Living in such community if Antarctica, where each penguin should have a singing talent, in order to manage to attract a female, is very hard and boring for Muble, who has a terrible voice, but a good dancer, as he struggled against attracting any female by his dance, as he does his best in doing so.
Was I enchanted, entertained or even diverted for its 108-minute running time? Not really.
Calgary Movies
August 13, 2007
Unfortunately, once the eye candy is firmly established, there's a story here that drags and drags. Then it takes a bit of a leap before it drags some more.
Parables about xenophobia, tolerance, religion and ecological responsibility are played to cuddly conclusions. Balletic underwater sequences and a jukebox-musical soundtrack spanning Chicago to Grandmaster Flash are spoonfuls of sugar for the medicine.
Director George 'Babe' Miller has pulled off a coup with this one; he's raised the benchmark to a whole new level, both visually and conceptually. Bravo.
