such a wonder I won the wonder flunder.How come the good/bad joke when the I saw it, but good/bake joke for good joke for one other good/bad people saw the other good time movie?If i were to rate this movie i would . maybe the wrighters thought that it was finished half-way-throuhg opening night. So much hype did not disappoint when I bought the movie in the theaters. got front row sleets and lauhgfed the hole in time. Shrek 3 was such a great movie with miner flaws 9 out of /10.… Expand
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6
SonicSpeedo92May 18, 2018
You know, this movie really isn't as bad as people make it out to be. Is it a great movie? Hell, no! But it's not the worst film ever. The animation is decent, the voice acting is good, and there are some funny jokes like Gene blowing up inYou know, this movie really isn't as bad as people make it out to be. Is it a great movie? Hell, no! But it's not the worst film ever. The animation is decent, the voice acting is good, and there are some funny jokes like Gene blowing up in the Candy Crush scene (it's funnier than that sounds), but the problems come from the blatant product placements. SO MANY OF THEM! And some of the dialogue either makes no sense or just sucks! The Emoji Movie is mediocre at worst, and far from the worst film ever. Have you even watched Foodfight?… Expand
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5
Jollyjoe1000Jul 28, 2017
The Movie is the joke of 2017 because the idea is so horrible that it is funny. Same reason why people love sharknado. So in short it is so bad that it is good. Half of the score is based of it's horribleness. Other half laughableness.
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5
TyranianApr 7, 2019
Couple of funny moments but mostly dumb and derivative. Animation is decent.
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5
KayVen17Aug 5, 2019
Der Film ist ganz in Ordnung. Er ist nicht wirklich gut, aber zu einmal schauen reicht es. So schlecht wie er genannt wird finde ich ihn jetzt nicht.
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6
JwineingerSep 28, 2018
An enjoyable movie to watch with your kids. Not memorable but not terrible either
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5
GamingAirNov 27, 2019
I think it was ok. The story is meh and stuff. Nothing too funny but they are trying to make us laugh. Otherwise. Meh
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4
Sosmooth1982Dec 19, 2022
I never got the fascination with emojis. I also don't get this movie. Dumb movie!
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4
RtheomFeb 16, 2018
I don't think I've ever watched a movie that made me feel this awkward while doing so. It's a terrible mish mash of everything. It's clear the original script was 2 pages long and the writers were told to fill the rest with memes, puns, andI don't think I've ever watched a movie that made me feel this awkward while doing so. It's a terrible mish mash of everything. It's clear the original script was 2 pages long and the writers were told to fill the rest with memes, puns, and other obscure references. What a strange experience.… Expand
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5
eagleeyevikingOct 12, 2017
While the plot is predictable and most jokes don't land, "The Emoji Movie" is more meh than poop. The premise is interesting and the pacing and runtime are decent and short respectively.
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4
AVdEOct 15, 2017
Is it a stupid idea for a movie? Absolutely.
Are the jokes lazy, unfunny and predictable? Hell yes.
Is there unbearable blatant in-your-face product placement? You betcha. How about the script? Much like the jokes, totally formulaic. Pacing?Is it a stupid idea for a movie? Absolutely.
Are the jokes lazy, unfunny and predictable? Hell yes.
Is there unbearable blatant in-your-face product placement? You betcha.
How about the script? Much like the jokes, totally formulaic.
Pacing? Lots of padding the runtime while the characters get all buddy-buddy way too fast; some scenes go on way too long while the main characters fall in love with each other in like 10 minutes. You get the point, pacing is way off.

But is it the worst movie of all time? Nah, not really. Plus it's a kids movie so how much outrage is it really worth? It's no pixar quality, but if our parents could sit through something like Shark Tale with us, we should be able to handle this.… Expand
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6
MonkiReviewsNov 17, 2017
I liked it. It had some mistakes, yes, but it was still fun to watch. The story felted rushed, but that might be a good thing because it didn't drag out. The animation was actually really good too. It was also mostly funny, but some jokesI liked it. It had some mistakes, yes, but it was still fun to watch. The story felted rushed, but that might be a good thing because it didn't drag out. The animation was actually really good too. It was also mostly funny, but some jokes were not that funny. The main problem was that the story seemed like it was done before, and a little predictable. It was fun to watch..… Expand
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4
Hurricane16Feb 10, 2018
A movie about emojis was bound to happen, and for what it’s worth, it could’ve been so much worse
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4
manningn15Aug 17, 2018
I felt I wasted time and money seeing it in theaters and wish I had waited for it to be on Netflix. Even though is was pretty bad I still liked the animation and voice over performances they were both great. So overall it is not the worstI felt I wasted time and money seeing it in theaters and wish I had waited for it to be on Netflix. Even though is was pretty bad I still liked the animation and voice over performances they were both great. So overall it is not the worst movie I have ever seen and I would watch it again.… Expand
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4
HumanoideFilmsDec 30, 2017
I was looking for a very bad movie, this is a meh movie, it has good parts and other ridiculous ones, a poor script, but it's not as bad as I expected. I would consider this film mediocre, but not so bad.
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5
4Nick3Mar 2, 2018
The Emoji Movie is a huge mess, with a lackluster story, odd characters, and bad acting, this film still has some positives. One being that it teaches the true meaning of friendship, the other being the gorgeous animation and of course theThe Emoji Movie is a huge mess, with a lackluster story, odd characters, and bad acting, this film still has some positives. One being that it teaches the true meaning of friendship, the other being the gorgeous animation and of course the jokes, which are not very clever, but they are 'stupid funny' and made me laugh a bit. Overall, this movie needs work.… Expand
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4
NolanLundgaardJul 3, 2018
The Emoji Movie seemed like its producers made it bad on purpose, filling it with humor that felt like it intentionally wanted to make the audience cringe. And they totally succeeded; mostly. Some of the humor was actually pretty funny,The Emoji Movie seemed like its producers made it bad on purpose, filling it with humor that felt like it intentionally wanted to make the audience cringe. And they totally succeeded; mostly. Some of the humor was actually pretty funny, although the story and premise were still completely awful. I’d say that The Emoji Movie should still probably be a skipper if you haven’t seen it already, but it wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be… Expand
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4
HagueJul 7, 2018
The Emoji Movie delivers an awful and absolutely appalling impact on children. Film is not recommended for anyone.
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5
superrevMay 11, 2020
This film starts well but in the end becomes an orrible film with out a story, there are some scenes that i couldn't even watch but in some scenes becomes a bit funny.
You must see this film if you like phones.
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6
Clio_AlejandroApr 22, 2021
The movie is funny , but humor is only for children it's basic humor and sometimes silly jokes , which is fine for a child but for an adult it's silly and meaningless
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5
pur__0_0__Oct 30, 2021
To be honest, I saw The Emoji Movie only to understand why it gets so much hate. As a Redditor I understand why I am supposed to hate this movie (because...emojis?), but why does the normie audience hate it? Isn't this movie supposed to beTo be honest, I saw The Emoji Movie only to understand why it gets so much hate. As a Redditor I understand why I am supposed to hate this movie (because...emojis?), but why does the normie audience hate it? Isn't this movie supposed to be like, their dream come true? Don't they always keep spamming emojis in all their sentences when writing a message or making a meme? When the movie hadn't come out it was being advertised a lot, so I thought people are supposed to be excited. Even the animation of this movie seemed really good. But I watched it and now I know the problem.
The Emoji Movie is very ignorant. It talks about emojis as if it is supposed to be something very cool. In reality only elders, women and children use emojis when they message (because they are the only ones we can't slap some sense into). But then again the target audience here is the children. So considering this movie is from their point of view, emojis are supposed to be shown as though they mean a lot to them. So let's come to the second point. The emojis are shown to have their entire personality revolving around their expression. Why can't they just be doing their job? Also how come so many emojis look similar? Is it like only one of them goes to the emoji keyboard while the others have no business? There are so many questions that the movie doesn't answer.
I don't know which problem plagues this movie the most. Is it the product placement? No, it just gives a feeling of adventure. None of the product placement looks as much on the nose as everyone describes. Like in TVF Originals they straight up speak out to advertise the things. Here at least Gene and Hi-5 are going to those places to see what is happening over there. I kinda found the Candy Crush part funny and relaxing at the same time. There was also the Just Dance part, and that was definitely cringy. But that was the only cringy one. Facebook, Skype, Drop Box - everything else was quite decent.
The jokes weren't half as bad, considering this is aimed for kids. Even I used to make many poop jokes when I was 13. If there even was anything bad, the animation and music compensated for it. The idea that there are so many emojis that we can establish and entire world using it is actually something I'm guessing everyone must have thought at some point. The one part that I surely felt was cringy was when the kid gets to ask out his crush because he sent her a custom emoji. Only if life functioned that easily. Hi-5 was also pretty disgusting. Every time he kept his hand (thumb) down it used to hurt me. Imagine bending your thumb down that much. Also when he ate the salivated candy I felt like vomiting.
The Emoji Movie is a bad movie, yes, but it's still better than many animated movies I have seen. Food Fight, Delhi Safari, Roadside Romeo, Geng: The Adventure Begins, Pangaa Gang, the entire Super Bheem series - there are plenty of examples of animated movies that are even worse than this. It does have redeeming qualities, even if they are not enough to make this a genuinely good movie. I can imagine the animators must have worked hard on this movie even if they didn't agree with the script. And that is the reason why I have massive respect for them.… Expand
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4
PsychopathicTimJun 5, 2021
The Emoji Movie is not as terrible as I was led to believe, I can't believe I'm actually saying that.... It's still bad, don't get me wrong, just because trash is good looking doesn't change the fact that it's trash. There are good elementsThe Emoji Movie is not as terrible as I was led to believe, I can't believe I'm actually saying that.... It's still bad, don't get me wrong, just because trash is good looking doesn't change the fact that it's trash. There are good elements of the film, but for the love of god there are just too many negatives to give it a 5. The Story is so one note, and the characters are very one dimensional. I get that they're emoji's, but wish their was more to ALL of these characters than their outward appearances. Instead, everybody besides Gene is a cardboard cutout. you don't have to do much, just give them better characterization. The product placement is distracting, you could've renamed all the apps to work with the context of the films. But for the love of god, why did you change the way apps work to fit in the context of the film, if the audience KNOWS there is no such thing as a trash bin for apps. The ending with the emojis dancing felt like it could be thrown out. And things like the use of twitter, youtube, and Spotify were very immersion breaking. Just make up your own apps and songs and maybe keep the one pop song in the end. In any case, this movie felt in poor taste.

It's strange, because I could actually see this working in any other context, but - and I get that your audience is a bunch of children, but please try to treat them with some semblance of agency and maturity - when you talk down to your audience like they're a bunch of toddlers in the very beginning of the film, with Gene saying "who has time to text "WORDS" anymore?" that's when you've lost me. It's a movie for babies, and it knows it, but even babies could find better entertainment than this.

This premise could've been used for a movie about robots with emerging sense of self, and THAT would've made this film more tolerable. Like I said, the idea of the story is not bad, but problems arise because it's starring a part of the worlds culture literally no one cares about - emojis. Meh.

I will say now, the art direction is good, and the soundtracks they made for this film are actually not half bad, but the use of Pop score is very overdone in my opinion and only enhances my annoyance with this film.

This movie is bad, you could do so much better with other films, but if you're a film student or want to learn how to NOT make movies, then this movie may prove as a means of what not to do. Do not buy this movie, I would say don't use money at all on this... I wouldn't normally recommend that you just set the sails and become captain Jack Sparrow... but if you're feeling adventurous enough and have nothing better to do, then you'll probably do so.

But overall, this film is a meh.… Expand
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EpicMetaJul 30, 2020
meh................................................................................................................................................................................................
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MovReviewsSep 7, 2020
This sucks so the beginning is nice but after about 5 minutes of it. But, Oh how far it goes down! The main character Meh, Explains how the movie essentially is just meh!
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BlestTiger97489Feb 28, 2021
This movie in my opinion is kind of underrated. Some of the scenes may be funny for little kids, but unfortunately, if you don't like stuff like an average script, just ok humour, obvious product placement, average voice performances, lackThis movie in my opinion is kind of underrated. Some of the scenes may be funny for little kids, but unfortunately, if you don't like stuff like an average script, just ok humour, obvious product placement, average voice performances, lack of originality, and average plot (Which I Don't Mind) I would not recommend this movie. Also, if you are in the teen stage and over, don't bother watching this.… Expand
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danlol483May 9, 2021
La película no es buena pero la disfrute aparte de que hubiera un montón de spam de cualquier aplicación y lo último es el final, ya que es un final mas soso...
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Werten25Dec 19, 2021
Though it is definitely hindered by unnecessary product placement and unsympathetic characters, it is fairly harmless otherwise if you just want an animated comedy to entertain yourself. I give the creators props for the unique way theyThough it is definitely hindered by unnecessary product placement and unsympathetic characters, it is fairly harmless otherwise if you just want an animated comedy to entertain yourself. I give the creators props for the unique way they handled the villain.… Expand
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