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12/17/2022

Over the Moon (2020)

After Fei Fei loses her mother, she is resistant to her father finding love again -- especially since the new lady comes with a son of her own. Fei Fei decides to build a rocket that can take her up to the moon and its goddess Chang'e, in hopes that she can convince her father that true love can last even past death.

Oof. The mythology isn't accessible to western audiences. Almost all the bits that work were done better in superior films. Want a movie about working through difficult times? Inside Out. How about one with Asian tradition? Mulan. Tell me what you want and I'll tell you a better animated movie to deliver it. 

One last note: the song lyrics are doing so much heavy lifting for the story that they'll never be universally sung. I would've assumed it'd be musical-writing 101 to let dialogue do the story-specific work while sticking with generalities for the songs. 

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