Netflix's Start to More Ambitious Animated Films (Over The Moon)

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Pearl Entertainment's latest collaboration with Netflix is yet another animated epic where this time around, focuses solely on Chinese folklore of the Moon Goddess. Netflix is not known for its animated features but Over The Moon deserves to be recommended in the handful number of animated properties presented by Netflix such as the likes of The Willoughby's and the epic Tales of Arcadia franchise of TV shows created by Guillermo Del Toro. 

But enough about that, the film takes place in, where I'm guessing to be, China and is about a girl named Fei Fei whom is struggling with her mother's death and also of her father finding love with someone else. This leads to her trying prove the myth of Chang'E, that she is still lost in the Moon looking for her lover, Hou'Yi. In the process, she also wants to prove to her father that one should never give up on the person they love, even if they're gone. 

Over The Moon, awfully is familiar compared to most heart-wrenching animated movies, but it's the good kind-of familiar, you can't help fall in love with the film. Over The Moon visualizes loss in a very real way where the best thing to do is to move on and let go, no matter how hard the road is to finally being able to love someone new. 

The animation and the voice talent of this film is amazing. The one thing that surprised me about the movie was that it was a musical. I did not know that at all. I think I figured it would be when I saw the most recent trailer but I guess must have forgotten. The songs are unfortunately forgettable but there are only two songs that are probably worth remembering if I were to listen to the soundtrack tonight. 

In the sense of animation, visually this film is breathtakingly stunning. I love that the movie did not stray from it's Asian roots. Whoever made this really put a lot of effort to make sure it looked and felt Chinese. 


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