After being told his whole life that humans don’t exist, young Yeti Migo (Channing Tatum) finds evidence to the contrary and wants all his people to know. Except that things don’t quite go as he expected.

Co-written and directed by Karey Kirkpatrick and Jason Reisig, I like the way Smallfoot flips the story of Yetis and humans by telling it from the perspective of Yetis. I also appreciate what Smallfoot has to say about the errors in how we tend to treat those we see as very different from us, and how counterproductive the lies we tell to protect can sometimes become.

With other key cast including Zendaya, Common, Danny DeVito, and James Corden, the film’s general execution is somewhere between OK and OK-ish, partly because I didn’t find the writing as fun/good as the trailer led me to expect. Furthermore, I wish that Smallfoot didn’t have the musical numbers. It would have been fine if I felt that most of the songs and singing were great. 

I was most engaged towards the end, and when the Yetis were being pursued. The most memorable moment for me is when a very everyday human item is amusingly referred to as ‘the scroll of invisible wisdom.’

Watch Smallfoot if you’re very, very curious.

Happy Film Loving,

G