Abominable (PG)
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Well, I expected to like this more than I did, but it was still good. Great animation, decent story, decent characters, good music, a few laughs. I'm not quite sure why I didn't like it more, except maybe it's not quite as inspired as some animated films. There were no really big "wow" moments, for me, I guess. (Maybe just some minor ones.) Nothing super-original or unique. But I'm still glad to have seen it.

It starts with a young yeti escaping from a facility where it's being held by a wealthy old industrialist named Burnish (Eddie Izzard). Many years ago he had encountered another yeti while hiking in the Himalayas, but no one believed him, so now he's desperate to finally show the world proof that he was right. So he had hired a zoologist named Dr. Zara (Sarah Paulson) to capture this yeti that has now escaped. He has a team of security people out searching for the yeti throughout the movie. Meanwhile, the yeti meets a teenage girl named Yi (Chloe Bennet, from Agents of SHIELD). She's been distant from her mother and grandmother ever since the recent death of her father, whose violin she still plays... but only for herself. That is, until she meets the yeti, and plays for him. And she decides to help him get home to Mt. Everest; she also names him "Everest." Getting caught up in her journey are her shallow friend Jin and his younger cousin, Peng.

I'm really not sure what else there is to say. There is one major twist that I don't want to spoil. But otherwise... you know, Everest and the kids have some adventures, and learn some lessons along the way. It's all very sweet, and magical.