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It’s the day after Christmas in suburban Florida, and Billy 5000 (Jack Corbett) and his friends drift through the sun-bleached limbo between holidays by slacking, shoplifting, and beatboxing. In between sneaking into pools and zoning out on the beach, Billy hustles for tips on the food-on-demand app Grubster, determined to make exactly $5,000 before New Year’s Eve. As he zigzags across town on his hoverboard delivering fast food to a cast of oddball locals, a routine drop-off at the Dolphin Groves Juice Company leads to an unexpected reunion with Rozebud (Miya Folick), his childhood crush, and a mysterious alien creature named Donut that’s stowed away in his backpack. The surprise encounter sets off a surreal chain of events that puts Billy in the crosshairs of Dr. Dolphin (Janeane Garofalo), a ruthless juice mogul who will stop at nothing to reclaim her extraterrestrial property.
Directed by Julian Glander in his signature tactile, lo-fi CGI style, Boys Go to Jupiter transforms the sprawl of suburban Florida into a pastel purgatory of empty strip malls, algorithmic music, and adolescent yearning. What begins as a quest for financial freedom slowly evolves into an offbeat odyssey of love, labor, and late-capitalist absurdity, as Billy is forced to decide how far he’ll go to protect his friends—and his future. With its deadpan humor, musical detours, and deeply felt strangeness, the film reimagines the coming-of-age comedy as a vapor-soaked fable for the burnout generation.
directed by: Julian Glander
starring: Jack Corbett, Tavi Gevinson, Elsie Fisher, Janeane Garofalo, Grace Kuhlenschmidt, Miya Folick, Julio Torres, Joe Pera, Sarah Sherman, Cole Escola, Eva Victor, Chris Fleming, River L Ramirez, Max Wittert & Demi Adejuyigbe
2024 / 87 min / 1.78:1 / English DTS-HD MA 2.0
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Overall rating: 4.88 / 5 from 50 reviews.
Boys Go to Jupiter is a unique, charming film praised for its deadpan humor and vapor-soaked fable style. The movie, directed by Julian Glander, features a fantastic cast and offers a surreal chain of events set in suburban Florida. It includes Blu-ray extras like short films, music videos, and commentary tracks, along with multiple subtitle options.
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"Boys Go to Jupiter is a quirky, imaginative animated film that leans into its offbeat humor and playful sci-fi premise. The animation has a scrappy charm that matches its sense of adventure and creativity. It’s light, a little weird, and ultimately a fun watch that doesn’t take itself too seriously."
"Adorable, hilarious, and feel good movie with some really visually stimulating animation. Wanna reach out and touch everything in this movie. Great bonuses too!"
"What a lovely looking movie and awesome release from Cartuna. With a sleeper cast and distinct style, I just knew this would be a title I needed in my collection. I haven't even gotten into the extras yet, I'll have to get back around to that when I can."
"Sublime animation, great release from Cartuna. As a former DoorDash driver this really hit that much harder."
"This movie is so good. Animation and story are very unique. The music is awesome too. Not familiar with the cast but all the voice actors do a fantastic job. Highly recommend picking this up even if you haven’t seen it you won’t be disappointed."
"Such an easy going, funny, cute, charming, and strangely relatable movie; instantly entered my top 20. I think you can tell what kind of tone you’ll get from the movie simply through its art style, but the story is a bit more unpredictable. Have fun!"
"A cute and fun animation! Perfectly cast, sweet story, and the music reminds me of growing up in Florida which fits the vibe"
"I am always a sucker for a coming of age story and this is a great addition to the category! The animation style is so cool and the story is so heartfelt and lovely and cute and funny. Highly recommended!"
"It’s a low low budget feature but hat feels like it was made with windows creator but has a fun story for those who can put up with the animation"
"I wasn’t sure what to expect going into this but found the unique animation style captivating. I’ve watched it twice now and found it uniquely entertaining both timez"
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