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Over the Moon is a 2020 animated musical fantasy film directed by Glen Keane and co-directed by John Kahrs (in their feature directorial debuts), from a screenplay by Audrey Wells, with additional screenplay material by Alice Wu and Jennifer Yee McDevitt.
Over the Moon: Directed by Glen Keane, John Kahrs. With Glen Keane, Brycen Hall, Ruthie Ann Miles, John Cho. In this animated musical, a girl builds a rocket ship and blasts off, hoping to meet a mythical moon goddess.
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- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Glen Keane, John Kahrs
- 2020-10-23
Oct 23, 2020 · Everything you need to know about Chang'e, Phillipa Soo's breakout character in the Netflix animated feature 'Over the Moon.'
- ashley.lee@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Over the Moon is an American-Chinese computer-animated adventure musical film directed by Glen Keane. The movie follows a bright young girl who builds a rocket ship to the moon to prove the existence of a legendary Moon Goddess.
- "On the Moon Above" – Ruthie Ann Miles, John Cho, and Cathy Ang. "'On The Moon Above' is the retelling of the legend of Chang’e," the trio says. "It needed to be a lyrical folktale, fairy tale, and bedtime story all at once, and give the backstory needed to move the plot forward."
- "Mooncakes" – Ruthie Ann Miles, John Cho, and Cathy Ang. This track is "a musical sequence designed to capture the lively and percussive beat of the family moon cake business, and to carry the audience through the seasons of Fei Fei’s young life to her mother’s illness and beyond."
- "Rocket to the Moon" – Cathy Ang. "Rocket To The Moon," the songwriters say, "represents Fei Fei’s journey and the journey at the heart of the film. The song starts out almost like a prayer; Fei Fei longs for her mother, but an intuitive voice breaks through her grief and inspires her to prove that Chang’e is real and to build a rocket to the moon.
- "Ultraluminary" – Phillipa Soo. “Ultraluminary” introduces Chang’e as a character, someone who the songwriters describe as "a goddess who’s larger than life, a charismatic and confident leader of the kingdom of Lunaria, but who also has deep hurt and pain that she tries to bury inside.
Over the Moon's emotional journey is solid and well-expressed. Again, it draws on calculated iconography... But Fei Fei's emotional journey is a universal story about feeling pain and...
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- Kids & Family, Musical, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
- PG
Oct 26, 2020 · Netflix’s animated film, Over the Moon, about a girl who builds a rocket to the moon so she can meet the goddess Chang’e, looks amazing. It’s a fairy-tale about loss that becomes a ...
