Close Menu
  • Login
  • Support Us
  • Newsletter
  • News
  • Features
  • Interviews
  • Reviews
    • Video Games
      • Previews
      • PC
      • PS5
      • Xbox Series X/S
      • Nintendo Switch
      • Xbox One
      • PS4
      • Tabletop
    • Film
    • TV
    • Anime
    • Comics
      • BOOM! Studios
      • Dark Horse Comics
      • DC Comics
      • IDW Publishing
      • Image Comics
      • Indie Comics
      • Marvel Comics
      • Oni-Lion Forge
      • Valiant Comics
      • Vault Comics
  • Podcast
  • More
    • Event Coverage
    • BWT Recommends
    • RSS Feeds
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
Support Us
But Why Tho?
RSS Facebook X (Twitter) YouTube
Trending:
  • Features
    Battlefield 6 Classes - Support trailer image

    Battlefield 6 Really Wants You To Play Support (But Knows You Won’t)

    07/31/2025
    Battlefield 6 Multiplayer Reveal promotional image

    Battlefield 6 Classes, Maps, And More: Everything You Need To Know

    07/31/2025
    A glimpse at all the upcoming Star Wars stories coming to the galaxy

    Star Wars Stories: What We Learned At SDCC 2025

    07/25/2025
    Blindspot episode still

    It’s been 5 years since ‘Blindspot’ ended. Why haven’t you watched it yet?

    07/24/2025
    Strange Scaffold

    Strange Scaffold Summer Showcase Delivers Bizarre And Brilliant Games

    07/22/2025
  • Fantasia Festival
  • K-Dramas
  • Netflix
  • Switch 2 Games
But Why Tho?
Home » Film » REVIEW: ‘Boys Go To Jupiter’ Delights In Its Oddity

REVIEW: ‘Boys Go To Jupiter’ Delights In Its Oddity

Jason FlattBy Jason Flatt08/04/20253 Mins Read
Boys Go to Jupiter
Share
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Reddit WhatsApp Email

Written and directed by Julian Glander, Boys Go to Jupiter is a satisfyingly bizarre animated feature about a group of teens in Florida trying to get through the malaise of winter break. Billy 5000 (Jack Corbett) has been drifting away from his friends recently, obsessing over making $5000 as a food delivery driver (hoverboarder) so he can pay his sister (Eva Victor) for crashing with her and move out on his own now that he’s decidedly dropped out of school.

The plot is loose, sometimes confusingly so. But generally, Boys Go to Jupiter delightfully passes between vignettes with odd, colorful characters who wax poetic about life and lay down quixotic little quips. Billy is the main character, hoverboarding around town, making deliveries and scheming to make money.

Get BWT in your inbox!

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and get the latest and greated in entertainment coverage.
Click Here

Get BWT in your inbox!

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and get the latest and greated in entertainment coverage.
Click Here

But between his misadventures and Mr. Moolah’s (Demi Adejuyigbe) mantras, his friends like Freckles (Grace Kuhlenschmidt) and Beatbox (Elsie Fisher) get into shenanigans involving Miss Shanon (Sarah Sherman), or Rozebud (Miya Folick) fights with her mom, Dr. Dolphin (Janeane Garofalo). That is, when somebody isn’t singing a witty little song about eggs.

This bizarre animated feature rests more on slice-of-life vibes than its loose plot.

Boys Go to Jupiter

Nothing is normal in Boys Go to Jupiter. Dr. Dolphin’s juice business creates weird fruit hybrids, Billy is carrying around a donut-shaped alien, and somebody in town is ordering spaghetti from every restaurant there is, supposedly to review them. The oddity oozes with charm, even as long conversations about grind culture and labor give a semi-serious undertone to the whole affair.

The mundane scenarios are awkward but funny, insightfully reflecting a lugubrious teenage outlook on Floridian life while filling Boys Go to Jupiter with so much life. It feels like a truly lived-in world, despite only seeing most scenes from a fixed angle. Every shot feels like a diorama, or a point-and-click adventure game scene.

The angles are high, and the camera is distant, as if the viewer is a voyeur peeking in on a scene from an omniscient point of view. Every now and then, though, the camera does something unexpected. It might shake around or zoom in and out, and every time it does, the movie feels more personal, bridging the distance.

The camerawork in Boys Go to Jupiter gives a voyeuristic spin to these little vignettes.

Boys Go to Jupiter

Visually, Boys Go to Jupiter has a totally bespoke style. It’s something in between low-res animation and plasticine claymation. It’s befitting of a boring life in Florida as well as the weird tone of the movie. Or, perhaps, it’s what creates the intended weirdness.

The character models are far from detailed; some side characters are barely even human-shaped, or just straight-up eyes inside a window or doorway. And yet, every character is teeming with personality from their visuals alone.

There is a good bit of fun to be had with Boys Go to Jupiter. Its cast is stacked with some of the best comedians today (Julio Torres, Chris Fleming, and Cole Escola among those not already mentioned). Its message about capitalism is not subtle, but it’s not the type of in-your-face cultural criticism that warrants eyerolls. Any cringe Boys Go to Jupiter engenders is because teenagers are cringe. Their shenanigans are a joy to watch.

Boys Go to Jupiter is playing in select theaters beginning August 8th.

Boys Go to Jupiter
  • 7/10
    Rating - 7/10
7/10

TL;DR

Any cringe Boys Go to Jupiter engenders is because teenagers are cringe. Their shenanigans are a joy to watch.

Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Email
Previous ArticleNetflix Expands ‘Physical: 100’ Franchise To Italy
Jason Flatt
  • X (Twitter)

Jason is the Sr. Editor at But Why Tho? and producer of the But Why Tho? Podcast. He's usually writing about foreign films, Jewish media, and summer camp.

Related Posts

Simon in An Honest Life But Why Tho
3.5

REVIEW: ‘An Honest Life’ Is Terribly Dishonest About Its Own Politics

08/02/2025
Brandon Routh and co in Ick
9.0

REVIEW: ‘Ick’ Is A Near Perfect Horror-Comedy

07/29/2025
Bad Bunny and Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore 2
5.0

REVIEW: ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Earns More Shrugs Than Laughs

07/29/2025
Hi-Five
6.5

FANTASIA 2025: ‘Hi-Five’ Introduces A Scrappy, Superpowered Team Up

07/28/2025
Still from Haunted Mountains The Yellow Taboo
5.5

FANTASIA 2025: ‘Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo’ Gets A Little Lost In The Weeds

07/26/2025
Dakota Gorman in HELLCAT
6.5

FANTASIA 2025: ‘HELLCAT’ Runs High In Tension But Loses Steam

07/25/2025

Get BWT in your inbox!

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and get the latest and greated in entertainment coverage.
Click Here
TRENDING POSTS
Wildgate promotional key art
9.0
PC

REVIEW: ‘Wildgate’ Is Co-Op Space Mayhem Done Right

By Adrian Ruiz07/25/2025Updated:07/30/2025

Built for friends and tuned for competition, Wildgate is messy in the best way: smart, surprising, and bursting with room to grow.

Better Late Than Single
7.0
TV

REVIEW: ‘Better Late Than Single’ Is More Than the Name Suggests

By Allyson Johnson08/03/2025

The Netflix reality dating series Better Late Than Single offers more than meets the eye as it allows the contestants to get to know one another.

Glass Heart
7.0
TV

REVIEW: ‘Glass Heart’ Offers Messy, Musical Catharsis

By Allyson Johnson07/22/2025

The musical drama series ‘Glass Heart’ soars when it focuses on the epic performances of it’s fictional band, TENBLANK.

Simon in An Honest Life But Why Tho
3.5
Film

REVIEW: ‘An Honest Life’ Is Terribly Dishonest About Its Own Politics

By Jason Flatt08/02/2025

An Honest Life is an overly severe misfire about a law student who falls in with anarchist burglars that can’t decide who it resents more.

But Why Tho?
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram Pinterest RSS YouTube Twitch
  • CONTACT US
  • ABOUT US
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER
  • Review Score Guide
Sometimes we include links to online retail stores. If you click on one and make a purchase we may receive a small contribution.
Written Content is Copyright © 2025 But Why Tho? A Geek Community

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.

But Why Tho Logo

Support Us!

We're able to keep making content thanks to readers like YOU!
Support independent media today with
Click Here