OVER THE MOON (U)
AN EMOTIONALLY conflicted girl comes of age 150 million kilometres from Earth in Glen Keane and John Kahrs’ computer-animated odyssey.
Over The Moon teaches heavy-handed lessons about embracing the future through the eyes of a teenager, who refuses to accept that anyone could replace her late mother.
The film, which is immersed in Chinese culture, follows 13-year-old Fei Fei (voiced by Cathy Ang). She was raised by her mother (Ruthie Ann Miles) and father (John Cho) on the legend of Moon goddess Chang’e (Phillipa Soo), who sacrificed her love for mortal warrior Houyi (Conrad Ricamora) to live forever in the night sky.
Fei Fei clings on to this story and a silk scarf adorned with the goddess’ likeness as memories of her late mother.
Four years after the heartbreaking loss, the teen’s widowed father introduces his girlfriend, Mrs Zhong (Sandra Oh). Fei Fei reacts angrily to the prospect of another woman invading their home.
She resolves to remind her father of the love he lost by building a rocket ship to the Moon to prove Chang’e exists.
Mrs Zhong’s eight-year-old son, Chin (Robert G Chiu) is an unwelcome stowaway on the interstellar mission.
The children blast off to the colour-saturated kingdom of Lunaria, where they encounter a loveable creature named Gobi (Ken Jeong), who helps the pair to realise the value of teamwork.
In selected cinemas from Friday then streaming on Netflix from October 23.