Review of The Emoji Movie (2017) by Mrmoviebuff — 27 Jul 2017

There are no words to describe how bad this movie is... in fact, there are no emojis to describe how bad this movie is... not even the "poop" emoji is insulting enough to this film, since he is one of the main characters.

.. 'The Emoji Movie' is the worst movie of 2017 so far, a film so bad and so joyless, I gave it a "Zero" rating. A rating I very rarely give, unless it's to 'The Room' (2003) or any of "The Human Centipede" films.

This film has joined that club. The film (if I can even call it that) follows an emoji named Gene (voiced by T.J. Miller), who lives in Textopolis, a world found inside of a smart phone. Gene is the son of Mel Meh (Steven Wright) and Mary Meh (Jennifer Coolidge).

Gene feels that he can be useful when he gets work, but when given the opportunity, when the phone owner sends texts using emojis, and Gene is selected, he is often unsure of what to do, and tries to what he can at the last minute.

This ends up wrecking the text centre, and Gene feels responsible. We meet a handful of other characters from; Smiley (Sean Hayes) to Hi-5 (James Corden), and more depressingly so, the legendary Sir Patrick Stewart voices the Poop emoji.

Good to see that he has moved up in his career, especially since he co-starred in the excellent 'Logan' (2017). There is so much to talk about with this so-called "movie", but honestly, this is awful.

Why even talk about it when nobody, in their right mind, would see it either alone, or with their families. There are five top reasons as to why this film is the worst of 2017... 1) Bad writing, 2) Horrible animation, 3) Lack of storytelling, 4) No compelling characters and 5) Bad pacing.

The movie's pace is so uneven, I found that it dragged towards the third act. How could so many talented actors from T.J. Miller (who was hilarious in 'Deadpool) to Sir Patrick Stewart get involved in this trainwreck? It tries to be like 'Inside Out' (2015) in regards to the premise (emotional characters inside a tiny world).

.. but I had a headache watching this turd, and I'm sure nobody else will see it too. Let's hope this movie does not influence more like this in the future. One "Emoji Movie" is bad enough.