Three emojis go on an epic trek to save their existence. Blu-ray Digital HD Year 2017 Theatrical Release 2017-07-28 Video Release 2017-10-24 Studio Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment Genre Comedy MPAA Rating PG CARA rude humor Color Color Runtime 86 Animated Animated Full Synopsis The Emoji Movie unlocks the never-before-seen secret world inside your smartphone. Hidden within the messaging app is Textopolis, a bustling city where all your favorite emojis live, hoping to be selected by the phone's user. In this world, each emoji has only one facial expression except for Gene T.J. Miller , an exuberant emoji who was born without a filter and is bursting with multiple expressions. Determined to become normal like the other emojis, Gene enlists the help of his handy best friend Hi-5 James Corden and the notorious code breaker emoji Jailbreak Ilana Glazer . Together, they embark on an epic app-venture through the apps on the phone, each its own wild and fun world, to find the Code that will fix Gene. But when a greater danger threatens the phone, the fate of all emojis depends on these three unlikely friends who must save their world before it's deleted forever. Director Tony Leondis Cast Tony Leondis; T.J. Miller; James Corden; Ilana Glazer