Missing Link (2019) Reviews

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was the last movie produced by Laika, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, to be honest, I’m hardly surprised that it turned out to be a flop at the box-office. I mean, the animation was, as usual, quite amazing but I wouldn’t expect less from these guys, though I wish they didn’t use so much CGI mixed with their state-of-the-art stop-motion animation. The main issue was that it was easily their most generic story so far. The fact that there were so many animated movies dealing with yetis in a very short time period (see also ‘Smallfoot’ and ‘Abominable’) probably didn’t help. Still, even without this competition, this movie would still have struggled to find an audience, I’m afraid, and I'm not sure if it really deserved a better reception. Anyway, as far as I’m concerned, what really saved the whole thing was this Mr. Link character. Indeed, while all the other characters were just never really interesting and/or entertaining, this Sasquatch creature was actually quite hilarious. Through the whole duration, I kept wondering who was voicing him and it’s only afterwards that I discovered that it was actually Zach Galifianakis who was behind this voice. I wish I could say the same about the main character voiced by Hugh Jackman (who I did instantly recognize) but even though Jackman did a fine job, I just didn’t care much about his character. Concerning Adelina Fortnight, the 3^rd character involved in this adventure, it was actually even worse as she joined them completely randomly and provided very little added value after all. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it thought it was still a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre but, to be honest, I hope that Laika will really come up with a better story the next time around.