Happy Feet

2006
PG
1h 48m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

204K

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POPULARITY

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Animal Adventure Computer Animation Jukebox Musical Adventure Animation Comedy Family Music Musical Romance

Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

204K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,386

528

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Won 1 Oscar
- 20 wins & 26 nominations total

Mumble
(voice)

Brittany Murphy

Gloria
(voice)

Hugh Jackman

Memphis
(voice)

Robin Williams

Ramon
(voice)
…

Carlos Alazraqui

Nestor
(voice)

Lombardo Boyar

Raul
(voice)

Jeffrey Garcia

Rinaldo
(voice)
(as Jeff Garcia)

Johnny A. Sanchez

Lombardo
(voice)
(as Johnny Sanchez III)

Nicole Kidman

Norma Jean
(voice)

Hugo Weaving

Noah the Elder
(voice)

Elizabeth Daily

Baby Mumble
(voice)
(as E.G. Daily)

Magda Szubanski

Miss Viola
(voice)

Miriam Margolyes

Mrs. Astrakhan
(voice)

Fat Joe

Seymour
(voice)

Alyssa Shafer

Baby Gloria
(voice)

Cesar Flores

Baby Seymour
(voice)

Anthony LaPaglia

Boss Skua
(voice)

Danny Mann

Dino
(voice)
…

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Trivia
Initially, Prince refused to allow the use of his song, "Kiss", for the film. However, after seeing footage of the film, he not only changed his mind and allowed the song to be used, but also wrote an additional original song for the film to use in the closing credits.

Goofs
(at around 11 mins) When Memphis and Norma Jean find each other in the crowd (when the females are returning), one penguin in the center of the screen walks through another penguin.

Quotes
Leopard Seal: Come here, sausage. I take you with ketchup!
Ramón: Yeah, but first you gotta catch up!
[laughing]

Crazy credits
Mumble, Gloria, Memphis, Norma Jean, Noah, Ramón, Lovelace, Mrs. Astrakhan and a baby penguin can be seen tap dancing under the credits while Song of the Heart by Prince is playing.

Connections
Edited into Happy Feet: European Premiere Special (2006)

Soundtracks
Golden Slumbers
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Published by Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
Produced by T Bone Burnett
Performed by k.d. lang
Courtesy of Nonesuch Records

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Featured review

6/10

Not a movie I expected, contains no spoilers.

The previews did not prepare me for this movie what so ever. I expected a cute animated cartoon about some dancing penguins instead I got some deep philosophical story line. Don't get me wrong, the movie was well made, there were some terrific scenes that you can tell that the designers put their heart and soul into, but the plot was a little out of whack. A kid watching this movie, would probably fall asleep; it started off really cute and funny-ish but then the writers went off on a completely irrelevant curb that made the movie super long and super pointless for any kid under 10. An adult may have found this movie insightful and thought provoking, but also a little confusing and overwhelming. It's a good movie but there were too many messages and meanings that were left undone and left me wanting more for a person that just wanted to see a cute animated cartoon about some dancing penguins.