The Emoji Movie

The Emoji Movie is a 2017 American computer-animated science fiction comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. Directed by Tony Leondis, who wrote the script with Eric Siegel and Mike White, it stars the voices of T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph, Steven Wright, Jennifer Coolidge, Jake T. Austin, Christina Aguilera, Sofía Vergara, Sean Hayes, and Sir Patrick Stewart. Based on emojis, the film centers on a multi-expressional emoji who exists in a teenager's smartphone embarking on a journey to become a normal emoji capable of only a single expression. The movie was a commercial success after grossing $217 million worldwide against its $50 million production budget, but was universally lambasted by critics, who criticized its script, humor, use of product placement, tone, voice performances, lack of originality, and plot, with negative comparisons and similarities to other animated films, especially Wreck-It Ralph (2012), The LEGO Movie (2014) and Inside Out (2015). The Emoji Movie gained four awards at the 38th Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Picture and three technical categories, being the first ever animated film to do so. It is frequently cited as the worst film of 2017, as well as one of the worst animated movies ever made.
The Emoji Movie was released on DVD, Blu-Ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray in the United States on October 24, 2017, and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on November 27, 2017, by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
==Images==
File:The Emoji Movie 2017 US DVD cover.jpeg|US DVD cover
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==Storyline==
===Plot===
This movie unlocks the never-before-seen secret world inside your smartphone. Hidden within the messaging app is Textopolis, a bustling city where all of your favorite emojis live, hoping to be selected by the phone's user. In this world, each emoji has only one facial expression, except for Gene, an exuberant emoji who was born without a filter and is bursting with multiple expressions. Determined to become "normal" like the other emojis, Gene enlists the help of his handy best friend Hi-5 and the notorious code breaker emoji Jailbreak. Together, they embark on an epic "app-venture" through the apps on the phone, each its own wild and fun world, to find the code that will fix Gene. But when a greater danger threatens the phone, the fate of all emojis depends on these three unlikely friends who must save their world before it's deleted forever.
===Genres===
*Animation
*Adventure
*Comedy
*Family
*Fantasy
*Sci-Fi
===Home Media Rating===
*G (Ireland)
*U (UK)
*PG (US)
==Details==
===Country of origin===
*United States
===Category Number===
*50110 (US) (DVD)
*50115 (US) (Blu-Ray)
*50116 (US) (4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray)
*CDR 2326 (UK / Ireland) (DVD)
*SBR 2326UV (UK / Ireland) (Blu-Ray, 2017)
*UHD R2326UV (UK / Ireland) (4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray)
*SBR H2326 (UK / Ireland) (Blu-Ray, 2019)
===Home Media Release Dates===
*October 24, 2017 (US) (DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray)
*November 27, 2017 (UK) (DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray)
*November 27, 2017 (Ireland) (DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray)
*July 26, 2019 (UK) (Blu-Ray re-release)
*July 26, 2019 (Ireland) (Blu-Ray re-release)
==Company Credits==
===Production Companies===
*Columbia Pictures
*LStar Capital
*Sony Pictures Animation
===Distributors===
*Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2017) (US) (DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray)
*Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2017) (UK) (DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray)
*Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2017) (Ireland) (DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray)
*Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2019) (UK) (Blu-Ray)
*Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2019) (Ireland) (Blu-Ray)
==Technical Specs==
===Aspect Ratio===
*2.35:1
==Trivia==
*This is Anna Faris's third Sony Pictures Animation film, after the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs duology (2009-2013), where her character Sam Sparks was also the love interest/girlfriend of the main protagonist.
*This is Anna Faris's fifth voice acting role in a theatrical feature film, after Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009), Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009), Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013), and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015), as well as her first one to not be part of either the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs franchise or the Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise.
*This is the fifth Sony Pictures Animation film to be produced in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio, after Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009), The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013), and Goosebumps (2015).
*This is T.J. Miller's fourth animated theatrical feature film, after the first two How to Train Your Dragon films (2010-2014) and Hell and Back (2015).
*This is James Corden's fifth animated theatrical feature film, after Planet 51 (2009), Animals United (2010), the UK/Ireland release of Norm of the North (2016), and Trolls (2016).
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