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- 2013
- PG
- nWave Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 18 m
- 2013
- PG
- nWave Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 18 m
Summary This documentary follows a young male King Penguin as he makes his way through the Antarctic.
Directed By: Sias Wilson
Written By: Sias Wilson
- 2013
- PG
- nWave Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 18 m
- 2013
- PG
- nWave Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 18 m
Adventures of the Penguin King
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Summary This documentary follows a young male King Penguin as he makes his way through the Antarctic.
Directed By: Sias Wilson
Written By: Sias Wilson
Where to Watch
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
35
0% Positive
0 Reviews
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57% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
43% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
35
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
43% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
It’s not as epic as "March Of The Penguins," or as stunning as the BBC’s usual slo-mo nature porn – but with nary an animated tap dance in sight, it’s still king of the 3D penguins.
There are some nice images of the teeming penguin population, and great fun to be had witnessing the love life, and indeed sex life, of penguins. It does have to be said, though, there is a fair bit of Disneyfication going on.
The 3D photography is shallow and muddy, although a David Attenborough voiceover helps sustain interest.
There’s little we haven’t seen before, including farting elephant seals.
Where Attenborough's script lent an air of dignity to the shorter film, Allen's reading of Philip LaZebnik's cutesy narration has a canned feel, and is unlikely to connect with viewers too young to appreciate cliched humor about the joys of bachelorhood versus the duties of parenting.
The inherent cinematic potential of one of nature's cutest animals rescues the film from being a total waste of time.
The dull Adventures of the Penguin King is definitely the laziest of the waddle-coms to win theatrical release.
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Production Company
Atlantic Productions,
Galileo Digital Entertainment,
Sky 3d
Release Date Dec 6, 2013
Duration 1 h 18 m
Rating PG
Genres
Awards
Royal Television Society, UK
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
