Poor story development and weak plot

Rating: Null/10 (22 January 2007)

This film is about a penguin who cannot sing like the other penguins. He instead knows how to dance, and spreads the fun of dancing to the other penguins.
I had high hopes when I watched this, as I have heard so many positive word of mouth. I was disappointed by this film. The plot is rather non existent. Am I really supposed to believe that the non dancing penguins suddenly know how to dance in choreographed ways in groups when they haven't even seen the entire dance? The plot was to make excuses for them to play songs, so that the studio can release a soundtrack. I felt I was watching an extended music video. The plot was so weak that the film could have been at least an hour shorter. Another problem was the lack of change of scenery. The entire story happened on ice, and watching penguin sing and dance for 2 hours became highly repetitive and boring.
As of all recent animations, some moral enlightenment was thrown in to appeal to the adults. In this film, the moral was about "fishing destroyed the natural habitat for penguins". However, the message did not appear until the final 10 minutes of the film, meaning it was poorly developed. It felt more like an in your face propaganda that was not connected from the rest of the film.
However, there were good things about this film, such as the excellent animation. Making hundreds of penguins dance must have been a painstaking task.
I am disappointed by this film. It simply does not measure up to the other recent animations.