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Summary
A group of misfits encounter a young Yeti named Everest, and they set off to reunite the magical creature with his family on the mountain of his namesake.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 72Audiences 72GoodWatch 72
Tomatometer83%
Metascore61
Audience score91%
IMDb7.0
Letterboxd · 75 K ratings3.2/5
User score6.2
Box office
2.5×its budget
- Budget
- $75 M
- Worldwide
- $190 M
Worldwide it earned $115 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 37 min
A typical length for family movies
typical 9597Half of all family movies run 88–106 min.
Reach
Streams in 73 countries, rent or buy in 38 more
+63Released
2019
September 19, 2019
7 years ago
Genres
FamilyAnimationAdventureComedyFantasyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
China
United States
Critics' Choice Awards2019
- Best Animated Feature2019Nominated
Rated
- PGUnited States
Yes: it's rated PG in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
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and 22 more25 people
- Chloe BennetYi (voice)
- Albert TsaiPeng (voice)
- Suzy Eddie IzzardBurnish (voice)
- Tenzing Norgay TrainorJin (voice)
- Joseph IzzoEverest (voice)
- Sarah PaulsonDr. Zara (voice)
- Tsai ChinNai Nai (voice)
- Michelle WongYi’s Mom (voice)
Rich DietlGoon Leader (voice)
James HongYak Leader (voice)
Christine LinTeenage Girl #1 / Boy's Mom / Female Customer (voice)
Kym MillerTeenage Girl #2 (voice)
Jason KoTeenage Boy (voice)
Trevor DevallVan Driver / Goon (voice)
Karen HuieDog Lady / Dock Worker / Goon (voice)
Vic ChaoJin Impersonator / Goon (voice)
Fernando ChienMerchant (voice)
Reuben UyGoon (voice)
David P. SmithGoon (voice)
Walt DohrnGoon (voice)
Elizabeth PanGoon (voice)
Rupert Gregson-WilliamsEverest Humming (voice)
Ewan ChungPoliceman / Goon / Additional voices (voice)
J'DvonteGoon (voice)
Directing · 3
- Jill Culton Director, Writer
- Johnny Tian Script Supervisor
- Todd Wilderman Co-Director
Writing · 1
- William Davies Writer
Production · 13
- Tim Johnson Executive Producer
- Li Ruigang Executive Producer
- Frank Zhu Executive Producer
- Dave Polsky Producer
- Peilin Chou Producer
- Suzanne Buirgy Producer
Camera · 1
- Robert Edward Crawford Director of Photography
Editing · 5
- Michael Andrews Additional Editor
- Susan Fitzer Additional Editor
- Sheri Galloway First Assistant Editor
- Ed Fuller Associate Editor
- Lisa Linder Associate Editor
Sound · 4
- Rupert Gregson-Williams Original Music Composer
- Erik Aadahl Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
- Ethan Van der Ryn Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
- Myron Nettinga Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art · 3
- Max Boas Production Design
- Nelson Yokota Storyboard Artist
- Paul Duncan Art Direction
Visual Effects · 11
- Mark Edwards Visual Effects Supervisor
- Andrew Harkins Animation
- Liron Topaz Animation
- Lisa Curtis Saunders Pipeline Technical Director
- Kristof Serrand Animation Supervisor
- Anthony Hodgson Animation Supervisor
Lighting · 4
- Max Bruce Lighting Supervisor
- Liang-Yuan Wang Lighting Supervisor
- Shaun Collaco Lighting Supervisor
- Sondra Verlander Lighting Supervisor
Other crew · 3
- John Geller Post Production Supervisor
- Jennifer J. Pan Supervising Technical Director
- Munira Moiz Tayabji Digital Supervisor
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