Abominable

Showing on Sky Movies (UK) and available to rent.

Written by Jill Culton, Abominable was 2019’s big animation for DreamWorks. A young girl, Yi, finds a Yeti on the roof of her apartment building who has escaped capture and is on the run. She discovers he was taken from Mount Everest and promises to help him home with the uninvited help of her two friends. On route they discover that Everest, the name they give him, has mystic powers that help him to interact with nature which comes in handy as they try to evade their pursuers.

As you’d expect from a studio like DreamWorks, it is beautifully animated and the attention to detail and the world they inhabit immerses you fully. It also has a real warmth and charm to it, with a story of discovery, family and coping with loss threaded through it.

However when it comes to animation, my high watermark is still Pixar, they, at their best, use animation to tell stories that emotionally engage and pull you in like no other. Abominable is not at that level, its story is a relatively well trodden one, an A to B adventure tale with some peril, but that said it is certainly at the better end of the animation quality scale.

While it is unlikely to go down as a classic, with a likeable voice cast, beautiful animation and some warmth and heart to it. It’s certainly enjoyable and a nice way to spend just over 90 minutes of your life.