So ... pieloving ... cute!!!! Squee!
OK, so the story is your standard "cuddly animals go on a quest" mixed with "An Inconvenient Truth." But it's just so adorable! And Prince wrote a song for it. How cool is that?
Mumble is a emperor penguin who can't sing, which is a huge problem, since they find their mates by singing. But Mumble's gotta dance. There's the "be yourself" plotline standard to these movies. Let's move on.
With an all-star voice cast, there were really no misses. Hugo Weaving wasn't given much to do as the leader of the penguins' bizarre shamantic religion. Hugh Jackman turns in his best Elvis imitation as Memphis, and Nicole Kidman coos like Jessica Rabbit as the babelicious penguin Norma Jean. Brittney Murphy is the weakest link as Mumble's love interest. I wonder who they got to do her singing?
Robin Williams, who plays two parts, runs away with the movie. That's to be expected.
I didn't find the environmental message too heavy-handed, although I did feel terrible about what we stoopid humans are doing to the planet. Poor penguins. I also felt I should go back and watch "March of the Penguins," because I think this movie assumed everyone had.
Lots of songs, lots of dancing, an overabundance of adorable.
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