The Emoji Movie 2 (2021)

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The Emoji Movie 2 is a 2021 American computer-animated comedy film directed by John Favreau, director of 2016's The Jungle Book. This movie is the sequel to the poorly - received film The Emoji Movie, based on emojis.

The film stars T.J. Miller, James Corden and Anna Faris. The film is about, after the events of the first movie, Gene, Hi-5 and Jailbreak exploring the depths of cyberspace to stop a virus from spreading into the smartphone.

Plot
A few years after the event of the first movie, with Gene and Jailbreak married and with a kid, Rozy. Rozy decides that Gene is too "cringy" and leaves the phone. Gene, sad, is diagnosed with "meh" to the point where he doesn't feel any other emotion. Jailbreak, not noticing his deep anxiety, starts moaning about how Gene is "lazy" so she divorces with Gene without his own permission. Gene is upset, so he decides to quit his job and roam Internet Explorer. In the real world, Alex gets a virus, which is later revealed to be started by Rozy. Gene searches for Jailbreak, who is in the notification mail binging episodes of My Hero Academia. Gene tells Jailbreak about Rozy's virus, so they both go and find Hi-5, entertaining the emojis in the Loser Lounge. The three roam cyberspace, and when Gene captures the virus, Rozy threatens to destroy the internet. Gene uses the power of friendship to bring Rozy into the trash, and they live happily ever after.

Cast
T.J. Miller as Gene

James Corden as Hi-5

Anna Faris as Jailbreak

Maya Rudolph as Smiler

Steven Wright as Mel

Jennifer Coolidge as Mary

Cecily Bloom as Rozy

Patrick Stewart as Poop

Jake T. Austin as Alex

Tati Gabrielle as Addie McCallister

Production
Unsatisfied with the first movie, critics loathed the idea of a sequel, so there was no sign of a sequel until January 2019, when a sequel was announced. Director of the first film, Tony Leondis, said: "We understand the hate of the first movie, but we'll change hands for the better to make the sequel Wreck-It Ralph standards.

Cast
All of the returning characters reprise their roles, with Cecily Bloom, former actor of the main character from Peppa Pig, acting as Gene and Jailbreak's child, Rozy.

Music
Patrick Doyle returned to compose this film. Beyoncé recorded a song for the film's end credits, "Parties". Billie Ellish also let them use her song " The Bad Guy. " for free, and got arrested. The reasons for the arrests are unkown. Her execution is on July 3rd 2022.

Release
In March 2018, the film was scheduled to release on July 9, 2021. A month later, the release date was pushed back to July 16, 2021, switching places with Pixar's ''Glockenspiel Game. In May 2020, the release date was pushed back to July 23, 2021, switching places with Paramount's Foul''.

Marketing
Similar to Paramount's Rumble, the teaser was shown before Connected, but not released online. An official trailer was released on February 12, 2021, and was heavily praised. A second trailer was released on May 5, 2021. A third and final trailer was released on June 24, 2021. When this was released, Keanu Reaves had a heart attack out of excitement.

Video Game
The film's release was also preceded by a tie-in mobile game, Emoji Movie 2 CyberSpace Chase, a running game that was released on iOS and Android with optional in-game purchases. They then made the Emojina video game console, which sold 999,999,999,999,999,999 copies.

Home Media
The Emoji Movie 2 was released on Blu-Ray and DVD on October 19, 2021 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The Queen was seen watching it 27 minutes before her death.

Box Office
The film grossed $5 billion in America, and everywhere else it made $15 trillion, adding up to $15,005,000,000,000, making it the second highest grossing film ever, behind The Secret Life of Pets 22.

Critical Response
The Emoji Movie 2 received very positive reviews, with review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes giving it the first ever 101% based on 7,594,000,000 reviews, which was astronomically better than the previous film, which had an average rating of 2.67/10. This film's average rating is 11/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Small die or big fry, The Emoji Movie 2 holds the record for being the best movie ever. " On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 101 out of 100, indicating "overwhelming love", and making it the highest-rated film on the site. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film the first ever grade of "A++" from an A+ to F scale. When asked about it's success, Sir Patrick Stewart said there will be emoji movie everything, from toys to diapers. The diapers have already sold 100,000,000,000 copies. The Emoji Movie 73 will be releasing in cinemas near you soon.

Controversy
Queen Elizabeth died whilst watching the premiere from joy. Additionally, 27,642 people died from the purest joy they've ever felt. Dwayne The Rock Johnson died. Billie Eyelash was arrested and is to be executed in 2022. Vin Diesel was arrested for killing somebody on a subway who said they didn't like it. Kyrgystan changed their religion to Emojism after watching 27 seconds of the trailer. President Donald Trump was trampled and killed by fans who thought he was Gene, due to his orange / yellow hue. These fans were not arrested due to it being an accident. Lady Gene-Gene, originally Lady Gaga, changed her name after watching 67 seconds of the Premiere. Rwanda went to war with the USA after somebody in Georgia said they disliked it. 5 Million people were killed in the war. Schools across the world taught their children of the love that is the Emoji Movie 2 and made it a rule not to talk bad about the Emoji Movie 2. Twitter user @Kristen_Kane was harassed and bullied because she only liked the Emoji Movie 2 instead of loving it.