Yi (Chloe Bennet) keeps herself busy so there’s no time to grieve over her dad’s recent death. She occupies her days with odd jobs to raise enough cash to travel to places she and him were supposed to see together. Her mom (Michelle Wong) and grandmother (Tsai Chin) beg her to slow down, but like most teens – she pays them no attention. But an adventure begins that Yi never sees coming when she meets Everest (Joseph Izzo), a young and frightened yeti, on the top of her apartment building where she hides from the world and plays her violin for only herself to hear. What follows in Dreamworks’ Abominable is a wonderful and warm animation about family, friendship, and how there’s no place like home.
Yi’s new brightly blue-eyed, white furry friend is a fugitive on the run after breaking free from a Shanghai facility owned by Burnish (Eddie Izzard). He’s a former explorer who has seen a yeti appear and disappear right before his eyes, leaving no one to believe him and has been a laughing stock ever since. Revenge has been on his mind for a long time and needs Everest to prove all the doubters wrong. To help retrieve him, Burnish needs Dr. Zara (Sarah Paulson), a zoologist who holds all rare things near and dear to her heart. Yet, there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to her.
Mount Everest is naturally where Everest must get back to, and Yi can’t do it alone. Joining her on this magical journey across China is an old friend named Jin (Tenzing Norgay Trainor) who thinks he’s cooler than cool and his cousin Peng (Albert Tsai), Everest’s favorite play pal. Don’t be surprised if they all come out of this learning a thing or two about themselves. It’s the family-friendly way of life. Director Jill Culton gets that while still providing so much to see for all ages. Everest’s humming and Yi’s violin throwing nature for a loop is just one excellent example. She makes Abominable heartening and awe-inspiring with gorgeous animation – filling the screen with vivid colors and stunning scenery from the ground up to the sky.
Brandon Vick is a member of The Music City Film Critics’ Association, the resident film critic of the SoBros Network, and the star of Brandon’s Box Office In Your Mouth. Follow him on Twitter @SirBrandonV and be sure to search #VicksFlicks for all of his latest movie reviews.
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