Over the Moon (2020)

Directed by

Glen Keane

Genre

adventure film, musical film

Country

People's Republic of China, United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 1,411 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl builds a rocket ship to fly to the moon and meet a legendary goddess. She hopes this journey will help her family heal after a loss.

adventurousheartfeltimaginativeupbeatvisually colorfulmusicalemotionalhopeful

What happens

Over the Moon is a 2020 animated musical fantasy film directed by Glen Keane (in his feature directorial debut) and co-directed by John Kahrs, from a screenplay by Audrey Wells, with additional screenplay material by Alice Wu and Jennifer Yee McDevitt. The film was produced by Pearl Studio and Netflix Animation, and animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks. It stars the voices of Cathy Ang, Phillipa Soo, Ken Jeong, John Cho, Ruthie Ann Miles, Margaret Cho, and Sandra Oh. The plot follows an adventurous girl named Fei Fei, who builds a rocket ship to meet the mythical goddess on the Moon Chang'e. Over the Moon was first shown at the Montclair Film Festival on October 17, 2020, followed by its Netflix and select theaters release on October 23. The film grossed $860,000 worldwide; it earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Animated Feature Film, and was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 93rd Academy Awards. It is the final film Wells worked on before her death and was dedicated to her memory. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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