Missing Link

"Whether rendered with smooth computer-generated graphics, hand-drawn with the pencil strokes to prove it or sculpted out of clay, family-friendly animated films often spin variations on the same themes. Believe in yourself, they advise. Don’t compromise your identity to belong, they continue. Once you’re comfortable in your own skin, you’ll find somewhere to fit in, they typically summarise."

"As proof that humans can evolve... "Missing Link" makes a most excellent case. And that doesn't even count the cutting-edge technology required to pull of such a hyper-detailed and visually dazzling feat as this."

"It's a witty global adventure full of bravura set pieces and sharp, stylised characters."

"It's a feast of a movie with dazzling visuals and terrifically acted by the voice cast."

"A wicked combination of pratfalls, sight gags and verbal humour."

"A globe-trotting Victorian-era adventure that, while often a magnificent sight to behold, never goes the distance in terms of engaging characters and involving plotting."

"A charming family-friendly story about adventure and friendship - told with bar-raising artistic craft and technical skill. We'd expect nothing less from Laika."

"Butler's occasionally inspired action-comedy fails to deliver on its initial promise, but enough of the jokes hit their mark to provide an amiable afternoon's entertainment for school holiday audiences and their chaperones."