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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Tubi TV
  • 1 h 19 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Tubi TV
  • 1 h 19 m

Summary Elena Gallenti (Livia De Paolis) is an anthropology graduate student struggling to complete her thesis on modern means of communication. All that changes when she meets her new boyfriend's (Michael Cristofer) teenage kids (Miles Chandler and Diane Guerrero), who are going through their own journeys of self-discovery. Through these relati...

Directed By: Livia De Paolis

Written By: Sarah Nerboso, Livia De Paolis

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Tubi TV
  • 1 h 19 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Tubi TV
  • 1 h 19 m

Emoticon

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Summary Elena Gallenti (Livia De Paolis) is an anthropology graduate student struggling to complete her thesis on modern means of communication. All that changes when she meets her new boyfriend's (Michael Cristofer) teenage kids (Miles Chandler and Diane Guerrero), who are going through their own journeys of self-discovery. Through these relati...

Directed By: Livia De Paolis

Written By: Sarah Nerboso, Livia De Paolis

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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60% Mixed
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40% Negative
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May 29, 2014
While the screenplay by De Paolis and Sarah Nerboso falters in its melodramatic plot elements, its incisive characterizations and well-drawn smaller moments provide some compensation.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
40
May 29, 2014
Director-star Livia De Paolis sets out to reassure everybody that the Internet won't destroy all relationships in her agreeable but unnecessary family drama Emoticon ;).
By Inkoo Kang FULL REVIEW
40
May 28, 2014
Despite its slim 79-minute runtime, Emoticon ;) is crammed with a startling number of subplots, which mostly struggle to address some of the large issues they present and subsequently abandon.
By Kate Erbland FULL REVIEW
30
May 29, 2014
With its underwritten characters (especially Walter) and scenes, it seems like a generic ABC Family plotline melded to a commercial for Facebook, Twitter and Skype.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW
30
May 27, 2014
Emoticon ;), a vanity project written, directed, starring, and sung by Livia De Paolis, is a grown-up's weird idea of how kids behave.
By Chris Packham FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Emoticon, Tandem Pictures, The Station
Release Date May 30, 2014
Duration 1 h 19 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/pages/Emoticon/303406583026551?sk=wall
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Awards

Terra di Siena Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Gen Art Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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