Abominable

Name: Abominable
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, Family
Released: September 27, 2019
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 61
Cast: Albert Tsai, Chloe Bennet, Eddie Izzard, James Hong, Joseph Izzo

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: September 27, 2019 | PG

Starring: Albert Tsai, Chloe Bennet, Eddie Izzard, James Hong, Joseph Izzo, Michelle Wong, Mickey Mouse, Rich Dietl, Sarah Paulson, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Tsai Chin

Summary: When teenage Yi (Chloe Bennet) encounters a young Yeti on the roof of her apartment building in Shanghai, she and her mischievous friends, Jin (Tenzing Norgay Trainor) and Peng (Albert Tsai), name him "Everest" and embark on an epic quest to reunite the magical creature with his family at the highest point on Earth. But the trio of friendsWhen teenage Yi (Chloe Bennet) encounters a young Yeti on the roof of her apartment building in Shanghai, she and her mischievous friends, Jin (Tenzing Norgay Trainor) and Peng (Albert Tsai), name him "Everest" and embark on an epic quest to reunite the magical creature with his family at the highest point on Earth. But the trio of friends will have to stay one-step ahead of Burnish (Eddie Izzard), a wealthy man intent on capturing a Yeti, and zoologist Dr. Zara (Sarah Paulson) to help Everest get home.… Expand

Director: Jill Culton and Todd Wilderman

Genre(s): Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 97 min

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Katie Walsh

Sep 25, 2019

It can be a rare occurrence to find a kid-friendly animated film these days that actually surprises and delights. Dreamworks' Abominable, written and co-directed by Jill Culton, does indeed surprise and delight, all while following a familiar hero's journey tale that borrows from favorite friendly creature films. Read full review

Sara Stewart

Sep 24, 2019

It’s never too early to introduce your kids to the magic and emotion of the monster movie. Read full review

Soren Andersen

Sep 26, 2019

The story is strong, the music is appealing. Abominable is delightful. Read full review

Pat Brown

Sep 23, 2019

The second half’s series of hollow visual spectacles foreground the film as a corporate product. Read full review

Joshua Rothkopf

Sep 25, 2019

There’s comfort to be had in executing on such a durable formula, and—life lessons accompanied by Coldplay’s treacly “Fix You” aside—Abominable usually resembles the swift adventure it wants to be. Read full review

Jake Coyle

Sep 26, 2019

Abominable is sweet and simple enough, but its emotionality always feels thin and, like much of the film, paint by numbers. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Oct 11, 2019

Here’s a defanged, declawed yeti in an animation whose every beat, character and narrative component feels as if it has been algorithmically tested for commercial safety by a computer programme. Read full review

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smsurfde

Oct 19, 2020

This is a fantastic movie. It kept my 3 year old thoroughly entertained, was visually stunning, and had a few good lessons. Exciting story and just all around well done. Nice work!!!

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Evelyn13a

Oct 6, 2019

It is a good movie it’s is like a lesson is the best movie a could ever watch it ain’t bad at all is the best movie u should watch it

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Dostoyevsky3

Dec 30, 2020

Abominable showcases sweet and silly, whimsy and beauty, and encouraging themes and positive messages to keep you attached to the great journey ahead.

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SirDidymus

Oct 1, 2019

A satisfying experience with charming characters and decent writing. Worth the price of admission.

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JLuis_001

Oct 4, 2019

Nothing new, you have to be honest about that, but its quality is stable and noteworthy. And I say that because this film wouldn't have to have bet on anything considering its target audience and yet manages to go forward with its proposal.

It was fine.

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BrunoVn00

Dec 11, 2019

Wow I didn't realize that Dreamworks re-released Missing Link! There was just a 5 month gap!
Wait, this isn't Missing Link, right?
To be fair, while it has the same done to death concept as Missing Link (the characters discover an exotic creature that is trying not to be captured by theWow I didn't realize that Dreamworks re-released Missing Link! There was just a 5 month gap!
Wait, this isn't Missing Link, right?

To be fair, while it has the same done to death concept as Missing Link (the characters discover an exotic creature that is trying not to be captured by the villains) it tried to be something different by giving it a "fantasy" twist. The Yeti (whose name is Everest) seems to have like powers or something like that. It seems that the writers thought that they had a good idea on paper, but didn't know how to execute it. So, they executed it in a really bland and formulaic way. I can't say this movie is totally predictable because there were some things that I actually didn't see coming, but those things were really dumb.

First of all: The visuals. They look fine. I thought that at times they looked a bit cheap but I forgive it because this was made with a pretty small budget compared to other Dreamworks movies like HTTYD 3. It might be the least expensive Dreamworks movie since Captain Underpant's insanely low budget (for a mainstream production). There are some nice colors and I think that the presentation is one of the few things I genuinely liked. I wasn't a big fan of the character design however, because the characters, honestly, look like rejects from other movies. Like, the protagonist (Yi) looked like an unused design for Gogo from Big Hero 6. I don't know, I think that the character design is, not bad, but really nothing special and forgettable.

The actual characters...Well...They have no characters. No motivations,nothing. Yi might be the only character that had SOME depth, but in the end even she was really underdeveloped. The rest of the characters are just one note. There's the fat kid who is in the movie just to be annoying with his annoying voice and then there's the other guy, who is like very metrosexual. The generic egocentric guy who only cares about his personal image and has probably some of the worst dialogue. He frequently says things like "Uh this photo isn't getting enough likes" or "Hashtag selfie" or those cringy sh*t. Writers, please, make sure to avoid using any "Internet" terms unless is essential to the plot, because, seriously, the movie won't age well. The villains are just insane. One of them has absolutely no motivation. Like, why does he want Everest? Because he wants to have a collection of rare creatures of something? Even Charles Muntz from UP who also had a similar motivation of "get the creature" was more fleshed out because he actually had a personality. This movie's villains don't have any character. Again, just paper thin characters.

The writing is really bad. Well, it's not like, Arctic Dogs or Uglydolls level of bad, but it is filled with tons of plot conviniences and really bad dialogue. The story, like I said, had really stupid plot conviniences. Everything seems to happen just because the script says so. Many events in the movie don't make sense and don't feel natural. The movie failed to make me be invested in the story and to care about the characters. Everest's powers seem to work just because the plot demands it. I never saw the limits of his powers he could just do whatever he wanted apparently.

Some of the music was decent, but there were times in which the movie used licensed music and...It just didn't work. I start to disagree in the use of licensed music in movies, because there are a lot of movies where they make wrong use of it. By that I mean that sometimes movies put music that doesn't fit the tone or the scene at all and probably did that because the music sounded good. Again, writers and directors: DON'T use licensed music unless the lyrics and music genre feel appropriate.

Overall, I don't consider this "wasted potential" because, honestly, I don't know how to make a great movie out of this done to death concept. What I think it could've been more cool is to make the movie be set in like a village outside the city and make Yi like an orphan. I would've liked that better because Yi's family is basically pointless in the story and the way they end up outside the city is just stupid.

In conclusion: Below average movie. It looks nice but everything else, while not bad, is just...Meh. I never thought I would say this but Missing Link is way better. I don't like Missing Link because it is also a pretty mediocre movie, but at least that one was so much more entertaining and had some good humor, but this one...Just felt like a waste of time.… Expand

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trunghieunguyen

Oct 21, 2019

"Say "No" with "Abominable"
The film, produced by DreamWorks of the United States and the Chinese company Pearl, used the image of "cow's tongue line" to propagate and provide false information to viewers.
This action seriously violates the influence of sovereignty, sovereignty as well as"Say "No" with "Abominable"
The film, produced by DreamWorks of the United States and the Chinese company Pearl, used the image of "cow's tongue line" to propagate and provide false information to viewers.
This action seriously violates the influence of sovereignty, sovereignty as well as territorial and territorial integrity of Vietnam in particular and international friends' perception of Vietnam's sovereignty in general.
It must be emphasized that this is not the first time that the "cow's tongue line" or false information has appeared "officially" in the media and entertainment.
The sovereignty of territory and territorial waters of the national border is always extremely sacred, any omissions and mistakes affecting the national sovereignty are expressed in a sense of irresponsibility, irresponsibility, impudence. in the work of the individual (or the collective)."… Expand

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