Total Film
Carrey fans will be let down by the rubber-faced one playing straight man to a pack of penguins. While kids may find the plot p-p-past its sell-by date.
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Mr. Popper's Penguins
Jim Carrey family film about a wealthy New York businessman who inherits a waddle of penguins. The penguins turn his swanky apartment into a winter wonderland and his life upside down.
Based on the popular children's book (originally published in 1938), the film was shot on a refridgerated soundstage with mostly real penguins.
2011Rating: G94 minsUSA
AdaptationComedyKids & Family
- Director:
- Mark Waters ('Ghosts of Girlfriends Past', 'The Spiderwick Chronicles', 'Mean Girls')
- Writer:
- Sean AndersJohn MorrisJared Stern
- Cast:
- Jim CarreyCarla GuginoMadeline CarrollAngela Lansbury
Mr. Popper's Penguins / Reviews
Roger Ebert
The movie stars Jim Carrey, who is in his pleasant mode. It would have helped if he were in his manic mode, although it's hard to get a rise out of a penguin.
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Jim Carrey is upstaged by pooping penguins in this predictable family flick.
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Los Angeles Times
The-impossible-to-upstage stars are the penguins, a combination of real Gentoos specially trained for the film and some computer-generated counterparts. The special effects gurus blend the two seamlessly, making it easy to believe there was no digital wizardry involved, which is perhaps the niftiest trick of all.
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Hollywood Reporter
The six penguins cast in this amiable family comedy steal the movie -- along with any fish they can find -- although the film's star, Jim Carrey, does manage to hold his own. Barely.
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A.V. Club
Mr. Popper's Penguins reins in its rubber-faced star, leaving most of the rote physical comedy (and overabundance of fart jokes) to his nonhuman counterparts, comprised of a combination of CGI and real penguins.
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