Happy Feet Reviews

Back then, when it was released, this flick was a huge success at the box-office and even surprisingly won the Best Animated Feature Film Academy award. Indeed, this 'small' Australian production was able to beat the giants Pixar and Dreamworks. All this made me quite curious and I finally checked it out. Honestly, I was rather positively surprised by the end results. Indeed, the animation was quite awesome and really realistic and you had the feeling you were looking at some real penguins but they were still able to make them funny and to give them some personality. To be honest, I'm not so sure about the singing and the dancing penguins but, for the young kids who are after all the target audience, it was definitely enjoyable. The story was nothing mind-blowing but it was entertaining enough and, eventually, I cared about the characters. Eventually, after watching this movie a couple of times, the main issue was maybe that the makers were a little bit too ambitious and threw in too many things in the mix : some realistic looking penguins, some dance and songs, some environmental issues,... Maybe they should have dropped a few things but I thought the whole thing was still pretty damned compelling to watch. Anyway, who would have thought that the guy who brought us Mad Max more than 30 years would make a come-back with an animated feature with some singing and dancing penguins?!? To conclude, in my opinion, it remains a beautiful and original animated feature and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in this genre.

Who wouldnt love this movie?? It has an awesome soundtrack to go with it aswell.. but what is it with penguin movies lately?? Anyway, im pretty sure that most people would enjoy this.

Coolest movie.. so cute!!

this movie is so successful. It is (regarding story, animation, characters, technical) one of the less attractive computer animated films.
The singing and dancing seldom sounds well together and all this "lets make a medley of pop songs" has been done before.

So its no movie to watch alone (boring), with friends (bad singing) or family (st dark, 80s-style environmental).

Disappointing ...

This was one of the best movies I've seen all year. I took my daughter to see it and she was captivated. She even got up in the theatre and danced around like the penguins. (It was a very empty theatre on Christmas Day, thankfully!)

I loved how the film could work on very many levels. I've read other reviews, and just about everyone who's written about this seems to have their own perspective on the movie. I think that's what works best about it. There are a lot of ways you can look at the theme of the movie.

I think the movie is mostly about how one person can really make a difference if they are not afraid to do what they do best. Mumble's gift is dancing and by not being afraid to use that gift, he changes life for all of the penguins. I think this movie is inspiring and great for kids to watch. A lot of people think that what they do doesn't matter, but everyone can make a difference, like Mumble does in this movie. :)

I watched this one with my family and we all had a good time. The animation was excellent and fun to watch. The setting of the movie was very well designed and believable. We all laughed and cheered on Mumble as he went after the girl and tried to figure out why their food supply was disappearing. The music was well performed and very upbeat. You'll be singing along or tapping your feet during many of the scenes.

My only let down of the film was the way that politics entered into the movie. When I watch a movie with my family I don't really want politics to enter into the moment. I could tell when Mumbles goes off on his own that we were in for a political moment. I was right and the film ends with one final statement from the filmmakers. Except for the end, this was a film that I would recommend for the whole famlily.
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