A very entertaining animated Penguin movie.

Rating: Null/10 (3 May 2007)

Following on the heels of the most excellent documentary on the Emperor Penguins (March of the Penguins) is this animated and, of course, fictional tale of a peculiar penguin. While his dad is holding the egg while mom is out for food, the egg ends up on frozen ground for a few seconds and it appears that the baby is lost. But he is in fact hatched as Mumble (Elijah Woods), who only has one problem. He can't sing. All Emperor Penguins in this story have a unique song in their heart that defines them, but Mumble can only squawk. But his feet are happy, they can't be still. He is a tap dancing machine.
The story has threads of acceptance of others who are different, and how perseverance can make a difference for all. The voice cast is all-star, including such actors as Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman (who also sings wonderfully), Nicole Kidman (who sings a little), and of Matrix fame, Hugo Weaving. The animation is superb.
SPOILERS. Predators are being unusually menacing to the penguins and they figure out it is the aliens, human boats taking loads of fish. Little Mumble follows one, ends up beached far from the South Pole, and is taken into an aquarium exhibit. After some time he begins to dance and becomes a feature attraction. Eventually he also is able to draw attention to the problem and a world conference of humans plan to do something to rectify the fishing problem. The peculiar little penguin is a hero, and others begin to learn to dance too.