Laika’s latest confection is one of its most complex and visually adventurous and also one of its most charming. “Missing Link” concerns a blowhard Victorian adventurer (Hugh Jackman), who teams up with an American bigfoot (Zach Galifianakis) as they travel together to the Himalayas in an effort to reconnect the sasquatch with his supposed cousins, the Yeti. It’s a rip-roaring adventure reminiscent of “Around the World in 80 Days” and the director Chris Butler’s favorite film, “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” but with plenty of visual aplomb and Laika’s typical attention to detail (there’s a climactic moment that ranks amongst the studio’s most complicated and thrilling). Chances are, whatever you want out of “Missing Link,” you’ll get.
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