Missing Link — Family Discussion Guide
A guided conversation resource to help families explore the themes of Missing Link through a biblical lens.
Key Takeaways
The story values friendship, loyalty, and care for someone who feels alone or unwanted.
It exposes pride and the emptiness of building identity on status or public approval.
The film treats human origins through an evolutionary "missing link" framework, which may conflict with a biblical view of creation and human uniqueness.
Belonging is often framed around being accepted by others, while Christian hope points more deeply to being known and loved by God in Christ.
Discussion Questions
Why do you think Sir Lionel wants the club's approval so badly? What changes when we look for our worth in God instead of in other people's praise?
The movie talks about a "missing link" and human ancestry. How is the Bible's teaching about people different from the film's idea?
What did the story get right about caring for someone who is lonely or different? How can Christians show that kind of kindness without losing sight of truth?
Which characters act out of pride, and which moments show real courage? What is the difference between proving yourself and serving others humbly?
Guidance Notes
This animated adventure is playful and often warmhearted, but it mixes creature peril, guns and chase-style danger with a central evolutionary premise about humanity's origins. For Christian families, the bigger issue is less the surface content and more the film's view of human ancestry and belonging.
The film has genuine warmth about friendship, compassion, and the longing to belong. It also critiques pride, social snobbery, and using people to gain status. At the same time, it openly presents humanity's origins in evolutionary terms, with Sir Lionel arguing for "man's primitive ancestry" and "the missing link." That conflicts with the Christian understanding that human beings are uniquely made in the image of God, not merely advanced animals. Parents may want to talk with children about how dignity, identity, and hope are grounded in God's creation and ultimately in Jesus Christ, not in social acceptance or biological theories.
Evolutionary premise
Adventure peril
Scripture References
Family Discussion Guide — Missing Link (2019)
Use this guide after watching Missing Link together to explore its themes through a biblical lens.
Key Takeaways
- The story values friendship, loyalty, and care for someone who feels alone or unwanted.
- It exposes pride and the emptiness of building identity on status or public approval.
- The film treats human origins through an evolutionary “missing link” framework, which may conflict with a biblical view of creation and human uniqueness.
- Belonging is often framed around being accepted by others, while Christian hope points more deeply to being known and loved by God in Christ.
Discussion Questions
- Why do you think Sir Lionel wants the club’s approval so badly? What changes when we look for our worth in God instead of in other people’s praise?
- The movie talks about a “missing link” and human ancestry. How is the Bible’s teaching about people different from the film’s idea?
- What did the story get right about caring for someone who is lonely or different? How can Christians show that kind of kindness without losing sight of truth?
- Which characters act out of pride, and which moments show real courage? What is the difference between proving yourself and serving others humbly?
Guidance Notes
- This animated adventure is playful and often warmhearted, but it mixes creature peril, guns and chase-style danger with a central evolutionary premise about humanity’s origins. For Christian families, the bigger issue is less the surface content and more the film’s view of human ancestry and belonging.
- The film has genuine warmth about friendship, compassion, and the longing to belong. It also critiques pride, social snobbery, and using people to gain status. At the same time, it openly presents humanity’s origins in evolutionary terms, with Sir Lionel arguing for “man’s primitive ancestry” and “the missing link.” That conflicts with the Christian understanding that human beings are uniquely made in the image of God, not merely advanced animals. Parents may want to talk with children about how dignity, identity, and hope are grounded in God’s creation and ultimately in Jesus Christ, not in social acceptance or biological theories.
- Evolutionary premise
- Adventure peril
Scripture to Explore Together
- Ephesians 1:5-6
- Galatians 1:10
- Psalm 139:13-14
- Genesis 1:26-27
- Psalm 8:4-6
- Colossians 1:16
- John 13:34-35
- Ephesians 4:15