Starring the
voices of
Channing Tatum
James Corden
Zendaya
Common
Directed by
Karey Kirkpatrick
Smallfoot is
an animation for kids. The story and plot are so tailored to children that only
they will truly enjoy it, which, in the end, made the movie feel a bit sad for
me. The animation comes from Sergio Pablos, the animator behind the highly
successful Despicable
Me (2010) franchise.
The idea of Bigfoot seeing us humans as Smallfoot in the same trend we attribute to Bigfoot is a good idea, but this movie messed up the delivery
For me, this is
an apple falling far from its tree, if you compare this movie to his writing work
in Despicable
Me (2010). (Pablos’ the writer of this animation, also worked with
Disney as an animator for their movie Tarzan (1999)).
The most
annoying thing about this animation is how much time it wastes breaking into
songs. Yep, it’s a musical animation that uses songs to fill the emptiness of
weak scripting. The plot is a reversal of the classic Bigfoot search. While
many people are out there looking for Bigfoot, believing it exists, imagine
Bigfoot looking for you. The movie is about Yetis—who could be Bigfoot or
the Abominable Snowman—believing that Smallfoot (humans) exist.
The lead in this
movie is Migo (Channing Tatum), who’s excited about becoming a gong ringer. In
the Yeti world, the gong ringer is responsible for waking up the sun.
Migo’s family has been tasked with this job, which involves launching the Yeti
at a distant gong that he’s supposed to strike with his head.
One day, while Migo is practicing with his father, he gets distracted mid-air and lands far off course. There, he witnesses a plane crash on the snowy mountain. He investigates and sees a human, whom he calls a Smallfoot. He runs back to tell everyone, but there’s a problem.
In Yeti society, everyone follows the teachings of the Stonekeeper, who says Smallfoot don’t exist—along with other made-up rules.
The village chief and Stonekeeper try to disprove Migo, but the chief’s
daughter, Meechee, believes him. She takes Migo to her secret hideout, where
she’s formed a small club of believers who think Smallfoot exist. They even
have human items to prove it.
Migo and the
group of believers decide to venture down the mountain to see if humans really
exist.
On the human
side, there’s Percy, a wildlife enthusiast trying to capture footage of
mythical creatures to boost his TV ratings. He’s the one who encounters Migo,
and some weird but funny things happen as they form a friendship that could
potentially unite both worlds.
The animation
isn’t particularly classy, the voice casting was just average, and the plot is very lowbrow. I can’t, in good
conscience, recommend this movie to anyone.
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