Synopsis
Jim Carrey stars as Tom Popper, a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life...until he inherits six “adorable” penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom’s rambunctious roommates turn his swank New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland — and the rest of his world upside-down.
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Cast
- Jim CarreyTom Popper
- Carla GuginoAmanda
- Angela LansburyMrs. Van Gundy
- Ophelia LovibondPippi
- Madeline CarrollJanie Popper
- Clark GreggNat Jones
- Jeffrey TamborMr. Gremmins
- David KrumholtzKent
- Philip Baker HallFranklin
- Maxwell Perry CottonBilly
Recommendations
- 75
Tampa Bay Times
Anyone of any age can get a kick out of watching penguins slide down the spiraled interior of the Guggenheim Museum, or seeing how one of these flightless birds manages to buck nature. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
If you can watch Popper's most trusted penguin finally get to fly and feel like you're soaring right up there with her, then you may just let this likable trifle whisk you back to childhood. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
The six penguins cast in this amiable family comedy steal the movie -- along with any fish they can find -- although the film's star, Jim Carrey, does manage to hold his own. Barely. - 70
Movieline
The whole enterprise is surprisingly painless, albeit in an icy-cool, numbed-out way. - 63
Chicago Tribune
For some reason I was under the impression Jim Carrey already made his penguin movie. Doesn't it seem like it? - 60
Time Out
While the story is formula cornball, director Mark Waters sells it confidently, handling the unruly antarctic denizens as amiably as he handled Lindsay Lohan in his "Freaky Friday" remake and "Mean Girls." - 60
Arizona Republic
Director Mark Waters manages to wring some charm out of the film, and out of Carrey. - 50
Orlando Sentinel
Precious, protracted and pleasant enough.
