Missing Link                                        4 stars

Missing Link is yet another animated stop motion effort by Laika Studios, the company that made Coraline, Boxtrolls, Paranorman and Kubo and the Two Strings.  This time they take us on an adventure to find the legendary Bigfoot in the American Northwest.  Sir Lionel Frost, voiced by Hugh Jackman, wants to be accepted by an elitist club in London and thinks the way to do this is to discover an unknown giant creature.  When he receives an anonymous letter telling him where to find the legendary Sasquatch, he is off on an adventure, only to discover that the creature is not at all what he imagined.  The Sasquatch is a mild, friendly, educated giant furry creature that is lonely and only wants to be among his own kind.  In an interesting twist the voice is that of Zach Galifianakis, not exactly the loud tough guy type.  The rest of the movie has our characters traveling across the globe while being pursued by enemies and accompanied by Lionel’s old flame, Adelina, voiced by Zoe Saldana, trying to reach their destination of the Himalayas where the yeti are reputed to live.  The animation is first rate like the previous Laika movies, as the characters seem alive and there is plenty of intense action.  Missing Link may not be as off beat as the previous efforts, but it is definitely worth seeing.