All the fish you can eat - as long as you dance to our music........

Rating: 3/10 (14 December 2006)

What a disappointment - and boring to boot. We were really looking forward to this, and it was a complete let down. It has all the signs of a movie that has been hacked about, and ended up a total mess. One only wonders what was lost in the year since its delayed release. Any film heavily sold for children that considers it a Good Thing when a penguin gets put in a zoo, then has a radio control device surgically implanted in its back in order to lead the 'aliens' (i.e. humans) back to the rest of its tribe, is making a Big Mistake in my book. I also think the music was inappropriate, and the whole movie would frankly scare the pants off any really young children, despite the U Cert. It also has a lot of suspect moral preaching. Considering the available technology, and what could have been done with this story, it just seems a huge shame. Penguins, CGI, music - surely one Busby Berkely-style number just waiting to happen?