The Gospel According to Hollywood

Rating: 2/10 (3 June 2007)

I especially detest the cutesy marketing for this film that would lead one to believe it's a happy musical tale, a children's cartoon with good dance music and a happy, feel good story. It is not. It may have feel good graphics, overall animation and a few good tunes. I give it a 2 for its technical achievements.
But this film is a mix of tiresome, thread worn Hollywood themes, the same old hack ideas they've used for years. For example, "religious" people, er penguins are stupid, backward fools who oppose reason and worship some unknown, hateful god. And they look like undertakers, too. Historically, Hollywood has portrayed Christians as ax-murderers, so perhaps it's a step up to have a religious character be merely a detestable Ichabod.
The environmental preaching is insufferable: Man is bad, while nature, and the all wise penguins who represent it, are good. Man imprisons them in zoos and pollutes the polar ice caps. Penguins, representing all the wisdom of nature, represent The Way. The premise is not Man versus Nature, rather it's Nature versus Man. The film is neither cute, nor funny, it's preachy, the worst kind - Hollywood. It tangles around the viewer's neck in politically correct theology, and obscures and diverts what's left of a very thin, convoluted and unclear plot line. This film is not for kids. Don't let the cover fool you. Skip it.