I loved loved LOVED this movie!

Rating: 10/10 (2 April 2007)

I have to say that when you have an animated film where one of the voices is Robin Williams, you can't really go wrong. When he's the voice of one of the characters, you can usually tell it's an exceptional animated movie. It was true for "Aladdin", "Ferngully: The Last Rainforest", and "Robots", and this movie is no exception.
There aren't enough good things to say about this movie. The story line was intriguing, the animation was phenomenal, the music was excellent and fit the story surprisingly well, the vocal acting was tremendous, and the message of the movie was great. This movie is up there with "Toy Story" and "Shrek" as one of the best computer animated films ever made.
I'm pretty critical when it comes to movies too. In fact, I know from seeing many recent animated films that just because a movie is computer animated and all-star celebrities voice the characters doesn't make it a great movie. It was true for "Doogal", which had a slew of A-List talent but wasn't very good otherwise.
If there was one thing I'd change about the movie, though, it would be how the characters looked. I didn't like the fact that every penguin except Mumble looked exactly alike. That doesn't mean I'd bring my rating down from a 10 to a 9, because the realness of these penguins in image and movement compensated for this slight grievance.
I was a little worried in the beginning, too, when Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman were singing "Kiss" by Prince. I thought this movie was going to be an animated "Moulin Rouge" with the same plot line. Although all of the music was taken from other sources, the music and the movement of the penguins made me want to get up and dance, or at least take tap dancing lessons somewhere in the near future. The song that fit especially well in this movie is "Jump, Move" by the Brand New Heavies, with "I Wish" by Stevie Wonder coming in a close second.
In short, I would definitely recommend this film to everyone. If you didn't like the movie, that's okay. I loved it though.