Having grown up hearing her mother's favourite legend about Chang'e, pale moon's goddess who lives alone on the silent celestial body pining for Hou Yi, her long-lost lover, the brilliant thirteen-year-old girl, Fei Fei, is in for an unpleasant surprise. Then, as if that weren't enough, her doting father catches her off-guard by making a life-altering announcement, and Fei Fei's whole world comes crashing down around her. Now, determined to prove him wrong, Fei Fei sets out t... (Full plot summary below)
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Having grown up hearing her mother's favourite legend about Chang'e, pale moon's goddess who lives alone on the silent celestial body pining for Hou Yi, her long-lost lover, the brilliant thirteen-year-old girl, Fei Fei, is in for an unpleasant surprise. Then, as if that weren't enough, her doting father catches her off-guard by making a life-altering announcement, and Fei Fei's whole world comes crashing down around her. Now, determined to prove him wrong, Fei Fei sets out to build a home-made rocket and blast off to the stars. Does true love last forever?
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| PolygonJesse HassengerOn the Rocks is her most accessible movie so far, with less hazy atmosphere and a sturdier, more traditional center: Laura is written by Coppola and performed by Rashida Jones with a directness lacking in The Virgin Suicides or Lost in Translation. |
| New York PostJohnny OleksinskiIt’s an impressively realistic touch from a studio that’s neither Disney nor DreamWorks. |
| Original-CinThom ErnstOver the Moon is a delightful tale sure to appeal to a younger audience without too much fear of chasing away the rest of the family. |
| The Associated PressMark KennedyThe transition — from hyperreal cooked crabs that glisten in a bowl in the first 30 minutes of the film to amorphous, gooey Candyland critters 30 minutes later — is jarring. The sequences on the moon grow tiresome, despite huge toads that fly and squeaky-voiced critters. |
| Screen RantMolly FreemanAn explosion of wonder, color and magic, Over the Moon tells a beautifully sentimental story of family and love, with super catchy songs mixed in. |
| EmpireBen TravisNetflix wants to prove it can do what Disney does – and it more or less succeeds. Vibrant and heartfelt with tunes to boot, there’s plenty of love in Over The Moon. |
| New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriThe cluttered story and the shifts in form might lose you from time to time, but the film conjures some genuinely powerful emotions. |
| Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerSometimes charmingly fantastical, Over the Moon definitely doesn't have the fairytale elegance of Keane's earlier work. |
| The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenA CG-animated musical fantasy that still manages to infuse sufficient charm and genuine warmth into the inescapable familiarity. |
| IndieWireDavid EhrlichIf Over the Moon launches into orbit on the strength of its specificity, much of the film is frustratingly generic for a fable so rooted in a particular sense of place, the unique traditions that come with it, and the way they help a certain little girl learn to appreciate the enduring light of her late mother’s love. |
