Norm of the North

Name: Norm of the North
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Animation, Family
Released: January 15, 2016
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 21
Cast: Bill Nighy, Colm Meaney, Heather Graham, Ken Jeong, Rob Schneider

2016

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews

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Overwhelming dislike based on 157 Ratings

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Lionsgate | Release Date: January 15, 2016 | PG

Starring: Bill Nighy, Colm Meaney, Heather Graham, Ken Jeong, Rob Schneider

Summary: A polar bear of many words, Norm’s greatest gripe is simple: there is no room for tourists in the Arctic. But when a maniacal developer threatens to build luxury condos in his own backyard, Norm does what all normal polar bears would do…he heads to New York City to stop it. With a cast of ragtag lemmings at his side, Norm takes on the bigA polar bear of many words, Norm’s greatest gripe is simple: there is no room for tourists in the Arctic. But when a maniacal developer threatens to build luxury condos in his own backyard, Norm does what all normal polar bears would do…he heads to New York City to stop it. With a cast of ragtag lemmings at his side, Norm takes on the big apple, big business and a big identity crisis to save the day. [Lionsgate]… Expand

Director: Trevor Wall

Genre(s): Adventure, Comedy, Animation, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 90 min

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Brad Wheeler

Jan 15, 2016

Norm of the North will occupy the attention of young audiences while getting a message across to them about the dangers of humans going where they don’t belong. Older audiences are less well served; they’ll just have to grin and bear it. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jan 15, 2016

The result is a Save the Planet comedy that plays much longer than its 86 minutes. Read full review

Geoff Berkshire

Jan 14, 2016

With plot elements cobbled together from recent animated hits, the blandly executed pic might as well be titled “Happy Minions of Madagascar’s Ice Age.” Read full review

Peter Keough

Jan 14, 2016

Denounce the cynics who pander such pabulum as entertainment for children. Read full review

Michael Ordona

Jan 14, 2016

Norm of the North feels as if it intended to be a better movie, but got confused along the way. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Jan 20, 2016

Told in a chaotic fashion, the movie jumps from scene to scene without a lot of continuity. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Jan 14, 2016

Its plotline, involving Norm’s trek to New York to foil a condos-in-the-Arctic scheme, is inane even by the standards of animated funny animal comedy. Its gag set pieces run the gamut from uninspired to incoherent. Read full review

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normofthenorth

Jan 16, 2016

This was a fantastic movie, in my opinion. It has received a lot of hard reviews, however you can trust me when I say Norm of the North combines loveable character, with a surprisingly deep and thoughtful plot. Best movie of the year so far... Will probably win best animated flick in many awards.

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PAMA

Jan 8, 2017

You have grain and bear it! Norm have stop people come to North. I wonder why? Who want live in cold & snowing place? I like to know. So Norm went to NY to say not go to North. Same kind of jokes & just funny.

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LeZee

Jun 26, 2017

Norm of the no worth!

Surely my review would annoy those who liked it. But the majority of who saw it was felt just like me. It has been 20 years since the first 3D animated feature film came. Not all the films released in this period were great. Some were technically sounded good and someNorm of the no worth!

Surely my review would annoy those who liked it. But the majority of who saw it was felt just like me. It has been 20 years since the first 3D animated feature film came. Not all the films released in this period were great. Some were technically sounded good and some were stories. If you had seen 'Hoodwinked!', you would know how awesome that story was, despite the poor animation production. But this film failed in all the department.

I recently finished watching the first season of 'Trollhunters' and 'Miraculous Ladybug'. Even the television made products were much better than this film. Small budget, small production house et cetera is not an excuse. Thankfully, this is not the only bad animated feature I've seen so far in my life, but sadly it joins the list of those titles.

Maybe! The little kids could enjoy it, who does not know to differentiate between good and bad. But for the adults, this is definitely skippable film. The best thing about this film was the message it carried, though, even for an animated film and a fantasy film, not convincing enough. It was kind of very similar to 'Delhi Safari'. In some perspective, I thought it was a remake of that. There are lots of other films similar to this like 'Chole & Theo', 'Happy Feet' and so on that you can try them instead.

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1 of 1 users found this helpful10

CartoonBoyG

Sep 11, 2016

I will never watch this movie ever.
The peeing scene is just going to gross me out so much! I mean this kind of animation is bad and unfunny probably, Disney's Zootopia looks Wwaayy better than this.

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Striking4gold4

Feb 9, 2016

WOW, is Norm of the North bad! I mean, you have no idea. If this movie was a dog, I'd have it put down. If this movie was a car, I'd have it impounded. If this movie was a starving young woman who pleaded to me for just a bit of my ham and salami sandwich, I WOULD KILL HER! All right, that'sWOW, is Norm of the North bad! I mean, you have no idea. If this movie was a dog, I'd have it put down. If this movie was a car, I'd have it impounded. If this movie was a starving young woman who pleaded to me for just a bit of my ham and salami sandwich, I WOULD KILL HER! All right, that's a little dark, but you get what I'm getting at. That's the kind of hatred this movie has driven me to. You know it's a terrible film if it has a stinking twerking bear. Come on, Lionsgate. You're way better than this.… Expand

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bob516

Jan 18, 2016

Such an incredibly lazy job of making a movie. From the storyline, dialogue, to the animation, so little effort was put into making this movies, which explains why I found it the worst children's movies I have seen.

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Osoamigable

Feb 3, 2016

Avoid it like the **** plague.
Cancerous, if you want your kids to suffer from aids before they're 10, make them watch this **** lazy excuse to make a quick buck (like "The Nut Job", a 1/10), this gets my worst possible rating since it's so bad some could even find it offensive. Who wouldAvoid it like the **** plague.
Cancerous, if you want your kids to suffer from aids before they're 10, make them watch this **** lazy excuse to make a quick buck (like "The Nut Job", a 1/10), this gets my worst possible rating since it's so bad some could even find it offensive. Who would enjoy this? No one, under any circumstances, would enjoy this.
Final verdict:
Do not watch, ever, save your time and well-earned money, doesn't even send some sort of message.… Expand

4 of 5 users found this helpful41

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