Happy Feet [HD DVD]
![Happy Feet [HD DVD]](/Images/B000V7O0GW/medium.jpg) | Starring: Peter Carroll, Richard Carter, Savion Glover, Nicole Kidman, Anthony LaPaglia Warner Home Video, 2006, HD DVD Customer Rating: 542 reviews Recommend This product is currently not available and cannot be purchased. It means that we have no merchant offers for this product at the moment or it was discontinued by the manufacturer. |
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In the great nation of Emperor Penguins, deep in Antarctica, you're nobody unless you can sing - which is unfortunate for Mumble (ELIJAH WOOD), who is the worst singer in the world. He is born dancing to his own tune...tap dancing. As fate would have it, his one friend, Gloria (BRITTANY MURPHY), happens to be the best singer around. Mumble and Gloria have a connection from the moment they hatch, but she struggles with his strange "hippity- hoppity" ways. Away from home for the first time, Mumble meets a posse of decidedly un-Emperor-like penguins - the Adelie Amigos. Led by Ramon (ROBIN WILLIAMS), the Adelies instantly embrace Mumble's cool dance moves and invite him to party with them. In Adelie Land, Mumble seeks the counsel of Lovelace the Guru (also voiced by ROBIN WILLIAMS), a crazy-feathered Rockhopper penguin who will answer any of life's questions for the price of a pebble. Together with Lovelace and the Amigos, Mumble sets out across vast landscapes and, after some epic encounters, proves that by being true to yourself, you can make all the difference in the world.
For anyone who thought the Oscar-winning documentary March of the Penguins was the most marvelous cinematic moment for these nomads of the south, you haven't seen nothing yet. Happy Feet is an animated wonder about a penguin named Mumble who can't sing, but can dance up a storm. George Miller, the driving force behind the Babe (and Mad Max) movies, takes another creative step in family entertainment with this big, beautiful, music-fueled film that will have kids and their parents dancing in the streets. From his first moment alive, Mumble (voiced Elijah Woods) feels the beat and can't stop dancing. Unfortunately, emperor penguins are all about finding their own heart song, and the dancing youngster — as cute as he is — is a misfit. Luckily, he bumps into little blue penguins and a Spanish-infused group (led by Robin Williams) and begins a series of adventures. Miller has an exceptional variety of entertainment: Busby Berkley musical numbers, amusement-park thrills, exciting chase sequences (seals and orca lovers might like think otherwise), and even an environmental message that doesn't weigh you down. Best of all, you don't know where the movie is going in the last act, a rare occurrence these days in family entertainment. A fusion of rock songs, mashed-up and otherwise, are featured; this movie is as much a musical as a comedy. Mumble's solo dance to a new version of Stevie Wonder's "I Wish" by Fantasia, Patti, and Yolanda may be the most joyful moment on camera in 2006. — Doug Thomas
Title: Happy Feet [HD DVD]
Sales Rank: 63398 in DVD
Actor: Peter Carroll, Richard Carter, Savion Glover, Nicole Kidman, Anthony LaPaglia
Studio: Warner Home Video, 2007-10-02, Theatrical Release: 2006-11-17
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, Acpect Ratio 2.40:1
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time: 108 minutes
Item Dimensions: 1 pounds
Package Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches, 0.18 pounds
- I think kids would be bored with this film. I think it's more focused on an environmental issue
- Musically, this isn't for kids. That should have been figured out by everyone right away. Many of the songs (many which are sexually suggestive) are 20 to 40 years old anyway. The kind of music that we use to listen to when we were kids. But, to me, I'd rather our kids listen to sexy songs instead of today's angry songs.
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- it'll get better later on, it can't be this bad the whole way through...
- That's what I told myself as the film unfolded in all its lameness:
- the adult penguins are incredibly ugly (and not in a cute way), I figured the movie would quickly move away from them, but no, they kept showing up
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The good:
I really liked the overall story of the plight of the penguin. The outcast going on the odyssey and then returning home with a hero's welcome.
Children **really** love this movie.
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- Everything Fantastic!
- Just a short review this time. Animation, sound, music & story just all come together. Had to watch it a second time within a few hours of the first viewing to really make sure it was as good as I thought it was the first time. This a.m. the smallest members of the family were over and gave it to them, so am now ordering my second copy for… More reviews
