Comment on The Emoji Movie Review

In 2014, Phil Lord and Chris Miller managed to take The LEGO Movie - what seemed like on the surface to be nothing more than a cheap cash grab by the studio - and turn it into one of the best films of that year. So going into The Emoji Movie this week, I felt a similar trepidation as I did going into that 2014 animated adventure, but I also had a sense of optimistic belief, knowing that there was a chance The Emoji Movie could prove me wrong. For the first twenty minutes or so of the film too, The Emoji Movie manages to explain the seemingly unexplainable life of an “Emoji” on the big screen in unexpectedly interesting and ingenious ways.