Planet Money TikToks inspired one of the year’s most brilliant animated movies
In writer / director Julian Glander's new animated sci-fi feature Boys Go to Jupiter, a young gig worker named Billy 5000 (Planet Money's Jack Corbett) hoverboards his way through life in Florida with only one thing on his mind: he needs $5,000 and is willing to deliver as much food as it takes to make the cash. At first, the delivery guy's semi-magical, "let's get this bread" style of thinking seems to stem from his fixation on a hustlebro streamer's videos. But as Boys go to Jupiter's story unfolds, it becomes clear that all of the movie's characters have odd and somewhat dysfunctional relationships with money.
Boys Go to Jupiter bears th …