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Happy Feet Reviews

2006

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Emperor penguins are born to sing. All except young Mumble, who was born to dance... tap dance. Such un-penguin-like behaviour eventually gets Mumble kicked out of Emperor Land and into the big cold world. Joined by his Adelie Amigos and an all-knowing Rockhopper penguin names Lovelace, Mumble embarks on an epic journey and .. Read more

Starring	Elijah Wood, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Robin Williams
Director	George Miller
Genres	Animated, Children, Comedy, Family

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- Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But thankfully he can tap dance! read more »
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  Movies about Penguins.. this takes the biscuit
  
  Okay the pun is intented, but this is one of THE most wonderfully animated films you could possibly hope to see. The animation is quite simply stunning. As a very very minor drawback, it is a bit long to sit the youngest children through without them getting fidgety, but the film does really appeal to all. What in theory should be a fairly thin story about Mumble, an Emperor Penguin that can't communicate by song as the breed do, but can dance, stretches out really really well and is as funny as any animation you might see. There are some relevant educational points and a good dusting of familiar songs (both good adaptations and comical ones) thrown into the mix. If you are fishing for a very clever and entertaining family movie - don't put this on ice - it is a real must see .... read more »
  
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  - PaulaWestwood
  - 397 reviews
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  - 10 Dec 2006 at 00:26
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  - 0
  AWESOME MOVIE!!
  
  Good film. This movie had amazing music and ground breaking animation although there could be subtitles. Overall this is a great movie.
  
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- - Coolio2
  - 9 reviews
  - 19 May 2012 at 09:34
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  brilliant brilliant brilliant
  
  this film is so brilliant, the music is good, the animation is great, the storyline is original and funny, and has characters that everyone will love.
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- 1103216
- - cheesekake
  - 759 reviews
  - uk
  - 17 Mar 2012 at 10:09
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  Gorgeous, with zipzoom and heart
  
  Now *this* is schmaltz that WORKS! For me, Happy Feet is a golden combination of gorgeous animation (fast action sequences with true zipzoom! - superbly ... read more »
  
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- 1084135
- - MidnightsTail
  - 25 reviews
  - Oxford, England
  - 21 Jan 2012 at 16:07
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  - 5
  Bad Bad Bad
  
  What a terrible film! I can't even explain why... it's just bad. I got half an hour into before having to turn it off. The story made no sense... Watch ... read more »
  
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- - Hannah87
  - 1 review
  - 22 Dec 2011 at 06:37
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  - 2
  Look Away From The Fluffy Penguin...
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  When I initially watched a few minutes of Happy Feet, the impression I got was one of bland cuteness without much substance behind it - something for the ... read more »
  
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- - PedroB
  - 12 reviews
  - 21 Dec 2011 at 04:11
- - 2
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  Love it
  
  Fun, musical film with an insightful look into penguin behavior. It an animated cartoon for kids, so there's not much to criticize. It supposed to be ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 17 Dec 2011 at 22:34
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  good film but .......
  
  We think this is a fun film but should have a PG rating,some of the content could be scary for young children,other aspects rather adult would /prompt some '... read more »
  
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- 1071314
- - a customer
  - 07 Dec 2011 at 23:48
- - 10
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  worth a watch!
  
  Feel good film for everyone, dont listen to the bad reviews this is a fantastic film for all ages! x
  
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  - 03 Dec 2011 at 11:10
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  no subtitles
  
  I managed to wach 15 minutes and gave up. I'm sure it's a decent film but as there seem to be no subtitles I was unable to follow it : I had speakers ... read more »
  
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  - 30 Nov 2011 at 23:50
- - 5
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  Beautiful Film
  
  Beautiful - and I'm well in my thirties! Better to watch it with no kids around you can tear up to your heatrs content!
  
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  - 30 Nov 2011 at 19:10
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  Movies about Penguins.. this takes the biscuit
  
  Okay the pun is intented, but this is one of THE most wonderfully animated films you could possibly hope to see. The animation is quite simply stunning. As a very very minor drawback, it is a bit long to sit the youngest children through without them getting fidgety, but the film does really appeal to all. What in theory should be a fairly thin story about Mumble, an Emperor Penguin that can't communicate by song as the breed do, but can dance, stretches out really really well and is as funny as any animation you might see. There are some relevant educational points and a good dusting of familiar songs (both good adaptations and comical ones) thrown into the mix. If you are fishing for a very clever and entertaining family movie - don't put this on ice - it is a real must see .... read more »
  
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  - PaulaWestwood
  - 397 reviews
  - Ashton-Under-Lyne
  - 10 Dec 2006 at 00:26
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  I'm sorry.......
  
  But I just don't get it. It took me five attempts to watch this film all the way through simply because it is such hard work. I can't believe so many ... read more »
  
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- - JediSi
  - 301 reviews
  - Kent
  - 15 Sep 2007 at 20:29
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  Longwinded
  
  This is a beautifully animated film, but one which relies too much on the music and has a confused storyline. The film wanders from one scene to another with no... read more »
  
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  - 03 Jan 2007 at 19:55
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  Toe tapping good
  
  Cracking film that will have you tapping your feet to the music throughout, awesome
  
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- - sakuraba1982
  - 116 reviews
  - Dover
  - 08 Aug 2007 at 16:45
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  Why ?
  
  Utterly pointless and far too long.
  
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- - Paul G
  - Bedfordshire, England
  - 25 Apr 2007 at 21:28
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  not so happy...
  
  Oh dear. Crucial problem if making a film about penguins: they all look the same. They've tried to get round this, but not very successfully. The technical ... read more »
  
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- - CCLaReine
  - 42 reviews
  - London
  - 12 Jul 2007 at 11:17
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  Too long, too creepy
  
  I thought it excessively sexual for a film seemingly aimed at young children.
  
  Though I dare say it's largely true, I also... read more »
  
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- - Ian Butterworth
  - Bath, UK
  - 29 Jan 2007 at 17:51
- - 10
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  worth a watch!
  
  Feel good film for everyone, dont listen to the bad reviews this is a fantastic film for all ages! x
  
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  - 03 Dec 2011 at 11:10
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  - 2
  ONE OF THE BEST FILMS IVE SEEN IN AGES
  
  This is one of the best films ive seen in ages. Forget the fact that its a cartoon, its funny and makes you want to sing and dance along.
  
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  - 07 Apr 2007 at 17:22
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  happy movie
  
  My Grandchildren loved it they watch it every day if they could
  
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  - kent
  - 22 May 2007 at 14:03

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- Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But thankfully he can tap dance! read more »
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- Director George 'Babe' Miller has pulled off a coup with this one; he's raised the benchmark to a whole new level, both visually and conceptually. Bravo.
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  - 30 Nov 2011 at 23:59
- Having seen every major computer-animated movie this year, some of them unutterably turgid, this writerâs heart sank... read more on Time Out
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- - Derek Adams
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:20
- Puts heart and soul back into the good old computer animated, talking animals family film.
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