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Happy Feet tagline: WARNING: May Cause Toe-Tapping.
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| Directors: George Miller and Warren Coleman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 out of 39,664 votes |
“Happy Feet” Movie Review
“Happy Feet” Plot Summary
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!
Breathtaking and Beautiful
Happy Feet begins by introducing us to an achingly beautiful world and then takes us on an extraordinary hero’s journey filled with laughter, tears, and unconditional love. It is a rare modern epic that goes far beyond the scope of most recent movies, family or otherwise, with amazing visuals, wonderful music, and simple but meaningful themes. Be warned: you might actually find yourself responding to this film on an emotional level that could be a little embarrassing. You might leave dancing- or simply breathless
The film weaves the fantasy of a musical world inhabited by penguins, a poignant and beautiful dream in which each emperor penguin searches for love by singing a unique ‘heartsong’. Mumble (voiced by Elijah Wood) is hatched into this world as one very special individual. Unlike the others of his kind, Mumble seems to be without any singing ability at all. Instead he is compelled to express what lives in his heart through an incredible gift for tap dancing (granted to the character by the great Savion Glover through motion capture). Ever positive despite rejection from his community, sweet Mumble is caught up in a remarkably deep adventure story that grapples with concepts of identity, love, and tolerance while instilling a basic sense of environmentalism
The enormity of this story is quite amazing. The brilliant George Miller (creator of diverse and artful films from Mad Max to Babe) succeeds in creating what may be one of the most lovable characters ever, and then drives him to the edge of hell and back. Drawn along in Mumble’s wake, we often laugh and sometimes cry with the character as he stumbles into a group of loyal friends (two of which are voiced fantastically by Robin Williams), showers his soul mate with unconditional love, and ultimately seeks out answers to environmental issues that are far bigger than one little penguin. Nothing, though, could be bigger than Mumble’s heart. Unless you are made of stone, you will fall in love with this character, and you’ll be cheering him along for every minute of his struggles
As you come to love Mumble, you will be exposed to elegant themes that are so universal they serve as a kind of mirror. You’ll see some of yourself or someone you love in his struggle to prove that being different can be wonderful. You’ll remember past feelings and childhood fantasies as he shows that love can be worth absolutely everything. And you’ll probably feel at least a little guilty to be a human as you remember the profound and sometimes terrible impact we can have on the many wonderful creatures that surround us. Fortunately there is a good chance that you will also come out feeling empowered to make the world a little better
All in all, the experience is breathtaking.
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A well-translated ‘individual vs. society’ romp
Animated comedies have become what Mike Tyson was to the boxing scene in the 1980’s: a safe bet. This begs an upsurge in quality for the market and the otherwise forgettable family fluff films have begun to interweave deeper, more salient issues in their stories. Political messages about environmental problems was perhaps the last thing I expected to find rotating around in a happy, tappy romp like ‘Happy Feet’ but the fact is they are there, and they are superbly handled, as is much of the film
Advertising the film as a propaganda vehicle would have been grossly unwise, which is why the simple template story rings true to most people. All that has been put forward in trailers and synopses is the lonely journey of the Emperor Penguin Mumble (Elijah Wood), who is an outcast owing to his poor singing voice and tapalicious feet. The rest of the tight-knit, conformist community all rely on special heartsongs to appeal to mates, and not being able to carry a tune is a fatal misstep for Mumble. When he finally finds friends in Ramon’s (Robin Williams) foreign group of Adelie penguins, it becomes clear that there are more things threatening the penguin society on Antarctica the most prominent of which being human overfishing
One third into ‘Happy Feet’, I found myself drifting ever so slightly into indifference as the sprawling surge of R’n'B on the ice wore off. The emperor penguins all sing tunes you have heard before and it is not until Mumble encounters the eccentric party group of Adelies that Happy Feet receives a well-deserved kickstart and starts tapping into good fun. Thankfully, and admirably, it manages to avoid pratfalls, slapstick, pee- and fart jokes and instead the finely-tuned humour rests on the wealth of meticulous animation, juxtaposition, absurdist situations and snaptastic one-liners from Ramon’s crew as they take Mumble in and introduce him to their kooky, fun-loving society and social guru, ‘Lovelace’. This is seen in stark contrast from the emperor penguins’ community on the humour side of the tapestry, and the funniest gag in the latter is Kidman returning from the long fishing journey and telling her baby Mumble lovingly that she ‘has got something for him’, and proceeds to vomit into his mouth. Priceless
Happy Feet is an ambitious animated comedy. It’s ambitious in its scope; there are epic aerial shots of the vast icy glacier, even from outer spaces, it treats salient issues like the effects of overfishing, it takes well-deserved jabs at organized religion, in which the elder emperor penguins represent the archaic values and traditions that they mindlessly adhere to. It features a star-studded cast, it sees seamless intercutting of live action footage and stars (I spotted an uncredited Ewan McGregor cameo, look out), and it is dedicated to Steve Irwin. Certainly ‘Happy Feet’ carries all of its ambitions quite well, some becoming accolades like the effective punch at conformity in which all the penguins literally look identical except for the fuzzy, fluffy Mumble, while others fall flat thanks to its shortcoming cast. It should only be so hard to provide voicework for an animated character, and Elijah Wood does it effortlessly as the fumbling, bumbling toddler-like misfit Mumble, who even looks like him with bright baby blue eyes. Nicole Kidman stars as Mumble’s mother, with a ridiculously over-the-top voice, and she tips over into overacting at a few points. In the beginning we are given the well-condensed introductory story of how she met Mumble’s father Memphis (Hugh Jackman) with a heartfelt heartsong, and she gets to reprise her romantic duet singing of Moulin Rouge opposite fellow Aussie. All of the aforementioned actors, as well as Robin Williams and Hugo Weaving, perform well in their respective supporting roles all except the unforgivably redundant Brittany Murhpy as Mumble’s perpetual love-interest (who is a bad singer to boot), a plain annoying and unlikeable character backed by an equally unlikable actress
Owing to its mindblowing animation (which has been absolutely honed in the past few years) and treatment of salient issues, ‘Happy Feet’ could not have been made five or even four years ago. The former is translated into unspeakably beautiful sequences of underwater chases and ice slides while the latter manifests itself in apt environmental warnings. Although I was mostly entertained, there were a few too many purposely ‘aww’ moments crammed in and certainly it does not quite dethrone the majestic ‘Ice Age’ (2002) as the best sub-zero comedy ever made. There, I’ve now said so little in so many words.7 out of 10
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Outstanding in every way
Whether you have children or not, this is a treat. The makers use the latest technology to the full (and the results are stunning) but they never let visuals or a stunning soundtrack overwhelm a proper hero story, possibly the best pure example I’ve seen since the era of Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones. Most of the excellent characters have believable arcs and overall the pacing, twists and message are just right. I wanted to know what was going to happen next so much that I know I missed a lot that to savour in the unbelievably rich, credible (if tap-dancing penguins can be described as credible!) and detailed animation – and in the truly awe inspiring soundtrack, which was clearly created by a team of music-loving technical geniuses with a great sense of humour. I want to see it again immediately to appreciate all this properly
I intend to buy it as soon as it’s on DVD – it’s a must-have family film that for me beats every other CG animation bar Shrek and Toy Story into a cocked hat (even Finding Nemo, Ice Age and Monsters Inc, good though they are, are not in this league). Like Shrek and Toy Story it doesn’t fall into the tedious trap of working painfully obviously on two levels to keep the adults happy – it is just so fabulous that it engages everyone completely, whatever their age
Oh, and my children (aged 8 and 12) loved it too.
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