Reviews of 'The Emoji Movie'
Critics went in on The Emoji Movie, which Mashable described as "¯\_(ツ)_/¯" — and we're hardly the only ones getting cute with symbols here. It was enough to warrant the use of poop emoji in headlines and in one case, a direct order not to see it. Here's what critics are saying about The Emoji Movie: The Concept John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter: The project's first hurdle is imagining how an emoji icon, which by definition represents only one emotional state (or object), can be a character capable of experiencing a story. Its solution is incoherent. We're told both that "the pressure's always on" for the face-emoji residents of Textopolis to keep their expressions convincing — smiley or smirking, angry or puzzled — and that they have no choice: That weeping guy keeps gushing tears even when he wins the lottery; he's just programmed that way. Owen Glieberman, Variety: The notion of a digitally animated fe...