Overview

• The feature was scripted, directed and animated by Julian Glander in a self-funded 90-day sprint using free Blender software with Peisin Yang Lazo as executive producer.
• Reviewers highlight the film’s colorful, Sims-like vignettes that frame a teenager’s gig-work grind as an allegory for late-stage capitalism.
• The narrative follows Billy 5000, a Florida teen delivering meals for Grubster to earn $5,000 before New Year’s, until he befriends a strange alien pursued by the Dolphin Groves Juice Company.
• A starry comedy voice cast—including Elsie Fisher, Julio Torres, Sarah Sherman, Joe Pera, Janeane Garofalo, Demi Adejuyigbe, Cole Escola and Eva Victor—earns consistent praise for elevating the film’s dry humor.
• The movie opens in theaters on August 8 after preview screenings in New York City and Los Angeles, and most critics say its episodic structure remains engaging despite occasional patchiness.