# Emoji – Der Film (2017)

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**Original title**: *The Emoji Movie*
**Runtime**: 86 min
**Genres**: Animation, Family, Comedy
**Directed by**: Tony Leondis
**Written by**: Mike White, Tony Leondis, Eric Siegel
**Starring**: T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph, Steven Wright, Jennifer Coolidge

> *An adventure beyond words.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Here, a movie about emojis, because that was inevitable. Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, sets out on a journey. It achieves what you'd expect from a film based on emojis.

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 3.5/10 (76999 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 6% · Metacritic 12/100

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