Film: Abominable
Cast (Voices): Chloe Bennet, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Albert Tsai, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Paulson, Tsai Chin, Michelle Wong
Director: Jill Culton
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A DreamWorks Animation co-production with the Chinese company Pearl Studio, 'Abominable' fails to distinguish itself from the much more accomplished, technically finessed Disney and Dream Works counterparts. This film is broadly designed to tap into the largely unexplored Chinese and Asian markets and win a few American friends along the way.

Set in China, with a hint of the Himalayas, Jill Culton's film opens with a playful yeti breaking free to find his way to a rooftop where he encounters Yi (Chloe Bennet), a tough girl working odd jobs in order to save money to take a trip across the country. Yi heals the creature's wound and christens him Everest. Subsequently, Yi and her two neighbors, Peng (Albert Tsai) and Jin (Tenzing Norgay Trainor), travel across the country to get Everest back to Everest, and reunite him with his family. To add some drama into the adventure you see a doctor (Sarah Paulson) and a villainous rare animal collector (Eddie Izzard) trailing on their heels, with nefarious designs on their mind.

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