This yeti won’t harm a sole
THE pleasing premise of this animated children’s film has a TV crew looking for the elusive yeti, while at the same time an adventurous yeti called Migo (voiced by Channing Tatum) searches for the legendary, possibly mythical creature he knows only as ‘Smallfoot’ — the human being. That central gag might be lost on younger members of the audience, but they’ll enjoy the evidence of human existence that the yeti community gathers, including a toilet roll, which they call ‘the scroll of invisible wisdom’. Older children, but possibly not their parents, might also enjoy Migo’s subversive decision to defy the community elders and search for the Smallfoot. The yetis live according to strict rules inscribed on a set of sacred stones, but Migo has the nous to challenge authority. A strong voice cast also includes James Corden as an annoying TV personality (hmm), Danny DeVito and basketball superstar LeBron James, and the animation, while a bit workaday, is decent enough. I could have done without the forgettable songs — a transparent attempt to do a Frozen — but on the whole this isn’t a bad bet for what seems likely, for many of us, to be a wet and windy weekend.