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Happy Feet (2006)

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75

Average Rating: 6.9/10
Reviews Counted: 161
Fresh: 120 | Rotten: 41

Visually dazzling, with a thoughtful storyline and catchy musical numbers, Happy Feet marks a successful animated debut from the makers of Babe.

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Average Rating: 6.9/10
Critic Reviews: 41
Fresh: 33 | Rotten: 8

Visually dazzling, with a thoughtful storyline and catchy musical numbers, Happy Feet marks a successful animated debut from the makers of Babe.

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Average Rating: 3.6/5
User Ratings: 568,499

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In the world of the emperor penguin, a simple song can mean the difference between a lifetime of happiness and an eternity of loneliness. When a penguin named Mumble is born without the ability to sing the romantic song that will attract his soul mate, he'll have to resort to some fancy footwork by tap dancing his way into the heart of the one he loves. Directed by Babe mastermind George Miller, Happy Feet tells the tale of one penguin's quest for love, and features an all-star cast of vocal

Mar 27, 2007

$197.9M

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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.

June 29, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Magazine
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Awkward but graceful, derivative but daring, Happy Feet is, indeed, a flightless bird in the best and worst sense.

February 3, 2007 Full Review Source: Time Out New York
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Director George 'Babe' Miller has pulled off a coup with this one; he's raised the benchmark to a whole new level, both visually and conceptually. Bravo.

December 30, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
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Was I enchanted, entertained or even diverted for its 108-minute running time? Not really.

November 29, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Observer
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I think kids will love it, because the penguins are cute.

November 20, 2006 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper
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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.

November 17, 2006 Full Review Source: Wall Street Journal
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Ultra-cute kid flick has a few scary, emotional moments.

January 1, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

Parables about xenophobia, tolerance, religion and ecological responsibility are played to cuddly conclusions. Balletic underwater sequences and a jukebox-musical soundtrack spanning Chicago to Grandmaster Flash are spoonfuls of sugar for the medicine.

September 24, 2010 Full Review Source: Suite101.com
Suite101.com

Despite the film getting a bit erratic and preachy, Happy Feet is generally cute and entertaining. (Holiday Family Collection)

November 1, 2009 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis
Movie Metropolis

George Miller's jubilant, eccentric film makes its CGI penguins vibrant, expressive, even cosmic

August 28, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion
CinePassion

The perfect film for audiences who found fault with March of the Penguins because it was too emotionally taxing and you couldn't dance to it.

September 10, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Puts heart and soul back into the good old computer animated, talking animals family film.

September 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4

It's March of the Penguins meets The Little Mermaid in this cute musical tour de force.

August 23, 2008 Full Review Source: ReelzChannel.com

Unfortunately, once the eye candy is firmly established, there's a story here that drags and drags. Then it takes a bit of a leap before it drags some more.

August 13, 2007 Full Review Source: Calgary Movies | Comments (3)
Calgary Movies

Stands at the very top of the 2006 animated kid's film class.

April 10, 2007 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness
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Audience Reviews for Happy Feet

It's an animated film that though it tries hard, it is difficult to like or enjoy it.
March 22, 2013
Matthew Samuel Mirliani

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Good animation about penguins. Penguins sing to attract their soul mate but Mumbles can't sing so he tap dances. Famous voices - Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Hugh Jackman.
June 24, 2007
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    1. Raul: What you huggin' for?
    2. Ramon: He told me to.
    3. Raul: Get away.
    4. Ramon: No, you like it!
    – Submitted by Brandon M (10 months ago)
    1. Memphis: The word triumph starts with try and ends with?
    2. Mumble: ...Umph?
    3. Memphis: That's right, a great big UMPH!
    – Submitted by Augustine S (16 months ago)
    1. Memphis: Whatcha doing there, boy?
    2. Mumble: I'm happy, Pa.
    3. Memphis: Whatcha doing with your feet?
    4. Mumble: They're happy, too.
    – Submitted by Augustine S (16 months ago)
    1. Ramon: Don't feel so bad, my father also called me a pitiful loser, look how I turned out.
    – Submitted by Jamie I (18 months ago)
    1. Memphis: I wouldn't do that around folks, Son.
    2. Baby Mumble: Why not?
    3. Memphis: Well... it just ain't penguin, okay?
    – Submitted by Owen F (18 months ago)
    1. Mumble: But how will I know which one is my mama?
    2. Memphis: Oh, you'll know. She's got a wiggle in her walk, and a giggle in her talk. And when she sings, it darn near breaks your heart.
    – Submitted by Layla L (18 months ago)

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Latest News on Happy Feet

December 8, 2009:
Wood and Williams Still Have Happy Feet
Good news for sticklers of continuity in animated sequels: Elijah Wood and Robin Williams are in...

August 24, 2009:
Robin Williams Talks Happy Feet 2
Robin Williams has confirmed that George Miller's "Happy Feet 2" is officially a go -- and discussed...

May 7, 2009:
Warners Plots Harold and Kumar, Happy Feet Sequels
Warner Bros. has announced a pair of very different features in development: "A Very Harold & Kumar...

Foreign Titles

  • Happy feet: Rompiendo el hielo (ES)
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