This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

If you watch this film in tandem with 2005's "March of the Penguins", you'll be amazed to discover that the film makers for this animated movie got a lot of the science about Emperor Penguins exactly right. I'm talking about the breeding habits, the 'heartsong' business, care for the egg by the male penguin and how they survive those brutal, wintery conditions by rotating huddled bodies in and out against fierce windstorms. Since I saw 'March' not long ago, those thoughts are still fresh in my mind, so it's easy to make the comparison.For kids, this has to be a generally warm and fuzzy movie, though for impressionable youngsters, there's also some danger present with predatory hunting birds, leopard seals and a particularly clever, though brutal badminton game played by killer sharks with two of the film's penguin heroes. Fortunately, all the picture's 'good guys' make it through to the end in fine form.Somehow though, there seems to be some sort of disconnect with the way the picture arrives at it's conclusion. With a plot element involving the disappearance of the penguins primary food source, and a connection made to 'alien' human beings as the cause, there's a hasty resolution to the problem whereby the world community gets on board with the penguins plight and everything is made good again. I didn't see that connection, and I don't think you will either, but if you can disregard that inconsistent flaw, you'll probably have a good time with those colorful Emperor penguins and the clever animation.

Man, George Miller directed a happy-fun kids movie. I realize that everyone and their mother's already pointed that out a thousand times by now, but . . . It's just not what you'd expect from the maestro of Mad Max movies. And it ain't bad at all."Happy Feet" moves from an ugly duckling story to one that's purely agenda-driven, but it offers a fun time doing it. The songs are good, it looks fantastic and Robin Williams walks a fine line between overbearing and scene-stealing (as only he can).Good luck keeping those toes from tappin'.7/10

'Happy Feet' won the Oscar for best animated feature back in 2006 over the much more popular 'Cars'. While both were equally good, but I do the feel the strong message and catchy music of 'Happy Feet' gave it slight advantage. 'Happy Feet' is the tale of a dancing penguin 'Mumble' who gets rejected by the society which considers singing as penguin-thing and dancing as something horrid. Mumble's singing is quite pathetic and thus decides to leave the society. Well the story line may follow the typical "odd-different guy finds his true potential and becomes hero" path still the number of interesting characters and lively songs keep you hooked. The voice- cast is splendid with likes of Elijah Wood, Hugh Jackman, Robin Williams, etc. The screenplay later delivers a strong environmental message with the penguins not having any fish to eat due human interference. But I feel the film should have been about 10-15 minutes short as the pace tedious in the first 45 minutes.The animation is simply beautiful, watching thousands of penguins dance together in a wave was really a wow-moment. 'Happy Feet' finally with heart-warming story and beautiful animation is worth a shot!RATING: [3/5]

Happy Feet made a big splash back in 2006 taking home the Animated Academy Award. For what it is, it's pretty delightful. I quite liked the initial story and it's semi-musical style, taking time out to sing a song or dance a dance. It's efficiently cute. Kind of strange for the first song to be a Prince song though it fits the context. The detail in the animation is terrific and they make the colour-less landscape really work. However, the film kind of feels surreal when humans get involved, known in the film as aliens, and it ends up quite heavy handed with its environmentalist themes. Granted, that kind of bigger picture message is inevitable in a kids film like this, especially when the big love story isn't really compelling and the outcast having an adventure is much more interesting. I do love the irony at the end where the film itself is now responsible for passing along its message. I wonder if it worked. 6/10