Underplayed Gems

Extinct (2021)

Extinct poster
Directed by
David Silverman, Raymond S. Persi
Genre
adventure film, family film, time-travel film
Country
People's Republic of China, United States, Canada
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
L
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 189 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two donut shaped animals called flummels accidentally time travel from 1835 to modern day Shanghai. They try to find their way home while exploring the strange new world around them.

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What happens

Extinct is a 2021 animated science fiction comedy film directed by David Silverman, and co-directed by Raymond S. Persi, and written by Joel Cohen, John Frink, and Rob LaZebnik. The film features the voices of Rachel Bloom, Adam Devine, Zazie Beetz, Ken Jeong, Catherine O'Hara, Benedict Wong, Reggie Watts, and Jim Jefferies. The story follows Op and Ed, a pair of donut-shaped animals known as "flummels". They find themselves transported from their island home in the year 1835 to modern-day Shanghai. Extinct was released in Russia on February 11, 2021. It was later released theatrically by Sky Cinema in the United Kingdom on August 20, 2021, and then was released worldwide on Netflix on November 19, 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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