Boys Go to Jupiter
A cash-strapped Florida teenager chases an improbable $5,000 through a colorful, deadpan animated landscape of beaches, swamps, factories, and strange companions.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- witty
- surreal
- deadpan
- lazy sunday
- late night animation viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly admire Julian Glander's distinctive animation and unusual comic imagination, while finding the chaotic storytelling and deadpan eccentricity potentially divisive.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The critic specifically describes the film as feeling like an exploration of an independent video game, while its surreal animation supports that impression.
The review highlights an outlandishly deadpan cast within a chaotic and unusual animated world.
The story moves through suburban Florida locations including a beach, trailer park, swamp, factory, greenhouse, and underground spaces.
Teenager Billy 5000 desperately hustles to raise $5,000, making financial pressure a concrete engine of the story.
Films like Boys Go to Jupiter, and why
It's Such a Beautiful Day
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My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea
Shares independent animation, absurdist humor, and a visually unconventional exploration of adolescence.
The Congress
Shares dreamlike science fiction, deadpan eccentricity, and visually inventive animated world-building.
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Shares chaotic comic energy, colorful animation, and a youthful protagonist navigating an emotionally strange world.
Movie Details
- Director
- Julian Glander
- Release Date
- 2025-06-26
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (13)
Cast
- Jack Corbett
- Grace Kuhlenschmidt
- Elsie Fisher
- Janeane Garofalo
- Miya Folick
- Tavi Gevinson
- Julio Torres
- Sarah Sherman
- Chris Fleming
- Cole Escola
Common questions
- What is Boys Go to Jupiter about?
- A cash-strapped Florida teenager chases an improbable $5,000 through a colorful, deadpan animated landscape of beaches, swamps, factories, and strange companions.
- What is Boys Go to Jupiter like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Boys Go to Jupiter as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Boys Go to Jupiter violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Boys Go to Jupiter.
- What did critics think of Boys Go to Jupiter?
- Critics broadly admire Julian Glander's distinctive animation and unusual comic imagination, while finding the chaotic storytelling and deadpan eccentricity potentially divisive.
- Which films are like Boys Go to Jupiter?
- Films with a similar feel include It's Such a Beautiful Day, My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea, The Congress, and The Mitchells vs. the Machines.
- How long is Boys Go to Jupiter?
- Boys Go to Jupiter runs 87 minutes.
