Movie Review: Smallfoot

Movie Review: Smallfoot                                                                                                                       9-28-18

From Warner Animation Group, the people behind The LEGO Movie and Storks, and cult filmmaker Karey Kirkpatrick comes Smallfoot. On the top of Mt. Everest lies a village of yetis. They live by strict rules and rituals written on stones. Migo (Channing Tattum) is destined to be the next gong-ringer, as it's said that the sun will rise once the gong has rung. After being launched over the gong and over the village by mistake, Migo discovers a human that crashed on the mountain, which he calls a Smallfoot. When Migo tells the other yetis that he saw a Smallfoot, the Stone-Maker (Common) banishes him, as one of the stones says that there's no such thing as Smallfoot. Migo meets a group of yetis called SES (Smallfoot Evidentiary Society), who have found evidence of this legendary creature, and Migo sets off on a quest to prove that Smallfoot exists.

Instead of being animated at Australia-based Animal Logic like The LEGO Movies, Smallfoot was animated at Sony Pictures Imageworks. They have provided the animation for all of Sony Pictures Animation's films except for The Star and Peter Rabbit. Imageworks also did the animation for The Angry Birds Movie and Warner Animation Group's own Storks.

Notice any similarities to Hotel Transylvania? That;s because they were done at the same animation studio: Sony Pictures Imageworks!

Now, what did I think of this movie? I actually enjoyed it! One thing that surprised me is that Smallfoot is actually a musical. There are five songs in the film, and while not as catchy as those in CGI musicals like Tangled, Frozen, and Moana, they are much better than the ones in The Lorax, The Hero of Color City, and Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return.

Aside from that, the story is also rather deep. I don't want to say much, since I might spoil the movie, but let's say it's a bit like Brother Bear: One creature discovers a human, which others are afraid of, and discovers that they're not as bad as they seem to be.

If I were to make one complaint, I personally felt that since the film is set in China, the human characters should've looked more Asian.

In conclusion, Smallfoot is a film that both kids and adults are gonna get a kick out of.

Rating: 3 and a half stars out of 5.

Plus 4 pairs of footprints