The Emoji Movie Review: 3 Ups & 7 Downs

1. Yes, It Ends With A Terrible Dance Number

The Emoji Movie
Sony Pictures Animation

Because it's an animated movie and a terrible one at that, yes, The Emoji Movie concludes with a stamina-draining song and dance number as the emojis celebrate their victory over the villainous smile emoji and perform the "Emoji Pop", a dance created by Gene during the Just Dance portion of the movie. Really.

The only small mercy is that most of the song plays out over the credits, so you've only got to suffer through a little dancing before you can excuse yourself from the cinema and go take a shower to wash the movie's stink off.

As absolutely rancid as the film is and as much as you totally shouldn't see it, it's not completely, 100% awful (that 6% Tomatometer score had to come from somewhere, right?). Here are the few silver linings in this wretched disaster...

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