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
chinese cuisine
Rank
#54 in 2018·#2407 overall
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.9 / 5
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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
John Lasseter
Executive Producer
Pete Docter
Executive Producer
Kyrsten Mate
Sound Designer
Hyein Park
Story Artist
Tony Villaflor
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kyrsten Mate
Supervising Sound Editor
Tom MacDougall
Executive Music Producer
Popular Reviews
1668 reviews
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.
Marco Migotto
8.0★ · 05/01/26
lol watched this to ragebait my hb by logging anything but now i’m hungry
lol watched this to ragebait my hb by logging anything but now i’m hungry
