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Mood:
- Feel GoodHumorousTouchingWittyExciting
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Plot:
- Dancer's LifeLooking for LoveAnimal lifeArtists and ShowbizEscapadesHopesLove and RomanceCouples more...
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Genres:
- AdventureAnimationComedyFamilyMusicHollywood ToneFantasy
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary
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Place:
- AntarcticaWilderness
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Audience:
- Family OutingKids
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- Award WinnerBlockbusterCritically AcclaimedOscar WinnerPrestigious AwardsGolden Globe Winner
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Humor:
- Grossout HumorIrreverent Humor
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- All Star Cast
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- Semi SeriousFantastic
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Score:
- Pop
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Look:
- Computer Animated
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Happy Feet, 2006
English
Australia, USA
Profile of Happy Feet
The mood of Happy Feet is feel good, humorous, and witty. The plot centers around dancers, animal life, and looking for love. It features grossout humor and irreverent humor. Happy Feet is a comedy, adventure, and family movie. Stylistically, it has a Hollywood tone and features an all-star cast. In approach, it is fantastical. Happy Feet takes place, at least partly, in the wilderness. The setting is Antarctica. It happens in contemporary times. Visually, Happy Feet is computer animated. The musical score is pop. The movie is known for being an Oscar winner, a blockbuster, and critically acclaimed. Happy Feet is especially suggested for kids and a family outing.
Summary of Happy Feet
Set in the strange and beautiful world first explored in the 2005 documentary MARCH OF THE PENGUINS, George Miller's HAPPY FEET tells the story of Mumble (Elijah Wood), a tone-deaf Emperor Penguin who is unable to sing his "heart song," the ritual required to win a mate (in this case, his beloved Gloria, voiced by Brittany Murphy). The fact that Mumble is a terrific tap dancer is completely lost on his tribe, and he spends a rather lonely adolescence as an outsider. His hero's journey involves both discovering his own innate coolness, and, more importantly, solving the mystery of the dwindling supply of edible fish in the ocean. As the latter plot takes over, the film shifts from a touching story of self-belief, to a more urgent ecological plea, but all the themes converge when Mumble's special talent saves the day.
The film is a triumph of striking CGI animation, with every frame celebrating the vast and breathtaking purity of Antarctica's tundras, snowscapes, icebergs, and waters, as well as its wildlife. The musical numbers--drawing on pop hits of the last 30 years--were choreographed by Savion Glover, and revel in the joyful if slightly limited physicality of the bottom-heavy penguins. While some scary scenes of predation may be too much for very young children, this is an inspiring tale that is suitable for the whole family.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | Australia, USA |
| Release date: | 17 November 2006 |
| Runtime: | 108 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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Cast and Crew
as Ramon / Lovelace
as Norma Jean
as Mumble
as Memphis
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Washington Post
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- by: Tasha Robinson
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