Austin Movie Show review -- spectacular!

Rating: 10/10 (16 November 2006)

Neither the commercials nor the marketing do this film justice. "Happy Feet" is simply the greatest animated film since "The Lion King" (remember those Disney films that had such depth and complexity that they actually made you cry?). It's so much more than the Hollywood musical version of "March of the Penguins."
Baby Emperor penguin Mambo is born with the gift of dance. Unfortunately, dancing is looked down upon in this society, and Mambo is mocked, scorned and eventually expelled from the tribe by the heads of the Established Penguin Church.
"Happy Feet" gets quite dark and somber when Mambo is captured and forced to live in a zoo where all the animals eventually drift into a glazed dementia. But I promise that most of the film is funny, beautiful, enchanting, and a total treat from start to finish. The kids will love with cute penguins while the grown-ups will jam to the music of Queen, the Beatles, Prince, the Beach Boys, Elvis, and more! It's simply spectacular!