The Emoji Movie review: Witless and dull animation with dangerous message
IF The Emoji Movie had a brain it would be dangerous. This witless animation uses a “be true to yourself” message to sell smartphone apps to young children.
The Emoji Movie is dull in a lazily imagined world
The Emoji Movie (U, 86 mins)
Director: Anthony Leondis
Stars: James Corden, Anna Faris, TJ Miller
When a phone’s malfunctioning “meh face” (TJ Miller) text symbol is threatened with deletion he teams up with an intensely irritating “high five” sign (James Corden) and a tiny hacker (Anna Faris) to seek the promised land of Dropbox.
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Along the way they experience the world of Just Dance, the fruit-based Candy Crush game, and get washed away by the streaming music service Spotify.
In this lazily imagined world, no other providers are available.
Thankfully, the film is far too dull to snare impressionable minds. Your children will have seen life insurance adverts that are more enticing than this.