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Happy
Feet Our
Review
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Full
Cast and Crew |
| Starring: |
Robin Williams,
Hugh Jackman, Elijah Wood, Nicole Kidman,
Brittany Murphy, Hugo Weaving, Anthony LaPaglia,
Miriam Margolyes, Magda Szubanski, Carlos
Alazraqui, Michael Cornacchia |
| Directed by: |
George Miller |
| Produced by: |
George Miller, Doug
Mitchell |
| Written by: |
Warren Coleman, John Collee
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| Genre: |
Animated, Family,
Adventure, Comedy, Musical |
| MPAA rating: |
PG |
| Runtime: |
108 minutes |
| Release date: |
Nov 17, 2006 |
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Official website
[external site] |
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Mumble (voice of Elijah Wood),
a young emperor penguin, lives in Antarctica. Like
others of his kind, he needs to sing to attract a mate,
but with his terrible voice, he must use another method
to express himself and lure a female, through his
amazing talent for tap dancing.
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| Critics
Reviews |
Average
Grade: |
B |
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Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"Happy kids and
their parents will be wowed by the
animation, but some may be bothered by the
ethnic and sexual stereotyping."
more... |
B- |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"The posters
and trailers are selling the movie as a
feel-good comedy for the toddler set. It's
not."
more... |
B |
Chicago
Sun-Times
Bill Zwecker |
"Unfortunately,
that decision to add an important
environmental message to this generally
entertaining film makes the ending seem
somewhat forced."
more... |
B- |
Chicago
Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"Its
craftsmanship and ambition put it a
continent ahead of nearly every other
animated feature of the last couple of
years."
more... |
B |
E! Online
Matt Stevens |
"...stumbles
over its plodding plotting."
more... |
C |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...moderately
adorable..."
more... |
B |
Hollywood
Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"...terrific
fun."
more... |
A |
New York
Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...the best
feature-length cartoon since The
Incredibles..."
more... |
A |
New York
Times
Manohla Dargis |
"As politically
pointed as it is disturbing, it is a view of
hell as seen through the eyes and ears of
creatures we foolishly, tragically call
dumb."
more... |
B |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Taken in
total, Happy Feet contains enough
solid entertainment to be worth the price of
admission..."
more... |
B |
San
Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein |
"...exuberant..."
more... |
B+ |
Seattle
Post-Intelligencer
Gianni Truzzi |
"As a
parent...I thought my middle-schooler was
being groomed to be a good conformist
consumer..."
more... |
B- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...the rousing
opening musical numbers will leave an
indelible first impression."
more... |
B |
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