Variety
One of the very best directed animated films on record. Not surprisingly from the force behind the "Babe" movies, the attention to detail is phenomenal, the humor ample...
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Happy Feet
In this Antarctica, penguins value conformity and have strict regulations regulated by the elders. Penguins are expected to have singing voices, they’re singing folk. But young Mumble (Wood) is unable to string a couple of notes together. Mumble's mom (Kidman) doesn't mind her son's eccentricity, but his dad (Jackman) complains that "it just ain't penguin." Mumble is eventually exiled by the high priest (Weaving).
And so begin Mumble's wanderings about the icy continent, riddled with unknown dangers. Though he does finds buddies in Mexican-accented penguins fronted by Ramon (Williams, who does several voices), who are wowed by his swift feet. Their odyssey briefly reunites Mumble with his own penguins. But there, the fish supply has suddenly halted and Mumble sets out again, this time for the "Forbidden Shore" to find answers.
Best Animated Film, Original Song Awards at the 2007 Academy Awards; Best Animated Film at the 2007 BAFTA Awards
2006Rating: PG87 minsAustralia, USA
AnimatedKids & FamilyMusical
- Director:
- George Miller ('Mad Max', 'Lorenzo's Oil')
- Writer:
- Warren ColemanJohn ColleeGeorge MillerJudy Morris
- Cast:
- Robin WilliamsHugh JackmanElijah WoodNicole KidmanBrittany MurphyHugo Weaving
Happy Feet / Reviews
The New York Times
While compromised by the uplift and affirmation that mainstream animation regurgitates like a mommy penguin, it also shows a remarkable persistence of vision. Even in a story about singing-and-dancing fat and feather, Mr. Miller can’t help but go dark and deep...
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Yes, it looks wonderful, starts out with an infectious energy and is clever in its music choices. But its story is overstretched, prone to distraction and too earnest for its own good. It's equally eye and ear-catching but exhausting...
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New York Post
Happy Feet is not only the year's best animated movie, it's one of the year's best movies, period. Go...
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Los Angeles Times
No film with as many elements as Happy Feet is successful with all of them, and the romantic-emotional elements of this story feel overly familiar. But the music and dancing are fresh and new, and this strong an ecological message has not been seen since Hayao Miyazaki's "Princess Mononoke"...
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Empire Magazine
Small kids will love the waddlesome dancing and colourful animation, but older viewers will likely be disturbed by the story’s darker elements...
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