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Happy Feet
Warner Bros. Pictures
MPAA RATING: PG for some mild peril and rude humor
Starring
Robin Williams,
Hugh Jackman,
Elijah Wood,
Nicole Kidman,
Brittany Murphy,
Hugo Weaving,
Johnny A. Sanchez,
and
Carlos Alazraqui
A tone-deaf, tap dancing penguin proves that by being true to yourself, you can make all the difference in the world. (Warner Bros.)
| GENRE(S): |
Adventure
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Animation
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Comedy
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Family/Kids
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Musical
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Warren Coleman
John Collee
George Miller
Judy Morris
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| DIRECTED BY: |
George Miller
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: March 27, 2007
Theatrical: November 17, 2006
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| RUNNING TIME: |
87 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
Australia / USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
In the year of the animated movie, this one soars above them all.

100
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Happy Feet is not only the year's best animated movie, it's one of the year's best movies, period. Go.

100
New York Magazine
David Edelstein
You should see Happy Feet--not only because it's stupendous, but also because it features the best dancing you'll see on the screen this year.

91
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Tasha Robinson
It's a gorgeously rendered marvel that pulls out all the stops to wow its viewers, but in spite of its crowd-pleasing ploys, it holds onto its integrity with a smart and surprisingly deep story.

90
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
What's truly surprising about Happy Feet is not its giddily brilliant entertainment, its intimate knowledge of the culture or its toe-tapping music. It's how commonplace these qualities have become in computer-animated movies… Happy Feet may be just one of the crowd, but what a great crowd it is.

88
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
An animated film that challenges preconceptions about the genre and foregoes the usual romance/adventure structure.

88
Miami Herald
Peter Debruge
In a year rich with animation options, Happy Feet stands head and shoulders above its competition.

83
Portland Oregonian
M. E. Russell
Miller's global harmonizing never feels preachy -- he's too busy cramming Happy Feet with enough entertainment for three movies.

80
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
No film with as many elements as Happy Feet is successful with all of them, and the romantic-emotional elements of this story feel overly familiar. But the music and dancing are fresh and new, and this strong an ecological message has not been seen since Hayao Miyazaki's "Princess Mononoke."

80
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
This animated all-penguin musical is terrific fun.

80
Variety
Todd McCarthy
One of the very best directed animated films on record. Not surprisingly from the force behind the "Babe" movies, the attention to detail is phenomenal, the humor ample.

80
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor
Antarctica is a beautiful blue paradise, and the final set piece, in which penguins and humans tap their way to a unity of green-minded spirit, is a small masterpiece of conciliatory wackiness.

78
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
The constant singing and dancing throughout is charmingly presented, and the CGI recreations of Antarctica are stunning.

75
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
A lot of director George Miller's film is gorgeous and exciting. Its craftsmanship and ambition put it a continent ahead of nearly every other animated feature of the last couple of years.

75
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
Happy Feet ends on an upbeat note with singing and dancing, but the weaknesses that precede it deflate the euphoria.

75
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
A moderately adorable, musically wacky, ecologically activist CG family comedy.

75
USA Today
Claudia Puig
The dazzling animation, catchy songs and Broadway-worthy dance numbers give the film even broader appeal.

75
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
The movie's an uncategorizable mixture of the tacky and profound, and on some weird level, you have to respect it.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
Don't little ones have enough to worry about without ecological concerns popping up in family entertainment? Happy Feet should have stayed light on its feet.

75
Premiere
Ethan Alter
It's a movie that keeps flirting with greatness, but settles for being above average.

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Offers dazzling cinematic family fun, and a mad medley of tunes.

70
Film Threat
Mark Bell
Overall, however, for a children's film, it hits all the major notes. Keep it musical, keep it lively, keep it cute and, you know, if you can, slip in a moral.

70
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
The essence of this inventive though erratic animated feature is joyous music and eye-popping motion.
70
The New York Times
Manohla Dargis
While compromised by the uplift and affirmation that mainstream animation regurgitates like a mommy penguin, it also shows a remarkable persistence of vision. Even in a story about singing-and-dancing fat and feather, Mr. Miller can’t help but go dark and deep.

67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Gianni Truzzi
Unfortunately, once the "be yourself" story line is resolved (singing and dancing go together, who would have guessed?), the film is only half over.

63
TV Guide
Angel Cohn
Funny moments can be found throughout, but it's mostly silly and scattered.

60
Empire
Helen O'Hara
Small kids will love the waddlesome dancing and colourful animation, but older viewers will likely be disturbed by the story’s darker elements.

60
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
This curious ecological parable was directed by George Miller (Babe: Pig in the City), who still has an eye and a sense of humor but on this particular outing can't get the script he wrote with three others to make much sense.

60
Village Voice
Jordan Harper
Children, innocent as they are, may not yet have grown to loathe the actor's (Robin Williams) shtick, but you might like to know that he has two--yes, two--roles in this film.

50
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
Let's just say this is a perfect film for penguin lovers who also are devoted members of the Green party - and leave it at that.


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