The backgrounds of Nelly & Simon: Mission Yeti look hand-painted and lush, making each scene feel more grandiose.
The title pretty much sums up the story: In 1950s Quebec, Nelly Maloye is a would-be private investigator looking for her big break. Simon Picard is a scientist with a belief that yetis are the evolutionary missing link. Stakes! Wouldn't it just be swell for both parties if they were to actually find evidence of the abominable snowman?
Joined by Picard's pet myna bird, Jasmin, and later, Sherpa Tensing, the four set out to search the Himalayas. There are some surprisingly dark elements for a kid's movie (even the elephant graveyard in The Lion King can't compare with seeing a frozen dead body on screen) but those are interspersed with some decent laughs.
The artwork is the real standout – not the characters themselves, but the backgrounds, which look hand-painted and lush and make each scene feel more grandiose.
It won't go down as Quebec's best cultural export (that'd be poutine), but it also won't be remembered as its worst (a little whiner named Caillou).
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told people attending the Liberal caucus holiday party on Wednesday that seeing Star Wars: The Last Jedi was a “wonderful” experience. Sophie Gregoire Trudeau teased her husband about being a “geek.”
The Canadian Press