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{{Short description|2020 animated fantasy film}}
{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Over the Moon
| name = Over the Moon
| image = Over the Moon (2020).png
| image = Over the Moon (2020).png
| caption = Official release poster
| caption = Official release poster
| director = {{plainlist|
| director = [[Glen Keane]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Glen Keane]]
* [[John Kahrs]]
* [[Gennie Rim]]
}}
| producer = {{plainlist|
* Peilin Chou
* Peilin Chou
* Gennie Rim
* [[David Ellison]]
}}
}}
| writer = [[Audrey Wells]]
| writer = [[Audrey Wells]]
| screenplay =
| based_on = {{based on|''The Guardians of Childhood'' and ''The Man in the Moon''|[[William Joyce (writer)|William Joyce]]}}
| story =
| based_on =
| starring = {{Plainlist|
| starring = {{Plainlist|
*Cathy Ang
* [[Cathy Ang]]
*[[Phillipa Soo]]
* [[Phillipa Soo]]
*[[Ken Jeong]]
* [[Ken Jeong]]
*[[John Cho]]
* [[John Cho]]
*[[Ruthie Ann Miles]]
* [[Ruthie Ann Miles]]
*[[Margaret Cho]]
* [[Margaret Cho]]
*[[Sandra Oh]]
* [[Sandra Oh]]
}}
}}
| narrator =
| music = [[Steven Price (composer)|Steven Price]]
| music = {{Plainlist|
* [[Steven Price (composer)|Steven Price]] {{small|(score)}}
* Christopher Curtis {{small|(songs)}}
* Marjorie Duffield {{small|(songs)}}
* [[Helen Park]] {{small|(songs)}}<!-- Please do not change without first discussing it on the talk page. -->
}}
| cinematography =
| editing = Edie Ichioka
| editing = Edie Ichioka
| studio = {{Plainlist|
| studio = {{Plainlist|
* [[Netflix Animation]]
* [[Netflix Animation]]
* [[Skydance Media]]
* [[Pearl Studio]]
* [[Pearl Studio]]
* [[Sony Pictures Imageworks]]
* [[Sony Pictures Imageworks]]
* Glen Keane Productions
}}
}}
| distributor = [[Netflix]]
| distributor = [[Netflix]]
| released = {{Film date|2020|10|16|theatrical|2020|10|17|Montclair Film Festival|2020|10|23|Netflix}}
| released = {{Film date|2020|10|17|[[Montclair Film|MFF]]|2020|10|23|United States}}
| runtime = 100 minutes
| runtime = 95 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.netflix.com/title/80214236|title=Over the Moon|work=Netflix|access-date=10 August 2020}}</ref>
| country = {{Plainlist|
| country = {{Plainlist|
* United States
* United States
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| language = English
| language = English
| budget =
| budget =
| gross = $860,000<ref>{{Cite the numbers|title=Over the Moon (2020)|id=Over-the-Moon-(2020)|access-date=March 4, 2021}}</ref>
| gross =
}}
}}
'''''Over the Moon''''' is a 2020 animated [[Musical film|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 [[Voice acting|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 a mythical [[Lunar deity|goddess on the Moon]].


''Over the Moon'' was first shown at the [[Montclair Film|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 [[Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film|Best Animated Feature Film]], and was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature|Best Animated Feature]] at the [[93rd Academy Awards]]. It is the final film that Wells worked on before her death, and it was dedicated to her memory.
'''''Over the Moon''''' is an upcoming American-Chinese [[Computer animation|computer-animated]] [[Musical film|musical]] [[adventure film]] directed by [[Glen Keane]] and co-directed by [[John Kahrs]] from a screenplay by [[Audrey Wells]]. The film is produced by [[Skydance]] and [[Pearl Studio]] 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]].


== Plot ==
The film will first be shown at the [[Montclair, California|Montclair]] Film Festival on October 17, 2020,<ref name="MFF">{{cite web|title=‘Over the Moon’ Roundtable with Glen Keane Coming to Montclair Film Festival Oct 17|url=https://www.awn.com/news/over-moon-roundtable-glen-keane-coming-montclair-film-festival-oct-17|date=October 8, 2020|access-date=October 8, 2020}}</ref> followed by its [[Netflix]] and select theaters<ref name="theaters">{{cite web|last=Taylor|first=Drew|date=September 22, 2020|title=Netflix's Over The Moon Movie Trailer Pairs Breathtaking Visuals With Pop Music|url=https://screenrant.com/over-moon-movie-trailer-netflix-animated-glen-keane/|access-date=September 23, 2020}}</ref> debut on October 23.<ref name="OTM Release Date">{{cite web|last=Taylor|first=Drew|date=August 28, 2020|title=Netflix's 'Over the Moon' Behind-the-Scenes Featurette Reveals Release Date and Peek at the Music|url=https://chaospin.com/over-the-moon-movie-release-date-to-netflix-october/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=August 29, 2020}}</ref>
A girl named Fei Fei is being told the legend of the Moon goddess [[Chang'e]] who took a [[Elixir of life|potion for immortality]], causing her to become a goddess and ascend to the Moon without her lover [[Hou Yi|Houyi]], and awaits for him there. In preparation for the annual [[Mid-Autumn Festival|Moon Festival]], Fei Fei, a 7 year old, and her family make [[mooncake]]s for the village. However, Fei Fei's mother falls ill, and gives her daughter a white rabbit named Bungee. She passes away when Fei Fei is 9.


Fei Fei, now 13, who still believes in Chang'e four years after her mother’s death, is upset when she learns that her father is engaged to Mrs. Zhong, and is annoyed by her energetic 8 year old son, Chin, who has a pet frog. Fei Fei's family joins them for the Moon Festival celebration, and Mrs. Zhong brings up the topic of Chang'e. When a debate sparks over whether she is real, Fei Fei asks her father to confirm that she is. When he hesitates to answer, a distraught Fei Fei runs up to her room. Inspired by a [[Crane (bird)|crane]], she decides to build a rocket to the Moon to prove that Chang'e is real. She designs a rocket that resembles a [[Paper lantern|Chinese paper lantern]] in the [[Moon rabbit|shape of a rabbit]] that uses fireworks to boost her speed. Her rocket almost succeeds until she realizes that Chin snuck aboard her rocket and they begin to crash to Earth. Suddenly, the rocket is captured in a mystical beam of energy and taken to the Moon. They crash-land after being beset by 2 friendly winged [[Chinese guardian lions|foo dogs]], who then rescue them and take them to Lunaria.
==Synopsis==
A girl named Fei Fei builds and flies a rocket ship to meet the moon goddess, [[Chang'e]].


They are introduced to Chang'e and her backup dancers, the Lunettes. Chang'e tells Fei Fei that she was supposed to deliver a gift for Chang'e to bring Houyi back. Fei Fei takes a photo with Chang'e to prove she is real, but Chang'e takes the photo from Fei Fei and demands the gift. Fei Fei doesn't know what she is talking about, and a frustrated Chang'e announces a competition to find her gift before the last of the moondust falls. Fei Fei gets upset with Chin and leaves him, getting a ride with the Biker Chicks to the crash site. Chin sees some Lunettes with the photo and is captured by Chang'e who demands the location of the gift. Chang'e challenges Chin to a game of [[Table tennis|ping pong]] to learn the location of the gift, but Chin wins, further upsetting Chang'e. Chang'e cries in despair that she will never see Houyi again. While Chin is trapped in a chamber by Chang'e, Bungee follows the [[Jade Rabbit]] into his workplace. Meanwhile, Fei Fei and the Biker Chicks head to her rocket's crash site, where the former meets an exiled Lunarian named Gobi. She discovers her Chang'e doll, which she suspects to be the gift, but the Biker Chicks snatch the doll and leave Fei Fei and Gobi behind.
==Voice cast==
*Cathy Ang as Fei Fei
*Robert G Chiu as Chin
*[[Phillipa Soo]] as [[Chang'e]]
*[[Ken Jeong]] as Gobi
*[[John Cho]] as Ba Ba
*[[Ruthie Ann Miles]] as Mother
*[[Margaret Cho]] as Auntie Ling
*[[Sandra Oh]] as Mrs Zhong
*[[Kimiko Glenn]] as Auntie Mei
*Artt Butler as Ma Ma
*[[Ben Schwartz]] as Jack Frost
*[[Danny DeVito]] as Mim
*Shannon Hobby as Pio the Bee
*[[Kurt Russell]] as S. Claus
*[[Nicole Sullivan]] as Tooth Fairy
*[[Peter Browngardt]] as Sandman
*[[Ricky Gervais]] as E. Bunny


Fei Fei and Gobi head to Lunaria on the backs of [[Lunar pareidolia|giant toads]], where Gobi reveals that Chang'e exiled him due to a song about moving on. Fei Fei and Gobi catch up to the Biker Chicks, but during their scuffle, the doll is destroyed. However, Fei Fei discovers in one of her mooncakes a broken half of an open [[Chinese jade|jade]] circle matching one that Chang'e wears around her neck, and realizes that ''it'' is Chang'e's gift. They return to Lunaria's palace, rejoin Chin and Bungee, and present the gift to Chang'e, who makes a full jade circle. Chang'e and Houyi are then briefly reunited, but Houyi tells Chang'e to move on before fading away. Refusing to accept this, Chang'e slips into a state of depression, plunging Lunaria into total darkness.
==Production==
On September 26, 2017, [[Pearl Studio]] hired [[Audrey Wells]] to write the script ''Over the Moon,'' a retelling of the classic Chinese myth.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Nancy Tartaglione|title=Oriental DreamWorks Names Peilin Chou As CCO; Designs Robust Animation Slate|url=https://deadline.com/2017/09/oriental-dreamworks-peilin-chou-chief-creative-officer-new-animation-slate-master-of-none-everest-over-the-moon-china-1202177361/|date=26 September 2017|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=8 August 2019}}</ref> On February 6, 2018, [[Netflix]] acquired distribution rights to the film and [[Glen Keane]] was set to direct.<ref name=“NetflixSlate”>{{Cite web|author=Amanda N'Duka|title=Glen Keane to Direct ‘Over The Moon’ Animation Film For Netflix & Pearl Studio|url=https://deadline.com/2018/02/glen-keane-over-the-moon-animation-film-netflix-pearl-studio-1202279339/|date=6 February 2018|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=8 August 2019}}</ref> However, during this, Audrey Wells died in 2018.


Fei Fei tries to reach out to Chang'e, but the moment she enters Chang'e's state of sadness, she also becomes depressed due to a vision of her mother. Realizing that they both must move on from their tragedies, Chang'e and Fei Fei encourage each other to find the love all around them. This allows the two to accept their loved ones' deaths, restoring light to Lunaria.
Animation was provided by [[Sony Pictures Imageworks]] while [[traditional animation]] is being handled.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Drew Taylor|title=Netflix Reveals Details, Trailer for Upcoming Animated Musical ‘Over the Moon’|url=https://collider.com/over-the-moon-netflix-trailer-cast/|date=23 June 2020|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=23 June 2020}}</ref>


Chang'e thanks Fei Fei and allows her and Chin passage back home—excluding Bungee, who stays on the Moon with Jade Rabbit—and lifts Gobi's banishment. Fei Fei and Chin bid farewell to the Lunarians and return home, where Fei Fei accepts her father and Mrs. Zhong's marriage and Chin as her stepbrother. Fei Fei builds up a loving relationship with Ms Zhong and her new stepbrother Chin. About a year later, Fei Fei is 14 and living happily with her new family. It is the Moon Festival again, and she sits with her father and looks up at the Moon, watching as cranes fly up towards it in the night.
[[Steven Price (composer)|Steven Price]] is confirmed to be the film's composer while new original songs are being handled by Christopher Curtis (from ''[[Chaplin (2006 musical)|Chaplin: The Musical]]''), Marjorie Duffield and [[Helen Park]] (from ''[[KPOP (musical)|KPOP the Musical]]'').<ref>{{Cite web|title=Glen Keane’s ‘Over the Moon’ to Feature Score by Steven Price & Original Songs by Christopher Curtis, Marjorie Duffield & Helen Park|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2020/06/23/glen-keanes-over-the-moon-to-feature-score-by-steven-price-original-songs-by-christopher-curtis-marjorie-duffield-helen-park/|date=23 June 2020|website=Film Music Reporter|access-date=23 June 2020}}</ref>


== Voice cast ==
The cast was announced in June 2020.<ref name="Cast">{{Cite web|author=Nancy Tartaglione|title=‘Over The Moon’ Trailer: Netflix & Pearl Studio’s Animated Musical Adventure Reveals Voice Cast|url=https://deadline.com/video/over-the-moon-trailer-cast-ken-jeong-john-cho-sandra-oh-netflix-video/|date=23 June 2020|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=23 June 2020}}</ref>
* [[Cathy Ang]] as Fei Fei, a 13-year-old girl who believes in Chang'e ever since the loss of her mother.
** Brycen Hall as young Fei Fei.
* Robert G. Chiu as Chin, Mrs. Zhong's 8-year-old son and Fei Fei's stepbrother.
* [[Phillipa Soo]] as [[Chang'e]], the mythical [[Moon]] goddess who yearns to be with her true love Houyi again. The outfits worn by Chang'e in the film were designed and created by [[haute couture]] Chinese designer [[Guo Pei]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/entertainment/2020/06/25/new-animated-musical-039over-the-moon039-features-designs-by-chinese-couturier-guo-pei | title=New animated musical 'Over The Moon' features designs by Chinese couturier Guo Pei | first=Mumtaj | last=Begum | work=The Star | location=Petaling Jaya, Malaysia | date=June 25, 2020 | access-date=November 2, 2020 | archive-date=November 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101054516/https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/entertainment/2020/06/25/new-animated-musical-039over-the-moon039-features-designs-by-chinese-couturier-guo-pei | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Ken Jeong]] as Gobi, a [[pangolin]] Lunarian and former royal advisor who was exiled a thousand years ago.
* [[John Cho]] as Ba Ba, Fei Fei's father.
* [[Ruthie Ann Miles]] as Ma Ma, Fei Fei's late mother.
* [[Sandra Oh]] as Mrs. Zhong, Ba Ba's new fiancée, later wife and Fei Fei's stepmother.
* [[Margaret Cho]] as Auntie Ling, one of Fei Fei's aunts.
** Cho also voices Gretch, one of the Biker Chicks.
* [[Kimiko Glenn]] as Auntie Mei, another one of Fei Fei's aunts.
** Glenn also voices Lulu, one of the Biker Chicks.
* [[Artt Butler]] as Uncle, Fei Fei's uncle.
** Butler also voices Bill, one of the Biker Chicks.
* [[Irene Tsu]] as Grandma, Fei Fei's grandma.
* Clem Cheung as Grandpa, Fei Fei's grandpa.
* [[Conrad Ricamora]] as [[Hou Yi]], Chang'e's true love.


==Release==
== Soundtrack ==
The score was composed by [[Steven Price (composer)|Steven Price]] and recorded at [[Synchron Stage Vienna]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Over the Moon - SynchronStage Vienna |url=https://www.synchronstage.com/en/projects/over_the_moon |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=www.synchronstage.com |archive-date=2023-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207235655/https://www.synchronstage.com/en/projects/over_the_moon |url-status=live }}</ref> Original songs were written by Christopher Curtis, Marjorie Duffield and [[Helen Park]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tangcay|first=Jazz|date=28 August 2020|title=How Netflix's Animated 'Over the Moon' Bridges Folklore and Science in Anthemic Theme Song|url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/over-the-moon-rocket-to-moon-video-1234748473/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=1 November 2020|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101071711/https://variety.com/2020/music/news/over-the-moon-rocket-to-moon-video-1234748473/|url-status=live}}</ref>
The film will be released in select theaters October 16, 2020<ref name="theaters"/> and on Netflix on October 23, 2020.<ref name="OTM Release Date"/> Prior to its October 23 debut, ''Over the Moon'' will be shown at the Montclair Film Festival on October 17.<ref name="MFF"/>


==Reception==
=== Tracklist ===
{{Track listing
Review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports that 67% of 12 critic reviews are positive, and the average rating is 7.58/10.<ref>https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/over_the_moon_2020</ref> According to [[Metacritic]], which compiled 5 reviews and calculated an average score of 56 out of 100, ''Over the Moon'' received "mixed or average reviews".<ref>https://www.metacritic.com/movie/over-the-moon</ref>
| extra_column = Performer(s)/Composer
| total_length = 1:10:00
| title1 = On the Moon Above
| extra1 = [[John Cho]], [[Ruthie Ann Miles]] and Cathy Ang
| length1 = 1:31
| title2 = Mooncakes
| extra2 = Cho, Miles and Ang
| length2 = 4:19
| title3 = Rocket to the Moon
| extra3 = Ang
| length3 = 3:48
| title4 = Rocket to the Moon (Reprise)
| extra4 = Ang
| length4 = 2:01
| title5 = Ultraluminary
| extra5 = [[Phillipa Soo]]
| length5 = 3:20
| title6 = Hey Boy
| extra6 = Soo and Robert G. Chiu
| length6 = 1:47
| title7 = Wonderful
| extra7 = [[Ken Jeong]] and Ang
| length7 = 2:37
| title8 = Yours Forever (Reprise)
| extra8 = Soo and [[Conrad Ricamora]]
| length8 = 2:00
| title9 = Love Someone New
| extra9 = Soo and Ang
| length9 = 3:36
| title10 = Moon Phases
| extra10 = [[Steven Price (composer)|Steven Price]]
| length10 = 2:13
| title11 = It's Good To Meet New People
| extra11 = Steven Price
| length11 = 3:23
| title12 = Family Invasion
| extra12 = Steven Price
| length12 = 2:47
| title13 = Nighttime Conversation
| extra13 = Steven Price
| length13 = 1:40
| title14 = Science Project
| extra14 = Steven Price
| length14 = 1:44
| title15 = Journey To Lunaria
| extra15 = Steven Price
| length15 = 4:51
| title16 = Consider Yourself Welcomed
| extra16 = Steven Price
| length16 = 5:24
| title17 = This Road is a Suicide Mission
| extra17 = Steven Price
| length17 = 1:38
| title18 = A Bonding Experience
| extra18 = Steven Price
| length18 = 2:55
| title19 = I've Lost Everything Now
| extra19 = Steven Price
| length19 = 5:49
| title20 = The Chamber of Exquisite Sadness
| extra20 = Steven Price
| length20 = 3:44
| title21 = Remember When We Said Goodbye
| extra21 = Steven Price
| length21 = 3:27
| title22 = Back Home
| extra22 = Steven Price
| length22 = 5:12
}}


==References==
== Production ==
On September 26, 2017, [[Pearl Studio]] hired [[Audrey Wells]] to write the script for the film called ''Over the Moon'', which was based on an idea by [[Janet Yang]] about a retelling of the classic Chinese myth.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Nancy Tartaglione|title=Oriental DreamWorks Names Peilin Chou As CCO; Designs Robust Animation Slate|url=https://deadline.com/2017/09/oriental-dreamworks-peilin-chou-chief-creative-officer-new-animation-slate-master-of-none-everest-over-the-moon-china-1202177361/|date=26 September 2017|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=8 August 2019|archive-date=26 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926222901/https://deadline.com/2017/09/oriental-dreamworks-peilin-chou-chief-creative-officer-new-animation-slate-master-of-none-everest-over-the-moon-china-1202177361/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Glen Keane's 'Over the Moon' Artfully Illustrates Healing from Grief Through Play |url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/glen-keanes-over-moon-artfully-illustrates-healing-grief-through-play |website=Animation World Network |access-date=2020-10-31 |archive-date=2020-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101064603/https://www.awn.com/animationworld/glen-keanes-over-moon-artfully-illustrates-healing-grief-through-play |url-status=live }}</ref> On February 6, 2018, [[Netflix]] acquired distribution rights to the film and [[Glen Keane]] was set to direct.<ref name="NetflixSlate">{{Cite web |author=Amanda N'Duka |title=Glen Keane to Direct 'Over The Moon' Animation Film For Netflix & Pearl Studio |url=https://deadline.com/2018/02/glen-keane-over-the-moon-animation-film-netflix-pearl-studio-1202279339/ |date=6 February 2018 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=8 August 2019 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126125824/https://deadline.com/2018/02/glen-keane-over-the-moon-animation-film-netflix-pearl-studio-1202279339/ |url-status=live }}</ref> However, during this, Audrey Wells died in 2018. The film was dedicated in Audrey Wells' memory.
{{Reflist}}


While studios like [[Walt Disney Pictures]] and [[Pixar]] have become known to use groups of people known as the Braintrust and Story Trust to help with the script, Keane said that "Creative decisions here aren’t made by committee".<ref>{{cite web |date=11 October 2019 |last=Barnes |first=Brooks |title=Netflix Goes All Out to Wow Children as Streaming Wars Intensify (Published 2019) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/11/business/media/netflix-children-movies-streaming.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=30 October 2020 |archive-date=10 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210025519/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/11/business/media/netflix-children-movies-streaming.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
==External links==<!--

* {{Official website|https://www.netflix.com/title/80214236}} at [[Netflix]]-->
The city of Lunaria was inspired by the cover of [[Pink Floyd]]'s album ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon]]'' and the paintings of [[Joan Miró]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/10/over-the-moon-netflix-glen-keane-chinese-moon-goddess-1234594035/|title='Over the Moon': How Glen Keane Leveraged His Disney DNA for Netflix's Chinese Moon Goddess Fable|first1=Bill|last1=Desowitz|date=October 21, 2020|access-date=October 22, 2020|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101044942/https://www.indiewire.com/2020/10/over-the-moon-netflix-glen-keane-chinese-moon-goddess-1234594035/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Animation was provided by [[Pearl Studio]] and [[Sony Pictures Imageworks]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Drew Taylor|title=Netflix Reveals Details, Trailer for Upcoming Animated Musical 'Over the Moon'|url=https://collider.com/over-the-moon-netflix-trailer-cast/|date=23 June 2020|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=23 June 2020|archive-date=23 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223222439/https://collider.com/over-the-moon-netflix-trailer-cast/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Steven Price (composer)|Steven Price]] was confirmed to be the film's composer while new original songs are being handled by Christopher Curtis (from ''[[Chaplin (2006 musical)|Chaplin: The Musical]]''), Marjorie Duffield and [[Helen Park]] (from ''[[KPOP (musical)|KPOP the Musical]]'').<ref>{{Cite web|title=Glen Keane's 'Over the Moon' to Feature Score by Steven Price & Original Songs by Christopher Curtis, Marjorie Duffield & Helen Park|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2020/06/23/glen-keanes-over-the-moon-to-feature-score-by-steven-price-original-songs-by-christopher-curtis-marjorie-duffield-helen-park/|date=23 June 2020|website=Film Music Reporter|access-date=23 June 2020|archive-date=13 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113013136/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2020/06/23/glen-keanes-over-the-moon-to-feature-score-by-steven-price-original-songs-by-christopher-curtis-marjorie-duffield-helen-park/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The cast was announced in June 2020.<ref name="Cast">{{Cite web |author=Nancy Tartaglione |title='Over The Moon' Trailer: Netflix & Pearl Studio's Animated Musical Adventure Reveals Voice Cast |url=https://deadline.com/video/over-the-moon-trailer-cast-ken-jeong-john-cho-sandra-oh-netflix-video/ |date=23 June 2020 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=23 June 2020 |archive-date=23 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023043455/https://deadline.com/video/over-the-moon-trailer-cast-ken-jeong-john-cho-sandra-oh-netflix-video/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Release ==
The film was released in select theaters<ref name="theaters"/> and on Netflix on October 23, 2020.<ref name="OTM Release Date"/> Prior to its October 23 debut, ''Over the Moon'' was shown at the Montclair Film Festival on October 17.<ref name="MFF"/> A day before its release, a book written by animation historian [[Leonard Maltin]] about the history about the film called ''Over the Moon: Illuminating the Journey'', was released on October 22.<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=leonardmaltin |last=Maltin |first=Leonard |author-link=Leonard Maltin |number=1301196118051581952 |title=Delighted to share the cover for my upcoming book, OVER THE MOON: ILLUMINATING THE JOURNEY, to be published by @TitanBooks on October 22. |date=September 2, 2020 |access-date=October 23, 2020}}</ref> In January 2021, Netflix reported 43 million households had watched the film.<ref>{{cite web|title=Every Viewing Statistic Netflix Has Released So Far|url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/every-viewing-statistic-netflix-has-released-so-far-april-2021/|website=What's on Netflix|accessdate=April 19, 2021|archive-date=April 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406095213/https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/every-viewing-statistic-netflix-has-released-so-far-april-2021/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Reception ==
{{RT data|prose}} The website's critics consensus reads: "Although many of ''Over the Moon''{{'}}s narrative ingredients will seem familiar, the film's absorbing animation offers colorful compensation."<ref>{{cite Rotten Tomatoes |title=Over the Moon (2020) |id={{RT data|rtid|noprefix=y}}|type=m|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}}</ref> {{MC film|60|22}}<ref>{{cite Metacritic |title=Over the Moon (2020) |id=over-the-moon |type=movie |access-date=January 26, 2022 }}</ref>

Peter Debruge of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote: "Sometimes it's OK for an adventure to be just an adventure, and this one gets in the way of its own assets, while pointing to the potential of future journeys from the Netflix animation team."<ref>{{cite web |date=9 October 2020 |last=Debruge |first=Peter |title='Over the Moon' Review: Netflix Celebrates Chinese Culture With Dazzlingly Designed but Otherwise Conventional Lunar Toon |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/over-the-moon-review-1234798509/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=13 December 2020 |archive-date=14 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614084428/https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/over-the-moon-review-1234798509/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Date of ceremony
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Recipient(s)
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Ref heading}}
|-
| [[93rd Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| April 25, 2021
| [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature|Best Animated Feature]]
| [[Glen Keane]], Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou
| {{Nominated}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/mar/15/the-full-list-of-2021-oscar-nominations|title= The full list of 2021 Oscar nominations|date= 15 March 2021|work= Guardian|access-date= 15 March 2021|archive-date= 15 March 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210315191804/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/mar/15/the-full-list-of-2021-oscar-nominations|url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
| [[American Cinema Editors|American Cinema Editors Awards]]
| [[American Cinema Editors Awards 2021|April 17, 2021]]
| [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Animated Feature Film|Best Edited Animated Feature Film]]
| Edie Ichioka
| {{nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[Annie Awards]]
| rowspan="6"| [[48th Annie Awards|April 16, 2021]]
| Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production
| Ian Farnsworth, Brian Casper, Reinhold Rittinger and Zoran Stojanoski
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="6"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/awards/netflix-soul-wolfwalkers-annie-award-nominations-1234920416/ |title=2021 Annie Award Nominations: 'Soul,' 'Wolfwalkers' and Netflix Lead |date=3 March 2021 |publisher=Variety |access-date=3 March 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=March 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304135147/https://variety.com/2021/film/awards/netflix-soul-wolfwalkers-annie-award-nominations-1234920416/ }}</ref>
|-
| [[Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production|Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production]]
| Robert G. Chiu
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Annie Award for Directing in a Feature Production|Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production]]
| Glen Keane
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production|Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production]]
| [[Steven Price (composer)|Steven Price]], Christopher Curtis, Marjorie Duffield and [[Helen Park]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production|Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production]]
| [[Audrey Wells]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Annie Award for Storyboarding in a Feature Production|Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production]]
| Glen Keane
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[British Academy Children's Awards]]
| [[British Academy Children's Awards 2022|November 27, 2022]]
| [[British Academy Children's Award for Feature Film|Feature Film]]
| Glen Keane, Gennie Rim, Peilin Chou
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/awards/bafta-children-and-young-people-awards-nominations-2022-1235413766/|title='Dodger,' 'The Snail and the Whale' Lead BAFTA Children and Young People Awards Nominations|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Naman|last=Ramachandran|date=25 October 2022|accessdate=29 January 2023|archive-date=29 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129222232/https://variety.com/2022/tv/awards/bafta-children-and-young-people-awards-nominations-2022-1235413766/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[78th Golden Globe Awards|February 28, 2021]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film|Best Animated Feature Film]]
| Glen Keane
| {{nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Critics' Choice Super Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[1st Critics' Choice Super Awards|January 10, 2021]]
| Best Animated Movie
| Over the Moon
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |last1=Hammond |first1=Pete |title='Palm Springs', 'Lovecraft Country' Top Movie And Series Nominations For Inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards; Netflix Lands 35 Nods |url=https://deadline.com/2020/11/palm-springs-lovecraft-country-lead-critcs-choice-super-awards-nominations-1234618498/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=December 12, 2020 |date=November 19, 2020 |archive-date=December 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225023936/https://deadline.com/2020/11/palm-springs-lovecraft-country-lead-critcs-choice-super-awards-nominations-1234618498/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Best Voice Actress in an Animated Movie
| [[Phillipa Soo]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Hollywood Music in Media Awards]]
| [[11th Hollywood Music in Media Awards|January 27, 2021]]
| [[Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song in an Animated Film|Best Original Song in an Animated Film]]
| "Rocket to the Moon" – Christopher Curtis, Marjorie Duffield and Helen Park
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9517388/diane-warren-james-newton-howard-winners-2021-hollywood-music-in-media-awards/|title=Diane Warren & James Newton Howard Among Top Winners at 2021 Hollywood Music in Media Awards|date=January 27, 2021|accessdate=January 28, 2021|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|first=Paul|last=Grein}}</ref>
|-
| [[Motion Picture Sound Editors|Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards]]
| April 16, 2021
| [[Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Animated Feature Film|Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation]]
| Jeremy Bowker, Qianbaihui Yang, Chris Frazier, Alyssa Nevarez, Larry Oatfield, Dee Selby, Bradley Farmer, Ronni Brown and Jana Vance
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/golden-reel-awards-2021-nominations-sound-editors-mpse-1234704003/ |title=Sound Editors Nominate 'Wonder Woman', 'Sound Of Metal', 'Tenet' & Others For Golden Reel Awards – Full List |author=Erik Pederson |date=March 1, 2021 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|Variety Media, LLC.]] |accessdate=March 1, 2021 |archive-date=March 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301182122/https://deadline.com/2021/03/golden-reel-awards-2021-nominations-sound-editors-mpse-1234704003/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Visual Effects Society|Visual Effects Society Awards]]
| rowspan="3"| [[19th Visual Effects Society Awards|April 6, 2021]]
| Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature
| Glen Keane, Gennie Rim, Céline Desrumaux and David Alexander Smith
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/ves-awards-nominations-2021-visual-effects-society-mandalorian-tenet-soul-1234704513/|title=VES Awards Nominations: 'Tenet', 'Midnight Sky', 'Extraction', 'Soul' & 'Mandalorian' Among Titles In Visual Effects Hunt|work=Deadline|first=Erik|last=Pederson|date=March 2, 2021|access-date=March 2, 2021|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302202115/https://deadline.com/2021/03/ves-awards-nominations-2021-visual-effects-society-mandalorian-tenet-soul-1234704513/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature
| Siggi Orri Thorhannesson, Hyesok Kim, Javier Solsona and Alan Chen {{Small|(for Chang'e)}}
| {{nom}}
|-
| Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature
| Ian Farnsworth, Brian Casper, Reinhold Rittinger and Jennifer Lasrado
| {{nom}}
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="MFF">{{cite web|title='Over the Moon' Roundtable with Glen Keane Coming to Montclair Film Festival Oct 17|url=https://www.awn.com/news/over-moon-roundtable-glen-keane-coming-montclair-film-festival-oct-17|date=October 8, 2020|access-date=October 8, 2020|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030015756/https://www.awn.com/news/over-moon-roundtable-glen-keane-coming-montclair-film-festival-oct-17|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="theaters">{{cite web|last=Taylor|first=Drew|date=September 22, 2020|title=Netflix's Over The Moon Movie Trailer Pairs Breathtaking Visuals With Pop Music|website=[[Screen Rant]]|url=https://screenrant.com/over-moon-movie-trailer-netflix-animated-glen-keane/|access-date=September 23, 2020|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116163041/https://screenrant.com/over-moon-movie-trailer-netflix-animated-glen-keane/|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="OTM Release Date">{{cite web|last=Taylor|first=Drew|date=August 28, 2020|title=Netflix's 'Over the Moon' Behind-the-Scenes Featurette Reveals Release Date and Peek at the Music|url=https://chaospin.com/over-the-moon-movie-release-date-to-netflix-october/|access-date=August 29, 2020|archive-date=March 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327104058/https://chaospin.com/over-the-moon-movie-release-date-to-netflix-october/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

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Latest revision as of 16:18, 26 December 2024

Over the Moon
Official release poster
Directed byGlen Keane
Written byAudrey Wells
Produced by
Starring
Edited byEdie Ichioka
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byNetflix
Release dates
  • October 17, 2020 (2020-10-17) (MFF)
  • October 23, 2020 (2020-10-23) (United States)
Running time
100 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • China
LanguageEnglish
Box office$860,000[1]

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 a mythical goddess on the Moon.

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 that Wells worked on before her death, and it was dedicated to her memory.

Plot

[edit]

A girl named Fei Fei is being told the legend of the Moon goddess Chang'e who took a potion for immortality, causing her to become a goddess and ascend to the Moon without her lover Houyi, and awaits for him there. In preparation for the annual Moon Festival, Fei Fei, a 7 year old, and her family make mooncakes for the village. However, Fei Fei's mother falls ill, and gives her daughter a white rabbit named Bungee. She passes away when Fei Fei is 9.

Fei Fei, now 13, who still believes in Chang'e four years after her mother’s death, is upset when she learns that her father is engaged to Mrs. Zhong, and is annoyed by her energetic 8 year old son, Chin, who has a pet frog. Fei Fei's family joins them for the Moon Festival celebration, and Mrs. Zhong brings up the topic of Chang'e. When a debate sparks over whether she is real, Fei Fei asks her father to confirm that she is. When he hesitates to answer, a distraught Fei Fei runs up to her room. Inspired by a crane, she decides to build a rocket to the Moon to prove that Chang'e is real. She designs a rocket that resembles a Chinese paper lantern in the shape of a rabbit that uses fireworks to boost her speed. Her rocket almost succeeds until she realizes that Chin snuck aboard her rocket and they begin to crash to Earth. Suddenly, the rocket is captured in a mystical beam of energy and taken to the Moon. They crash-land after being beset by 2 friendly winged foo dogs, who then rescue them and take them to Lunaria.

They are introduced to Chang'e and her backup dancers, the Lunettes. Chang'e tells Fei Fei that she was supposed to deliver a gift for Chang'e to bring Houyi back. Fei Fei takes a photo with Chang'e to prove she is real, but Chang'e takes the photo from Fei Fei and demands the gift. Fei Fei doesn't know what she is talking about, and a frustrated Chang'e announces a competition to find her gift before the last of the moondust falls. Fei Fei gets upset with Chin and leaves him, getting a ride with the Biker Chicks to the crash site. Chin sees some Lunettes with the photo and is captured by Chang'e who demands the location of the gift. Chang'e challenges Chin to a game of ping pong to learn the location of the gift, but Chin wins, further upsetting Chang'e. Chang'e cries in despair that she will never see Houyi again. While Chin is trapped in a chamber by Chang'e, Bungee follows the Jade Rabbit into his workplace. Meanwhile, Fei Fei and the Biker Chicks head to her rocket's crash site, where the former meets an exiled Lunarian named Gobi. She discovers her Chang'e doll, which she suspects to be the gift, but the Biker Chicks snatch the doll and leave Fei Fei and Gobi behind.

Fei Fei and Gobi head to Lunaria on the backs of giant toads, where Gobi reveals that Chang'e exiled him due to a song about moving on. Fei Fei and Gobi catch up to the Biker Chicks, but during their scuffle, the doll is destroyed. However, Fei Fei discovers in one of her mooncakes a broken half of an open jade circle matching one that Chang'e wears around her neck, and realizes that it is Chang'e's gift. They return to Lunaria's palace, rejoin Chin and Bungee, and present the gift to Chang'e, who makes a full jade circle. Chang'e and Houyi are then briefly reunited, but Houyi tells Chang'e to move on before fading away. Refusing to accept this, Chang'e slips into a state of depression, plunging Lunaria into total darkness.

Fei Fei tries to reach out to Chang'e, but the moment she enters Chang'e's state of sadness, she also becomes depressed due to a vision of her mother. Realizing that they both must move on from their tragedies, Chang'e and Fei Fei encourage each other to find the love all around them. This allows the two to accept their loved ones' deaths, restoring light to Lunaria.

Chang'e thanks Fei Fei and allows her and Chin passage back home—excluding Bungee, who stays on the Moon with Jade Rabbit—and lifts Gobi's banishment. Fei Fei and Chin bid farewell to the Lunarians and return home, where Fei Fei accepts her father and Mrs. Zhong's marriage and Chin as her stepbrother. Fei Fei builds up a loving relationship with Ms Zhong and her new stepbrother Chin. About a year later, Fei Fei is 14 and living happily with her new family. It is the Moon Festival again, and she sits with her father and looks up at the Moon, watching as cranes fly up towards it in the night.

Voice cast

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  • Cathy Ang as Fei Fei, a 13-year-old girl who believes in Chang'e ever since the loss of her mother.
    • Brycen Hall as young Fei Fei.
  • Robert G. Chiu as Chin, Mrs. Zhong's 8-year-old son and Fei Fei's stepbrother.
  • Phillipa Soo as Chang'e, the mythical Moon goddess who yearns to be with her true love Houyi again. The outfits worn by Chang'e in the film were designed and created by haute couture Chinese designer Guo Pei.[2]
  • Ken Jeong as Gobi, a pangolin Lunarian and former royal advisor who was exiled a thousand years ago.
  • John Cho as Ba Ba, Fei Fei's father.
  • Ruthie Ann Miles as Ma Ma, Fei Fei's late mother.
  • Sandra Oh as Mrs. Zhong, Ba Ba's new fiancée, later wife and Fei Fei's stepmother.
  • Margaret Cho as Auntie Ling, one of Fei Fei's aunts.
    • Cho also voices Gretch, one of the Biker Chicks.
  • Kimiko Glenn as Auntie Mei, another one of Fei Fei's aunts.
    • Glenn also voices Lulu, one of the Biker Chicks.
  • Artt Butler as Uncle, Fei Fei's uncle.
    • Butler also voices Bill, one of the Biker Chicks.
  • Irene Tsu as Grandma, Fei Fei's grandma.
  • Clem Cheung as Grandpa, Fei Fei's grandpa.
  • Conrad Ricamora as Hou Yi, Chang'e's true love.

Soundtrack

[edit]

The score was composed by Steven Price and recorded at Synchron Stage Vienna.[3] Original songs were written by Christopher Curtis, Marjorie Duffield and Helen Park.[4]

Tracklist

[edit]
No.TitlePerformer(s)/ComposerLength
1."On the Moon Above"John Cho, Ruthie Ann Miles and Cathy Ang1:31
2."Mooncakes"Cho, Miles and Ang4:19
3."Rocket to the Moon"Ang3:48
4."Rocket to the Moon (Reprise)"Ang2:01
5."Ultraluminary"Phillipa Soo3:20
6."Hey Boy"Soo and Robert G. Chiu1:47
7."Wonderful"Ken Jeong and Ang2:37
8."Yours Forever (Reprise)"Soo and Conrad Ricamora2:00
9."Love Someone New"Soo and Ang3:36
10."Moon Phases"Steven Price2:13
11."It's Good To Meet New People"Steven Price3:23
12."Family Invasion"Steven Price2:47
13."Nighttime Conversation"Steven Price1:40
14."Science Project"Steven Price1:44
15."Journey To Lunaria"Steven Price4:51
16."Consider Yourself Welcomed"Steven Price5:24
17."This Road is a Suicide Mission"Steven Price1:38
18."A Bonding Experience"Steven Price2:55
19."I've Lost Everything Now"Steven Price5:49
20."The Chamber of Exquisite Sadness"Steven Price3:44
21."Remember When We Said Goodbye"Steven Price3:27
22."Back Home"Steven Price5:12
Total length:1:10:00

Production

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On September 26, 2017, Pearl Studio hired Audrey Wells to write the script for the film called Over the Moon, which was based on an idea by Janet Yang about a retelling of the classic Chinese myth.[5][6] On February 6, 2018, Netflix acquired distribution rights to the film and Glen Keane was set to direct.[7] However, during this, Audrey Wells died in 2018. The film was dedicated in Audrey Wells' memory.

While studios like Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar have become known to use groups of people known as the Braintrust and Story Trust to help with the script, Keane said that "Creative decisions here aren’t made by committee".[8]

The city of Lunaria was inspired by the cover of Pink Floyd's album The Dark Side of the Moon and the paintings of Joan Miró.[9]

Animation was provided by Pearl Studio and Sony Pictures Imageworks.[10]

Steven Price was confirmed to be the film's composer while new original songs are being handled by Christopher Curtis (from Chaplin: The Musical), Marjorie Duffield and Helen Park (from KPOP the Musical).[11]

The cast was announced in June 2020.[12]

Release

[edit]

The film was released in select theaters[13] and on Netflix on October 23, 2020.[14] Prior to its October 23 debut, Over the Moon was shown at the Montclair Film Festival on October 17.[15] A day before its release, a book written by animation historian Leonard Maltin about the history about the film called Over the Moon: Illuminating the Journey, was released on October 22.[16] In January 2021, Netflix reported 43 million households had watched the film.[17]

Reception

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 81% of 100 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Although many of Over the Moon's narrative ingredients will seem familiar, the film's absorbing animation offers colorful compensation."[18] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 60 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[19]

Peter Debruge of Variety wrote: "Sometimes it's OK for an adventure to be just an adventure, and this one gets in the way of its own assets, while pointing to the potential of future journeys from the Netflix animation team."[20]

Accolades

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Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Academy Awards April 25, 2021 Best Animated Feature Glen Keane, Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou Nominated [21]
American Cinema Editors Awards April 17, 2021 Best Edited Animated Feature Film Edie Ichioka Nominated
Annie Awards April 16, 2021 Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production Ian Farnsworth, Brian Casper, Reinhold Rittinger and Zoran Stojanoski Nominated [22]
Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Robert G. Chiu Nominated
Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production Glen Keane Nominated
Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production Steven Price, Christopher Curtis, Marjorie Duffield and Helen Park Nominated
Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production Audrey Wells Nominated
Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production Glen Keane Nominated
British Academy Children's Awards November 27, 2022 Feature Film Glen Keane, Gennie Rim, Peilin Chou Nominated [23]
Golden Globe Awards February 28, 2021 Best Animated Feature Film Glen Keane Nominated
Critics' Choice Super Awards January 10, 2021 Best Animated Movie Over the Moon Nominated [24]
Best Voice Actress in an Animated Movie Phillipa Soo Nominated
Hollywood Music in Media Awards January 27, 2021 Best Original Song in an Animated Film "Rocket to the Moon" – Christopher Curtis, Marjorie Duffield and Helen Park Nominated [25]
Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards April 16, 2021 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation Jeremy Bowker, Qianbaihui Yang, Chris Frazier, Alyssa Nevarez, Larry Oatfield, Dee Selby, Bradley Farmer, Ronni Brown and Jana Vance Nominated [26]
Visual Effects Society Awards April 6, 2021 Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Glen Keane, Gennie Rim, Céline Desrumaux and David Alexander Smith Nominated [27]
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Siggi Orri Thorhannesson, Hyesok Kim, Javier Solsona and Alan Chen (for Chang'e) Nominated
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Ian Farnsworth, Brian Casper, Reinhold Rittinger and Jennifer Lasrado Nominated

References

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