“Missing Link” (PG)
The stop-motion animation wizards at LAIKA have kept their winning streak alive at five with “Missing Link, ” — a visually stunning, enormously entertaining adventure comedy about a worldwide adventurer who helps a lonely bigfoot-like creature in the Pacific Northwest travel halfway across the world to the Himalayas and Shangri La so he can find others of his own kind and hopefully find the companionship and acceptance he’s been longing for.
While “Missing Link” might not have as much story depth as previous LAIKA films like “ParaNorman” and “Kubo and the Two Strings,” it definitely has lots of humor and plenty of heart, and great voice performances by Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, Zach Galifiankis Timothy Olyphant and Emma Thompson.
Most importantly, though, the stop-motion animation is absolutely jaw-dropping and the sets are stunning, because almost everything you see apart from a few computer generated backgrounds is real. It’s one of the best movies of the year so far.
Lammometer: 9 (out of 10).
Tim Lammers reviews movies weekly for The KQ92 Morning Show,” “KARE 11 News at 11” (NBC), WCCO Radio, WJON-AM, KLZZ-FM, “The Tom Barnard Podcast” and “The BS Show” with Bob Sansevere.
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