Brittany Murphy, Carlos Alazraqui, Elijah Wood
"Happy Feet" is set deep in Antarctica. Into the land of Emperor Penguins, where each needs a heart song to attract a soul mate, a penguin is born who cannot sing. Our hero Mumble, son of Memphis an...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 27, 2007
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Stats: 66,214 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (66,214)
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November 19, 2006The movie is a hilarious & heartfelt feast for the eyes. Delightfully entertaining and provides a great message: be yourself, no matter how different you are.
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September 30, 2009The animation is great and really clever etc, it?s just the story that lets it down. Penguin cuteness lasts minutes and the laughs last seconds. That leaves and hour and a half of quite dull viewing unless you like watching penguins fall down mountains and sing crap songs. Kids s...( read more)
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April 13, 2009When I first heard of this project I thought the creators must have gone mad. Dancing, singing penguins? God beware. I still felt like that once it came out, but now, on TV, I gave it a chance anyway. The first minutes proved my initial reaction to be right. The idea of musical m...( read more)
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February 17, 2009Mumble is a penguin whose father Memphis drops him as an egg and when he pops out he sings like I do. But the kid sure can dance- that's the problem. He gets tossed from his community and sets out to find the "aliens" that are ruining the ecosystem. Yes, the "aliens" are you and ...( read more)
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February 2, 2009From the advertising, it looked to me like it was going to be a visual ipecac of cutesyness.
It did have it's moments.
The first 20mins or so, introducing the concept of a penguin's heart-song, was particularly noteworthy, though it wasn't so bad as to require any FDA warning...( read more) -
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November 21, 2009I love happy feet i could watch it over and over with out geting thired of it was great.
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November 21, 2009You gotta love Happy Feet.......u gotta.....tap dancing.....singing......Mexican Penguins.....and Fat Joe.....Mumbo was the man....I mean the penguin....this movie was reviting and b-e-a-utiful.....great for the kids and and even better for adults
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November 20, 2009Pretty good film, but I wonder what it's motives are. I smell a liberal agenda on this film.
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November 18, 2009This movie is so adorable. I think the animations are amazing and the characters are too cute. Even though it is fun movie it also brings across quite serious messages about protecting the environment
Critic Reviews
June 29, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
November 19, 2006
Pete Hammond, Maxim
A toe-tapping 'happy feat' of remarkable animated movie-making. full review
November 17, 2006
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Happy Feet is the kind of musical comedy that might have swept the world if MGM had been based in Antarctica instead of Culver City. full review
November 17, 2006
Claudia Puig, USA Today
The dazzling animation, catchy songs and Broadway-worthy dance numbers give the film even broader appeal. full review
November 17, 2006
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Happy Feet offers dazzling cinematic family fun, and a mad medley of tunes (songs made famous by the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Earth, Wind & Fire, Queen, and Stevie Wonder, among others). full review
November 17, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
The animation dazzles. The baby birds are fluffy darlings. The script has its moments, the dance bits are a blast. full review
November 17, 2006
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Happy Feet is one of the most visually ravishing CGI films yet rendered. full review
November 16, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Happy Feet is cooler than a penguin's toenails, taking what appears to be a routine animated musical comedy into rewarding, unexpected places. full review
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June 24, 2008SO CUTE. I love Gloria and Mumble. OMG i just wanna kidnap them both haha :P
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October 24, 2007I liked the part in when the birds came down after the baby penguin because I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next.I also liked it when the penguins started singing
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October 17, 2007when i went to watch this movie i thought it would be really funny and entertaining but it really let me down just got really bored of it.. but still its an okay film jus didnt live up to the hype
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