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As a Chinese person, I LOVED seeing so much wonderful cultural representation and the all-Asian cast. As a kid, there was very little of this type of thing available to me and I'm happy that my four year old enjoys this movie and sees positive representations of this part of her heritage.

I thought the visuals were stunning, and the animation and character design were lovely.

Otherwise, it was... fine. I feel like the movie started off strong. I got teary during the first part. Then the story just got kind of confusing and I felt very little emotional connection to the characters. The singing is good, but I didn't find the music as catchy or memorable as some other recent musicals. I'll watch this again with my kid and I prefer it to something like Frozen, Cars, or The Good Dinosaur, but I don't think it's as good as my favorite Pixar films like Wall-e or Monsters, Inc.

This is a film in two parts: the beginning and end are a very nicely animated story of grief and the struggle to belong while the middle is a strange neon Fantasia adventure that isn't wholly appealing. The animation stops just short of being interesting or inventive, but the music is flat out boring (I cannot recall a single bit of it less than an hour from finishing the movie). Much is familiar with Disney's influence everywhere. The hare looks exactly like a green Mad Hatter and you'll spy Cinderella's castle at least once. Some things aren't as well defined and look almost unfinished. There are absolutely moments of excellence (there's a particularly great moment at the end), but overall I was bored. This film had great promise and I love the representation. Unfortunately, it wasn't for me.

Top notch animation. but if you've seen as many animated films as i've done then the plot won't stand out in any way.

A Netflix animated movie that very much follows the Disney/Pixar conventions. It's done well and with sensitivity, but it's let down by a mediocre middle section.

Loosely based on a Chinese legend, it tells the story of a girl whose mother dies and has to face the possibility of his father marrying again. She is not ready to let go and accept someone else in her family, so she ends up travelling to the moon with the unwelcome company of her annoying little step-brother to find proof that the fairy tales her mother told her were real, and hopefully convince her dad to remember her mother and not marry again.

The 3D animation looks quite good in the scenes set in China, with very expressive characters suiting the sentimental story being told. Once on the Moon, however, the acid-trip colors used there can't hide that the animation becomes more simplistic and cheap.

It's also in that middle part where the sensitive storytelling turns into a collection of so-so animation for children tropes. The improvement of the relationship between the main character and her step-brother is explored very superficially.

The songs (for this is a musical) are nice, and the resolution is satisfactory. Sure, the message here is very conventional, but then this is a movie for children, and it is with enough charm that I found it touching. It is a pity that they couldn't come up with something more special for the middle section.

Started of very well, nice and gripping story. And then comes the moon with neon colors and a stupid pop star God. Is this what we really want to show the children? There are better ways to tell a story about loss and progress with life.

Over The Moon was a somewhat enjoyable animated film that had some important staff that will teach kids many lessons about real life and and to appriciate staff more while we are still are having them cause they dont last forever and we found out that when its already to late to change anything.Animation was solid and it had some impressive scenes that looked very pretty .Voice acting was also pretty good and actors did a very enterteining job in the end.Story was little cliched in some ways but i didnt mind that to much.Over The Moon was a cute film that will make kids happy

Over the Moon starts off with a lot of promise. The animation is beautiful, and the story is touching & relatable. However, about halfway through, this film loses its trajectory. The songs are enjoyable in the moment but are soon forgotten. And Bungee the rabbit was great, even while the rest of the cast was fairly bland. This movie tries really hard to capture the feel of classic Disney/Pixar, yet it doesn't quite reach the target.

Young Fei Fei (Cathy Ang) over the course of her childhood is told of ancient legends of moon goddess Chang'e (Phillipa Soo) by her mother (Ruthie Ann Miles). After her mother passes from a terminal illness Fei Fei is shaken by the prospect that her father (John Cho) will marry Mrs. Zhong (Sandra Oh) and believing the stories told by her mother hold the key to preventing this Fei Fei builds a rocket to the moon to find the moon goddess Chang'e only for her soon to be stepbrother Chin (Robert G Chiu) throwing a monkey wrench into her plans and setting them on an unplanned detour.

Over the Moon is the third feature film co-production from Netflix's animation division following Klaus and The Willoughbys. Klaus was probably in my top 10 list for that year, and while I didn't think The Willoughby's was in the same league, I still appreciate the craft and care that went into it making it look as good or better than some films that got a theatrical release. With Over the Moon co-produced with Pearl Studio (Abominable), I'm pleased to say this film is closer to the former than the latter.

The film is the feature length animated debut for John Kahrs (director of amazing short Paperman) and Glen Keane (Dear Basketball) and both have work in the industry coming from Pixar as well as back to the early days of the Disney Renaissance. Needless to say, their A game has been brought and delivers. The animation in this movie is simply incredible. The vibrancy and life of Fei Fei's home town, the energy brought to the comic relief characters (of which there maybe a few too many), the emptiness of space, and some scenes of sheer awe and wonder that deserve to be experienced so I'll avoid spoiling them, save for saying they're as imaginative as anything Winsor McCay created for his Little Nemo comic strips back in the early 1900s.

The story is absolutely amazing showing the importance of family, but also the threat of getting stuck in the past and refusing to move past it (with some eerily effective imagery in the film's climax. The movie is a musical with Christopher Curtis, Marjorie Duffield and Helen Park serving as the song writers, and the score they come up with is as vibrant and powerful as the upper levels of the Disney Renaissance. The songs range from more traditional melodies to more modern compositions to sometimes skirting the lines and being compositions of both, in this way it's very much enhancing the theme of appreciating the old while allowing acceptance of the new.

Fei Fei makes a likable lead as we see her emotional jounrey and it parallels nicely with the Chang'e legend as presented in the film. Fei Fei is brought to life by not only great expressive animation but also by Cathy Ang giving a great VO performance that hits all the right notes. The rest of the voice cast do a terrific job and play their parts well. Some of the comic relief do flirt with becoming grating and overbearing, but luckily what annoyance there are to the characters feel (mostly) true to life and feel earned in relation to the rest of the movie that surrounds them. There are also a few lowbrow gags, but they're luckily used sparingly and never overstay their welcome.

Over the Moon is a terrific film that shows that both Pearl Studio and Netflix Animation are worthy contenders among the crowded animation field. With fantastic visuals, likable characters, a dynamic musical score, and a story that strikes the right emotional chords, the movie is able to overcome the few minor drawbacks keep it from being perfect. While some of the comic relief feels unnecessary, it's balanced out by a cohesive whole of ingredients that make for a beautiful and moving animated visual feast.

I wasn't sure what to expect when I first saw this film - Sony Pictures Animation's take on Chinese culture? I'm glad to say it paid off - it has amazing colourful animation, catchy songs and a fresh take on mythology. Some of the elements are clearly derived from Disney tropes but used in a new context for novel effect. The plot, I must say, is a bit thin and has room for improvement, especially the emotional parts of the film which were rushed.

The animation starts really well. The animation, although not as impressive as Disney or Pixar, was still really beautiful. The setting for the story really draws you in. The characters are likable. Up until the point of FeiFei's journey to the moon. The setting is just awful to look at. The whole popstar Chang'e thing was just awful. Why was it there? I don't know, but it was completely unnecessary and jarring. Speaking of the songs in this movie - they are just not memorable. Again it just reminds you how much better Disney is at creating musical pieces which grip you and stay with you. Perhaps it would have been better to just leave out the singing. Especially the pop numbers. From that moment on the characters become kind of bland and lose me. Their motivations are questionable. The pacing is all over the place. I just couldn't wait fir the whole thing to end. It could have been a great movie but it's like they run out o steam mid writing and animating and it just turned into awfulness. I'd rate it between 4-5. Gave it 5 stars for the strong introduction to the story.

I don't know why but this film gives me very familiar feelings, nostalgia almost, nostalgia for Disney's renaissance. When I was watching and listening to the songs or the beautiful colors in the screen I felt a reminiscent feeling. This movie is amazing please watch it

First of all, this is a chinese movie. for some that may be enough of a description. overall it is a mess. what starts (and ends) as a realistic mundane melodrama suitable for adults, predictable, with cliches, eventually transitions through teenage stuff to absolute kindergarten mayhem. All kinds of visual styles here mixed as well, from pixar 3d to folk art, from sexual pop to gummi bears. And of course there is a fair share of borrowed ideas. Kind of a nauseating experience.

There's not many animated movies anymore that perfectly captivate the soul and imagination like Over the Moon. Directed by legendary animator Glenn Keane (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Tarzan, to name a few), Over the Moon transports you to a colorful world of love and wonder.

The movie starts off with a gorgeous 2D animation sequence of the Chinese Moon goddess myth, it's extremely reminiscent to the animation from classic 90s Disney films. The songs are melodic, catchy and full of heart (minus the short rap song, but even then, that song is good and fun too).

By far the MOST significant and iconic part of the entire film (this scene honestly carries the entire film tbh) is when the Moon goddess, Chang'e, sings Ultraluminary in what could be described as a spectacular concert performance. The visuals are BREATHTAKING and gorgeous. It's on par with the grotto scene from The Little Mermaid (Part of Your World), the ballroom scene in Beauty and the Beast, A Whole New World, The Cicle of Life (you get the idea).. Let It Go doesn't even compare to Ultraluminary. It truly deserves a place in animation history and it would be a travesty if it isn't nominated for a Grammy.

The story really pulls at the heart strings as it deals with loss and grief, something too many people are dealing with this year due to the pandemic. So if your little one is dealing with grief from losing a loved one, you may want to watch this first on your own to make sure it won't be too much for them.

Sadly this movie will be slept on and invalidated by the corporate powers at Disney who desperately refuse to let go of their monopolistic grip on the animated movie industry. The hoards of Disney loyalist are also trashing this movie very unfairly, its a movie they will love to hate, thats how you know its good.

Criticisms in regards to the "logic" of the movie kinda flew out the window when the protagonist built a rocket and literally went to the moon. It's laughable that the things these Disney loyalist are criticizing this film for they completely ignore and look the other way in their favorite films. For example Frozen was filled to the brim with plot holes and was incoherently illogical beginning to end, it was a fantasy movie anyways, but when it comes to Over the Moon, no, "it doesn't make sense" ok. Frozen wasn't the first movie to feature an annoying "tag-along" character (Olaf), there are COUNTLESS animated movies that have an annoying/endearing comic relief character, but they're all, including this one, "ripping off Frozen". Also Disney by far, didn't make the first animated movie to deal with death and loss (Coco). Over the Moon deals with grief much differently than Coco, I really don't understand how the comparisons to Coco are even relevant to this film.

This movie is proof the Disney is destroying animation because not only do people dogmatically cling to the name "Disney" but their standards also stem from their movies, most of which are rip-offs of other movies and feature recycled and stolen visuals from other animated foreign films.

While this movie shines on its own as a stand alone film, it really shines a light at everything wrong with Disney right now in their shadows. Their rabid cult-like fanbase refuses to let any other animated movies shine, even when they're directed by Disney legend Glenn Keane. Disney can't make an appropriate movie based off Chinese culture without bowing down to the CCP and endorsing genocide (Mulan 2020). Disney has the corporate money to pay for bad reviews to silence their competitors. Disney also decided to release a trailer for their new southeast Asian "princess" movie the same day Over the Moon was released. So because of the powers that be, this gorgeous film is unfairly being compared to the Emoji Movie and Trolls when in reality it's on par with the Disney classics from the 90s and their latest films (Mooana and Frozen).

I highly recommend this movie, if anything at least stick around till scene when they arrive at the moon and the Moon goddess, Chang'e, sings Ultraluminary, you won't regret it.

What an incredibly beautiful film. Both in its message and how the film looks. Over the Moon is, for the most part, an incredibly generic, but easily likeable animation. Or, I should say, an animated musical.

I'll start off with the stuff I wasn't so crazy about. First, there are a few songs that felt completely out of place. They are the two more upbeat songs that take place on the moon. For some reason, this film, which for the most part is very traditional and follows Chinese norms and traditions, decided to add two songs that were just the most boring pop songs imaginable. Not only were these two songs much less enjoyable than the others, but they also completely disrupted the flow and mood of the film. I suppose these songs were made to be the hit songs of the film that would also be played on the radio. Something that seems to be quite common in newer animations. Second, this film has, of course, a useless sidekick. However, this sidekick wasn't just completely useless, it was also rather annoying. The sidekick was only made relevant because it was something that the makers of the film clearly wanted to include. And I get that kids, who these films are mainly aimed for, like these types of goofy and funny characters that come and save the day. I just wish that a film like this could go without this type of character. Even just for once.

With all that being said, it's hard to be mad at a movie like Over the Moon. It is incredibly heartfelt and the story is beautiful. The thing I most loved about this film is the visuals. It is an unbelievably stunning film. Everything from the quality of the animation, to the use of colours. From the detailed and beautiful scenery to the use of lighting. And ultimately its message. By the end of the film, you are just so happy that you end up forgetting those things that you might've not liked.

In a way, these are my favourite types of movies. They are easy to watch and enjoy, and it's very likely that they will make you feel warm and happy inside. And Over the Moon is no exception. It's visually stunning and thoroughly enjoyable, despite some of its flaws.

Well, I'm not 'over the moon' like many people seem to be about this movie. The story has some originality at the beginning and a bit of realism, with gorgeous character animation and very detailed Fei Fei's town but by the time they get to the moon everything blows out of proportion, the animation, sure, still looks gorgeous and colorful, but it's if they are on budget constraints and have to compromise 'cause the design of the Lunarians and the kingdom in whole, looks very simplistic. The plot of the movie in the second half turns only to grab the attention of kids. The characters are simple and are well moulded, but there are a bit hollow and annoying ones. There are quite a few dialogs which will really touch your heart. The songs are good and fitting with lyrics that support the plot but there are, perhaps, a bit too many. Voice acting is solid Overall, a cool movie with a good message about moving on after losing your loved ones.

It was just waste of fifty minutes for us. The K pop moon thing so awful.

I have to laugh at people complaining about this movie because it's a musical or mentions the moon a lot. Like... yeah. The trailer pretty efficiently covers that! Anyway... More than once I was awed at the colors and visuals. The storyline is sweet and a little sad. All of the songs were so beautiful. But what else can I expect from a movie starring Philippa Soo? Plus I love to see the representation!!

Strong beginning, strong ending, strong story but the middle of the movie was very odd. A great story about life and death taught in a simple And fun way for children to learn about the loss of a loved one. Not sure if I missed some cultural design/animation/stylized things because I just didn't like the space world they portrayed. Personal opinions aside, this was a decent to good movie which unfortunately could have been great.

But not at all in a good way. I am not sure what shocks me more: the movie itself or the fact that so many liked it. The movie starts off really nicely, graphics are beautiful, songs are nice (although a bit much). But half an hour or so into the movie it drifts off...off to the moon, off to an Alice in Wonderland ripoff that bombards your senses with illogical, psychedelic stuff and the story sort of falls apart - and lost me. Pity, really, because I adore animation movies ... well movies like the one I thought this was gonna be before Fei Fei somehow made it to the moon and the makers started smoking stuff...