Smallfoot

Smallfoot is a 2018 American 3D computer-animated musical comedy adventure film produced by the Warner Animation Group and it's fifth film under the banner. The film was co-written and directed by Karey Kirkpatrick, and stars the voices of Channing Tatum, James Corden, Zendaya, Common, LeBron James, Gina Rodriguez, Danny DeVito, Yara Shahidi, Ely Henry, and Jimmy Tatro. Based on the unpublished children's book Yeti Tracks by Sergio Pablos, it was theatrically released in the United States on September 28, 2018.

Plot
Migo is a friendly Yeti whose world gets turned upside down when he discovers something that he didn't know existed -- a human. He soon faces banishment from his snowy home when the rest of the villagers refuse to believe his fantastic tale. Hoping to prove them wrong, Migo embarks on an epic journey to find the mysterious creature that can put him back in good graces with his simple community.

Good Qualities

 * 1) The film teaches people about looking for the truth and not to discriminate others, taking these two messages in a mature and subtle matter.
 * 2) Like many Warner Bros. animated productions, the film features some beautiful animation with a quick, bouncy and cartoonish flair, including newly-implemented Looney Tunes-esque slapstick.
 * 3) For Warner Animation Group's first musical-orientated film, the numbers are highly catchy and well-sung by a talented cast with a new genre each scene to keep things fresh.
 * 4) The friendship between Migo and Percy is pretty touching.
 * 5) The screaming goat is a solid comic relief and steals every single scene he's in, despite originally being a tiresome meme.
 * 6) A talented ensemble cast consisting of Channing Tatum, Zendaya, Danny DeVito, LeBron James, Common, and even James Corden.
 * 7) The film takes pleasure in showing the audience a different perspective from our own with the highly-stylized Yetis, creatures who have no clue about the outside world, speak a different language to humans which comes off as growls, and name things differently such as the sun "Light snail" and toilet paper "Invisible Scroll of Wisdom".
 * 8) The film is big improvement over Warner Animation Group's previous original film, Storks (while still decent, though), combining laugh-out-loud humor with a knowing, subversive tone like it's very own The Lego Movie.
 * 9) Karey Kirkpatrick's direction is so good that has been improvement over the film from Eddie Murphy, Imagine That.
 * 10) Migo is a mostly likable and charming main protagonist character.
 * 11) Still plenty of good and clever humour.
 * 12) The Song "Wonderful Life" By Zendaya (Meechee) Is Very Beautiful to listen to

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Some unfunny and unnecessary bodily function humor.
 * 2) Despite some fun and genre-specific musical sequences, they are not as visually enticing as some of its contemporaries.
 * 3) The film suffers from not being very original, as it feels like your typical generic animated film.
 * 4) Percy is quite unlikable throughout the entire movie at first.

Reception
Smallfoot received positive reviews. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 75% based on 126 reviews, with an average rating of 6.27/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Smallfoot offers a colorful distraction that should keep younger viewers entertained - and a story whose message might even resonate with older audiences." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 60 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it 4 out of 5 stars.

Trivia

 * Marketing materials for the film, in particular a series of posters in Los Angeles advertising the cast of the film with phrases such as "Zendaya is Meechee", turned into a minor Internet meme (in a short song by Gabriel Gundacker).
 * Justin Roiland, best known as the creator of Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, makes several minor cameos throughout the film.
 * Karey Kirkpatrick, the director of the film also directed the 2006 film Over the Hedge.
 * The film was loosely based on the book Yeti Tracks by Sergio Pablos, who is best known for creating the Despicable Me franchise for Illumination.
 * This is the second non-Lego Warner Animation Group film, after Storks and followed by SCOOB!.
 * Zendaya and LeBron James would later voice for Space Jam: A New Legacy.