Summary
When a radio falls from the sky into the hands of a wide-eyed Tibetan Mastiff, he leaves home to fulfill his dream of becoming a musician, setting into motion a series of completely unexpected events.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+10)
Critics 48Audiences 58GoodWatch 53
Metascore48
Tomatometer47%
User score6.7
IMDb6.0
Letterboxd · 9 K ratings2.7/5
Audience score48%
Box office
39%of its budget back
- Budget
- $60 M
- Worldwide
- $23 M
Worldwide it made back $23 M of the $60 M it cost.
Running time
1 h 30 min
A typical length for animated movies
typical 8990Half of all animated movies run 80–99 min.
Reach
Streams in 27 countries, rent or buy in 28 more
+17Released
2016
July 8, 2016
10 years ago
Genres
AnimationAdventureComedyFamilyMusicLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
China- United States
Rated
- PGUnited States
Yes: it's rated PG in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure Escapism
and 11 more17 people
- Luke WilsonBodi (voice)
- Suzy Eddie IzzardAngus Scattergood (voice)
- J.K. SimmonsKhampa (voice)
- Lewis BlackLinnux (voice)
- Kenan ThompsonRiff (voice)
- Mae WhitmanDarma (voice)
- Jorge GarciaGermur (voice)
- Matt DillonTrey (voice)
Sam ElliottFleetwood Yak (voice)- WFWill FinnFloyd / Carl (voice)
Ash BrannonIan (voice)- LRLiza RichardsonRadio DJ (voice)
Julie CraigAdditional Voices (voice)- DFDeng FengAdditional Voices (voice)
Kellen GoffRock Show Announcer / Additional Voices (voice)
Jennifer HaleAdditional Voices (voice)
Maddie TaylorAdditional Voices (voice)
Directing · 1
- Ash Brannon Director, Story, Writer, Storyboard Artist
Writing · 3
- Kurt Voelker Writer
- Zheng Jun Story, Characters, Novel, Executive Producer, Producer
- Carolyn Gair Head of Story, Additional Writing
Production · 12
- Wang Zhong Lei Executive Producer
- Wang Zhong Jun Executive Producer
- Jerry Ye Executive Producer
- Andrew Yang Executive Producer
- Deng Feng Executive Producer
- Angela Wu Executive Producer
Camera · 1
- John Clark Head of Layout
Editing · 2
- Ed Fuller Editor
- Ivan Bilancio Editor
Sound · 3
- Rolfe Kent Original Music Composer
- Steven Ticknor Sound Designer
- Liza Richardson Music Producer
Art · 10
- Elad Tibi Production Design
- Will Finn Storyboard Artist, Additional Writing
- Christian Schellewald Art Direction
- Keith Baxter Additional Storyboarding
- Peter J. Deluca Set Designer
- Denise Koyama Additional Storyboarding
Visual Effects · 4
- Peter de Sève Character Designer
- Matthew Bates Character Designer
- Steve Cunningham Animation
- Ovi Nedelcu Character Designer
Lighting · 1
- Wesley Mandell Lighting Artist
Other crew · 6
- Vincente DiSanti Additional Writing
- Scott Peterson Digital Supervisor
- David Esneault Digital Producer
- Bill Haller Supervising Animator
- Nicole McMath Additional Writing
- Denise Bradley Additional Writing
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