Abominable Review: A Lovable Yeti Makes This Animated Journey To Mount Everest An Early-Fall Treat For Families
Animated features sometimes take years in development and production before hitting the big screen, so maybe it is understandable when similar ones start popping up all over the place. Such is the case with DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studios latest entry, Abominable, the story of a young yeti on a journey to get back to his family on Mount Everest. It follows on the heels of last years Smallfoot and spring release The Missing Link. All three have at their center a mythical creature and their big adventure.
For my money the most appealing of those characters is the yeti named Everest in Abominable, just because he is so damn lovable. Actually this guy has more in common with the dragon Toothless in DreamWorks How to Train Your Dragon franchise in terms of the puppy dog qualities, and by extension I think that makes this film the best of the trio. It also is the least starry in terms of its voice cast, choosing diversity over big names to drive the narrative.
The plot is simple: The yeti (voiced by Joseph Izzo) finds himself far from home, somehow landing among the rooftops of Shanghai and only reminded of his true family and place when he sees a poster of Mount Everest. Thus he gets the nickname Everest when he is discovered by a young girl named Yi (Chloe Bennet) who, with the help of nutty neighbor Jin (Tenzing Norgay Trainor), and Peng (Albert Tsai) accompany Everest on a journey back to find his parents. Of course as is the case in most of these films, there are villains on their tail including Burnish (Eddie Izzard), who is determined to capture the yeti to prove to the world they exist, and an accomplice, zoologist Dr. Zara (Sarah Paulson). Neither has the yetis best interests in mind but serve to move the story forward with the usual dab of action and suspense.
Director Jill Cultons screenplay centers mostly on the journey and emerging friendships, particularly Pengs bonding with Everest and Yis determiRead More – Source
