# The Emoji Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 31, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475 "2017-07-31T02:07:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/1 "2017-07-31T02:07:59Z")
Maybe this thread belongs in the Pit. 😛 Has anyone else here seen it? I hadn’t heard about this until yesterday, when a relative by marriage posted that he and his 14-year-old daughter, who is autistic and mildly mentally retarded, went to see it. He described it, in so many words, as two hours of his life that he won’t be getting back; his daughter, OTOH, loved it, although he wondered (and I did too) if she liked the visuals and couldn’t understand the plot. Some of the reviews are hilarious. It’s also the lowest rating I’ve seen for ANYTHING on IMDB. > **[The Emoji Movie (2017) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4877122/?pf_rd_m=A2FGELUUNOQJNL&pf_rd_p=2750721702&pf_rd_r=03VHZ1Y7W5DVHQ6YN6JF&pf_rd_s=right-2&pf_rd_t=15061&pf_rd_i=homepage&ref_=hm_otw_t0)** > > The Emoji Movie: Directed by Tony Leondis. With T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph. Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji. Even the “Best Worst Movie” of all time, “Troll 2”, is rated higher. :o ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/2 "2017-07-31T02:16:45Z")
Apparently, it’s not in the [0% Rotten Tomatoes club](http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/28/entertainment/emoji-movie-rotten-tomatoes/index.html), so apparently there are worse. Second highest grossing film of the week, though. I don’t know much about it beyond this and a couple billboards I’ve seen on the highway. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/3 "2017-07-31T02:57:16Z")
I saw the trailer before _Cars 3_. That was enough. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/4 "2017-07-31T04:35:47Z")
I saw the trailer a few months ago. I remember thinking that it looked like the stupidest idea for a movie _evar_. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/5 "2017-07-31T06:17:45Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > even the “best worst movie” of all time, “troll 2”, is rated higher. :o oh my gaaaaaaaaaaawd ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/6 "2017-07-31T15:01:58Z")
Second review: _“This movie makes me want to kill myself.”_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/7 "2017-07-31T15:29:39Z")
This movie is not even wrong. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/8 "2017-07-31T15:43:47Z")
On the TV commercial I saw that that the stupid \*poo \*emoji has a speaking part. Poo shouldn’t even be an emoji and it sure as hell shouldn’t be celebrated/endorsed with a part in a _movie_. Ugh. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/9 "2017-07-31T15:55:31Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > On the TV commercial I saw that that the stupid \*poo \*emoji has a speaking part. Poo shouldn’t even be an emoji and it sure as hell shouldn’t be celebrated/endorsed with a part in a _movie_. Ugh. ☹ I take it you haven’t seen the [poo emojii hats](https://www.google.com/search?q=poop+emoji+hats&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiv04C48LPVAhVJyoMKHYJoCMoQ_AUICygC&biw=1834&bih=1076), which well pre-date the movie, have you? The poo emoji has been being celebrated/endorsed in pop culture for a little bit now. [Here’s a whole line of poo emoji products](http://www.mysanantonio.com/lifestyle/article/A-poo-emoji-load-of-products-9284473.php), from pillows to cups to flasks to batteries. Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/10 "2017-07-31T16:01:17Z")
I will not click. I am running from your post. 😃 But thanks for the, uh, education 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/11 "2017-07-31T16:26:00Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I saw the trailer before _Cars 3_. That was enough. So how was Cars 3? The only apparent redeeming feature of the Emoji film is Patrick Stewart’s passing involvement in it as Poo, and frankly that’s not enough to justify spending any money at all on it. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/12 "2017-07-31T16:31:04Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > So how was Cars 3? > > The only apparent redeeming feature of the Emoji film is Patrick Stewart’s passing involvement in it as Poo, and frankly that’s not enough to justify spending any money at all on it. \*Sir \*Patrick Stewart? … it just keeps getting worse. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/13 "2017-07-31T16:34:50Z")
I assume Stewart took the job to make a quick buck so he can continue to drink beers and pal around with Ian McKellen. I thought there _might_ be a chance that the movie was good. I didn’t have high hopes, but the first review that I read of it took care of those hopes but good. > **[The Emoji Movie movie review & film summary (2017) | Roger Ebert](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-emoji-movie-2017)** > > A demonstration of artistic abdication at its most venal. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/14 "2017-07-31T18:25:58Z")
Although the idea of Steven Wright voicing a “meh” emoji would seem to be a case of near-perfect voice casting - almost as good as Lewis Black as Anger in _Inside Out_. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/15 "2017-07-31T19:42:20Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > So how was Cars 3? Not quite as good as the first but certainly better than the second. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/16 "2017-07-31T20:24:28Z")
Oh, so _that’s_ the movie that spawned those billboards which picture a giant turd wearing a bow tie. What in God’s name would make me want to watch a movie about feces? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/17 "2017-07-31T20:50:23Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Oh, so _that’s_ the movie that spawned those billboards which picture a giant turd wearing a bow tie. What in God’s name would make me want to watch a movie about feces? It’s really about Meh and High Five, which see themselves as not being used to their full potential. The feces is only there for bathroom/odor jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/18 "2017-07-31T20:55:56Z")
Can somebody who’s subjected themselves to this thing please give me a quick overview of the Hotel Transylvania short that plays in front of it? I’d almost had myself convinced to go see the Emoji Movie because I love Hotel Transylvania, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I’ll just have to hope the short shows up on YouTube one of these days… ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/19 "2017-07-31T21:22:04Z")
One review called it “the poochie of movies”. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/20 "2017-07-31T21:57:31Z")
The [Weekend Box Office](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/) (for 7/31/2017) has it earning $24.5 million dollars, coming in second for the weekend. The tiny font in the next column is “Studio”. I read “Sony” as “Sorry” which seems appropriate… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475.md?page=2)