The Emoji Movie Page #5

Synopsis: The Emoji Movie unlocks the never-before-seen secret world inside your smartphone. Hidden within the messaging app is Textopolis, a bustling city where all 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.
Director(s): Tony Leondis
Production: Sony Pictures Animation
  5 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
3.1
Metacritic:
12
Rotten Tomatoes:
8%
PG
Year:
2017
86 min
$86,053,485
Website
20,505 Views


Hey, bubble butt.

Yeah, you do.

Much better.

So, I got to ask.

Is it true that when a princess whistles,

birds fly down from the skies, and...

Hello, stereotype. That is a complete and total myth.

I'm sorry.

Did you realize that on the first emoji set,

a woman can either be a princess or a bride?

That's why I need to get to the cloud,

where you can be whoever you want to be.

Get ready. Whale song coming.

-Wait, wait. Whale what?

-A whale song.

From Alex's biology presentation.

You're not gonna see that sitting around in a cube.

It's funny. You want out of the cube, and I want in.

Gene, if that means you can't be yourself, what's the point?

You know, I think you're pretty cool just the way you are.

We're gonna need this.

In the trash? Me? I used to be somebody.

Here I am. Look. In an old e-mail Alex never sent.

"Addie, blah, blah, blah, blah, bla-la-la-la."

And then there's me, Hi-5,

right there, doing my job.

FYI, nobody cares about you.

Just leave me, Troll, and let me die

in this dump alone.

Let me look for the world's smallest violin in here,

so you can play it.

It's the Hand Angel of Mercy. She's finally come for me.

Give me your hand!

I mean, give me yourself.

Take my hand, angel.

I'm ready to take my place amongst the other great hands of the past.

It's me, Gene!

Gene?

I got him!

Take me with you.

Hi-5!

Let go of me.

Don't leave me down here!

You were wrong, Troll. People do care about me.

And I'm not upset, Troll.

Do you see how not upset I am?

Gene, you came back for me.

You saved me.

It wasn't just me. Jailbreak helped, too.

And she's a hugger. Give her a squeeze.

No, no, no.

There really is nothing greater

than the feeling of being truly free.

You filthy trolls, I inhaled your stench,

but I was once one of you, so I, too, feel your pain.

Now go. Be free!

Should be smooth sailing from here.

Gene.

Gene.

Gene?

Are you Instagramming?

Where is my Gene?

Mary.

You've really done it this time.

No, you haven't.

Mel?

What are you doing in Alex's trip to France album?

I was looking for you.

None of this is your fault, Mary.

It's mine.

What do you mean?

Is that a tear on your cheek?

It's my fault Gene is the way he is.

I have other expressions, too.

I think they've just been buried away.

But with Gene going missing and thinking I might have lost you, too...

Mel. Why didn't you tell me?

I didn't know myself.

Right now, I'm so overwhelmed with passionate feelings for you.

Mary, my love for you burns with the intensity

of a red-hot flame.

I like that, Mel.

Let's go find our son.

Together.

We'll always have Paris, Mary.

So, you're a princess.

I saw your little tiara. Very fancy.

Is it true when a princess whistles,

birds fly down from...

That's what I said!

No, guys! That's a stupid myth!

What software version are we living in?

Go read an e-book.

Educate yourselves.

Just look behind you.

What the...

What is that?

Smiler must have upgraded her Bots.

Let's get out of here before it...

Hi, Gene. Remember me? Smiler.

I'm coming to you live from the amphitheater.

Why don't you come back to Textopolis

and we can talk through our differences, okay?

My friend here will escort you, all right?

I'm gonna see you soon, buddy. Bye, now.

We're actually gonna delete him in front of everyone.

Psst! It's still on!

It's still what?

Jiminy Sassafras!

Move!

Separate!

Tangle him up!

Jailbreak!

Gene! This way!

It's still after me!

Let's go.

We have to make it to Dropbox.

Yes!

No!

Go low!

Don't worry. It can't get in.

It's illegal malware, and this app is secure.

Come on.

Welcome to Dropbox.

You are about to leave the phone.

Remain seated, please.

You might want to hang on.

Why do they call this Dropbox, anyway?

This is why! I see that now!

Yeah!

I think we're about to see that candy corn again!

We made it.

Hoo!

Guys, guys, chill. We still have to get past that.

Holy...

Yeah.

Hello.

Welcome to the firewall.

How may I help you?

All right, here goes.

What do I do?

Sit in the corner and don't say a word.

Keep those sausage fingers to yourself.

Yes, Your Majesty Princess of Nightmares!

Now, Gene, step onto the password icon,

and I'll feed you the passwords.

Okay.

Okay. 10-11-2002.

10-11-2002.

Access denied.

Okay, try a different expression.

Is it gonna blast me every time I mess up?

Yeah, kinda.

What do you mean, "Kinda"?

Ready?

Welcome to the firewall.

His favorite food. Chimichangas.

Chimichangas?

Access denied.

This might take a while.

Boy.

Krav Maga.

Krav Maga.

Major Lazer.

Major Lazer.

Abuela Dora!

Skate or die.

Access denied.

Denied.

I don't get it.

We've tried all the important things in Alex's life.

His favorite pet, sport, his favorite grandma.

I'm sorry, Gene.

I let us all down.

You know, if I had to come up with a password,

I'd probably use the name of a girl I liked.

I've been all over the phone.

He's never mentioned a girl.

Yes, he has.

Hi. When I was in the trash, I read a very interesting e-mail,

but I'm just the dunce in the corner, forbidden to speak.

What e-mail?

Sorry, what?

What e-mail?

To a girl at school.

He was declaring his feelings of love for her.

I guess instead of sending it, he tossed it in the trash.

Hi-5, this is very important.

What is her name?

Her name, yes. Excellent question.

It was Tina.

Karen.

Marge. Lindsey.

Alison.

Sarah or Lupita.

I want to say Lupita,

but that doesn't feel right now I'm saying it out loud.

Jennifer.

Got to find that e-mail.

Phillipa.

I think I can access the trash.

Annabelle.

-I got it! Addie!

-Yes!

Yes! That's it! Addie!

I knew I'd get there.

"Dear Addie, you and I, we're like diamonds in the sky.

"You're a shooting star I see,

"a vision of ecstasy.

"Shine bright like a diamond."

And he used a high five, see?

I guess now we know why he trashed it.

Shade.

Guys, should we try this?

Addie.

Access granted.

Snap.

This place is amazing.

The cloud.

I can't believe it.

One little emoji could sure get lost in a place like this.

I guess we should make you a Meh

before that Bot comes back?

So, we're gonna... We're gonna do that now?

We had a deal.

Right?

Yeah, okay. Right.

I, guess I'll start hacking.

We did it, Gene.

All our dreams are coming true.

I'll be an Alex favorite again, and you'll be a real Meh.

Yeah!

Yeah, but this all seems kind of super-fast now, though.

Doesn't it?

Hi-5, I just didn't expect to be having these feelings right now.

Well, maybe you should go and express them while you still can.

So, I've been... I mean, um...

Ever since we...

Jailbreak, you're the coolest, most interesting emoji I've ever met.

And after all the adventures that we had,

I'm just not sure I want all that to go away,

because my feelings right now are, like, huge.

I just think that they could be enough for me to want to stay the way I am.

If it means I could stay here with you.

Like, forever.

Forever and ever and ever.

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Tony Leondis

Anthony "Tony" Leondis (born March 24, 1967) is an American voice actor and filmmaker who is most notable for being the director of The Emoji Movie, Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, Igor, and the unreleased DreamWorks Animation feature film, B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations He was also a writer from Kronk's New Groove more…

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