| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 15, 2018 |
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| Director: | Domee Shi |
| Writer: | Domee Shi |
| Genres: | Animation, Family, Fantasy |
| Keywords | cooking, cartoon, coming of age, chinese, woman director, mother son relationship, dumpling, short film, empty nest, chinese cuisine |
| Production Companies | Pixar |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Oct 31, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Daniel Kailin | TV Son (voice) |
| Sindy Lau | Mom (voice) |
| Sharmaine Yeoh | (voice) |
| Tim Zhang | Dad (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Andrew Gonzalez | Animation |
| Neil Helm | Animation |
| Katherine Ringgold | Editor |
| Joshua Dai | Animation |
| Toby Chu | Original Music Composer |
| Juan Carlos Navarro Carrión | Supervising Animator |
| Ian Megibben | Supervising Technical Director, Director of Photography |
| Lourdes Marquez Alba | Production Manager |
| Rona Liu | Production Design |
| Jimmy Lillard | First Assistant Editor |
| Max Bickley | Lighting Director |
| Jeremy Slome | Post Production Supervisor |
| Ryan Michero | Lighting Director |
| Jon Reisch | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Nancy Kato | Animation |
| Domee Shi | Director, Writer |
| Tony Villaflor | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Patrick Lin | Director of Photography |
| Tom MacDougall | Executive Music Producer |
| Jerome Ranft | Sculptor |
| Kyrsten Mate | Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor |
| Hyein Park | Story Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Becky Neiman | Producer |
| Pete Docter | Executive Producer |
| John Lasseter | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 11 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 | 17 | 52 | 8 |
| 2024 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 8 |
| 2024 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 6 |
| 2024 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 7 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 7 |
| 2024 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 7 |
| 2025 | 1 | 18 | 23 | 12 |
| 2025 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 11 | 670 | 766 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 10 | 698 | 788 |
I thought there was a little bit of a culinary “Tom Thumb” to this as a couple pining for a child get their wish when one of their freshly steamed dumplings springs to life. It’s a lively, curious and mischievous little wrap that gets itself into all sorts of scrapes as it becomes used to human soci ... ety. Thing is, though, as it becomes older and more confident, it wants to get friends of it’s own - maybe even get a girlfriend? Just how might how the doting mother cope when she is no longer the only apple in it’s eye? I have to say this is probably the best solution for dealing with recalcitrance I’ve ever seen and the denouement really did make me smile. This animation is really quite charmingly crafted, quickly paced and needs no dialogue to tell it’s story. Good fun.