An aging Chinese mother suffering from empty nest syndrome gets another chance at motherhood when one of her dumplings springs to life as a lively, giggly dumpling boy.
Directed by Domee Shi
cooking
cartoon
coming of age
chinese
woman director
mother son relationship
dumpling
short film
empty nest
3d animation
chinese cuisine
Rank
#46 in 2018·#1977 overall
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Cast
Daniel Kailin
TV Son (voice)
Sindy Lau
Mom (voice)
Sharmaine Yeoh
(voice)
Tim Zhang
Dad (voice)
Crew
Domee Shi
Director
Domee Shi
Writer
Patrick Lin
Director of Photography
Pete Docter
Executive Producer
John Lasseter
Executive Producer
Kyrsten Mate
Sound Designer
Hyein Park
Story Artist
Kyrsten Mate
Supervising Sound Editor
Tony Villaflor
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tom MacDougall
Executive Music Producer
Popular Reviews
2080 reviews
angie
7.0★ · 04/02/26
this randomly popped up in my head so i had to go rewatch it
this randomly popped up in my head so i had to go rewatch it
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sahra
7.0★ · 03/31/26
I love how the dumpling was a metaphor for her relationship with her child, such a cute short film!
I love how the dumpling was a metaphor for her relationship with her child, such a cute short film!
1
elif
6.0★ · 01/25/23
bawled
bawled
1
Diego
8.0★ · 05/11/26
I remember the first time I watched it, it was at the theater and I felt in love with it. I can’t really remember if they played it before Finding dory or the incredibles 2 but besides that it was just amazing.
I remember the first time I watched it, it was at the theater and I felt in love with it. I can’t really remember if they played it before Finding dory or the incredibles 2 but besides that it was just amazing.
