The fifth feature from stop-motion animation studio Laika (Coraline, Kubo and the Two Strings) is a witty, nimble dismantling of British colonialism. Victorian explorer Sir Lionel Frost (Hugh Jackman) seeks a mythical Sasquatch (Zach Galifianakis), a marzipan-textured Bigfoot resembling a giant pine cone with a monkey’s snout and an affable, human smile. The Sasquatch can talk (and write!), goes by the name of Susan, and wishes only to be escorted to Shangri-La to reunite with his Yeti cousins. Frost’s motivations are selfish: he simply wants in on a member’s club at the mercy of gatekeeper Lord Piggot-Dunceby (Stephen Fry). His ex-lover Adelina (Zoe Saldana) is both travel companion and educator, criticising his sneering, entitled colonial attitude towards their new friend (“You poke him with your stick, call him names, say he smells, treat him like your slave!”). Even more satisfyingly tongue-in-cheek is when Piggot-Dunceby climbs on a table, shoes on, proudly exclaiming that “We’ve taught British table manners to savages!” Yet the film feels more like an elbow in the ribs than a slap on the wrist, revelling in the miscommunications between Susan the Sasquatch’s literal-minded monkey brain (“You don’t say!” jokes Frost. “I do!” he replies).