The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Abominable
Family · Animation · Adventure · 2019
A group of misfits encounter a young Yeti named Everest, and they set off to reunite the magical creature with his family on the mountain of his namesake.
Movie details
Abominable
“Find your way home.”
2019 Family · Animation · Adventure 1h 37m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
7.0 / 10
46.5K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
83 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
61 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
7.5 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
A group of misfits encounter a young Yeti named Everest, and they set off to reunite the magical creature with his family on the mountain of his namesake.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Abominable?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Jill Culton
Written by
Jill Culton · William Davies
Chloe Bennet
Yi (voice)
Albert Tsai
Peng (voice)
Suzy Eddie Izzard
Burnish (voice)
Tenzing Norgay Trainor
Jin (voice)
Joseph Izzo
Everest (voice)
Sarah Paulson
Dr. Zara (voice)
Tsai Chin
Nai Nai (voice)
Court is in session
Put Abominable on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.