Max Greene InSession Film Aug 1, 2024 B+

Missing Link is fun, exciting, and beautiful to behold.

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Calum Cooper Source (Scotland) Jul 14, 2024 4/5

Humongous scope alongside mesmerising sets, and a stylish harnessing of good old fashioned stop motion techniques allows us to feel the vastness of Butler’s ambitions and the enormity of the story.

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Bianca Garner In Their Own League Apr 21, 2022

There is a reason I have a huge place in my heart for stop-motion animation as a medium. It could be the painstakingly crafted claymation, the heartwarming stories perfect for any demographic, the stellar voice casts, or all of that coming together...

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Lonita Cook KCTV5 News at 9 Sep 14, 2021

[A] genius stop-motion animation.

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Michael J. Casey Michael J. Cinema Mar 11, 2021 2.5/5

Enjoyable for kids who haven't been beaten to death by the same old, same old, but for everyone else, there's a predictability to each scene.

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Alex Bentley CultureMap Feb 18, 2021

Missing Link is beautiful to look at, something for which Laika should be rightfully proud. It's just a shame that the story attached to it doesn't live up that standard.

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Fletcher Powell KMUW - Wichita Public Radio Feb 8, 2021

It's a sweet, modest, diversion, and a delight for the eyes, and maybe that's enough.

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Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 17, 2020 3.0/4.0

An engaging, entertaining motion picture rich with positive universal themes and life lessons.

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Jason Fraley WTOP (Washington, D.C.) Sep 3, 2020 2/4

Hugh Jackman and Zach Galifianakis lead this bizarre stop-motion animation that oddly feels emotionally soulless.

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Yasser Medina Cinefilia Jul 30, 2020 7/10

It is interesting when it deals with issues such as intolerance, exclusion, prejudice and the value of friendship. It is a very entertaining animated adventure. [Full review in Spanish]

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Bill Newcott Movies For The Rest Of Us Jul 29, 2020 4/5

There are grownup delights aplenty...from its glorious color palate to the refreshingly angular character design

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Matt Cipolla Film Monthly Jul 27, 2020 3.5/5

The sound design is synesthetic, the textures are top-notch, and . . . the shot composition anticipates eye movement with an almost hypnotic grace.

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James Hanton Outtake Mag Jul 27, 2020 4 / 5

When you remember that this has all been made by hand using little more than plasticine and manual labour, you will be left spellbound, reeling from what the team behind this movie are capable of.

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Steven Prokopy Third Coast Review Jul 21, 2020 3/4

Although Missing Link seems more aimed at a younger audience than other Laika productions, it still finds fun ways to be subversive and adult friendly as well.

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Damond Fudge KCCI (Des Moines, IA) Jun 28, 2020

Missing Link is another triumph in beautiful stop-motion animation, with a lovely, funny and touching tale of finding friendship. Yet, I can't help feeling it's not quite up to the standards set by its predecessors.

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Andrew F. Peirce The Curb Apr 4, 2020

Missing Link, a film that does work, but in a very middle ground fare way.

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Wesley Lovell Cinema Sight Mar 9, 2020 3.5/4

Even minor Laika is good.

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Kathleen Sachs Chicago Reader Feb 19, 2020

The film is sophisticated in its revisionist take on the adventure genre, introducing social and ecological concerns into the mix, though its irreverent humor is still accessible to children.

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Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope Dec 7, 2019 B

This movie has the distinctive Laika style, but the characters are not as ugly as previous Laika characters in ParaNorman, or The Boxtrolls. It is funny and easy-going. There is a moral to the story, which comes to a satisfactory conclusion.

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Chris McCoy Memphis Flyer Nov 22, 2019

If only the other elements of Missing Link were as strong as the visuals, we'd have a masterpiece on our hands.

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