Can you give us a little recap of who Rocky is?

Yeah, so Rocky is an alien who is a very alien alien, which is often a problem in sci-fi.

The aliens are often pretty people-like, but Rocky is a rocky little dude who, like, chirps and sings to communicate, is great at building things, loves puppetry.

Yeah, I have to say I kept seeing headlines about how people were in love with Rocky, and I guess I'm so cynical now I, like, don't have much faith in the American consumer of film, that I was like, "Uh, you know, whatever."

And then I was like, "Oh, I'm also in love with Rocky. What a delightful little guy."

- But yes, he... - You're not above being in love with Rocky.

No one's above it.

I was ready to be disappointed, but no, he's delightful.

And yeah, he, like, uses sound as the primary sense and consequently has a very musical language.

One thing that first endeared me, I read the book before I saw the movie, is that in the book, Rocky's language is denoted with just little music note emojis.