| Abstrakt: |
Men, women and not-so-mythical beasts have world-spanning adventures in the ingeniously wrought and intermittently enthralling "Missing Link." Although it breaks new ground visually, elements of the tale don't always meld with grace. The film is a rich-looking blend of stop-motion animation, enhanced with computer-generated effects and 3-D printing techniques (keep an eye on the characters' smooth yet expressive faces). Yet these are all at the service of a perhaps over-intellectualized, emotionally wanting plot, humor that doesn't always land, and a too-frequent and too-dark undercurrent of threatened violence. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
