scorecardThe movie has no shame in also being a Sony commercial.

The movie has no shame in also being a Sony commercial.

Licensing is always an issue in movies about technology, and though you'll see familiar things from your own phone in "The Emoji Movie" — like Candy Crush, Spotify, and Facebook — there's also some shameful highlights of Sony products (seriously, who has a Crackle app on their phone?).

"Vertically integrated product placement is to be expected, though the movie’s most egregious plausibility-breaking move is that it takes place on a Sony smartphone; these emojis are halfway between Droid-designed purgatory and their vastly more popular Apple variants," wrote The AV Club.

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