The adult themes were integrated as about as well as they could be.

Rating: 7/10 (29 December 2006)

I enjoyed this movie. I took my three girls today to watch it. I particularly enjoyed the various adult themes. I thought Noah the Elder did a good job as an elder of a reformed evangelical fellowship. The insular view was very apt for the basic theme that we're destroying the marine environment and over fishing the southern seas. Giving the elephant seals Australian accents was fantastic, especially the "crikey" from the late Steve Irwin. I especially enjoyed some of the snow riding scenes with Mumbles and his mates traversing the snow and ice at speed. The ending was a good attempt to integrate the main theme with a good ending but I think it could have been better. Sadly my 11 and 9 year olds who are reasonably bright children didn't quite get the ending and the thrust of the story line. It's our children who have to get these messages across to the numb skulls in power, so a bit more effort on the part of the writers may have helped.