Film Screening 4th March, 2007

Poster for Happy Feet

Happy Feet 

3:00 PM, 4th March, 2007

  • G
  • 108 mins
  • 2006
  • George Miller
  • Warren Coleman, John Collee, George Miller and Judy Morris
  • Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman

Tappity-tap-tap-tap-tappity-tap-shuffle-shuffle-tap-tap-tap-chaa!This incredibly entertaining movie will get your feet tapping and you humming along as these engaging penguins discover their inner penguins. Mumble (Wood) is a penguin with a difference. All the other penguins have beautiful voices - which shine in the group pieces, especially the opening piece - but Mumble had an incident' at birth which has made him a bit different from the rest. He has happy feet, and no real voice for singing (think Paris Hilton before the post-production). He's an outcast, but finds acceptance and friendship with the smaller Latino penguins. But his destiny is larger than any of them, as is his adventure.Happy Feet is carried along by great musical pieces and acting and wonderful animation and cinematography. Real landscapes were shot and the action scenes are pulled off with the best camera work I've ever seen in an animated flick. But underneath the film lies a dark, dramatic edge. Combined, it makes a great time at the movies with more than enough to keep children, adults and any penguin in between entertained. And my feet were tapping at the end and for a couple of days afterwards.'

Steven Cain