Funny,Emotional&Charismatic

Rating: 8/10 (1 January 2007)

Those are the three words to sum this up.2006 was a big year for animations.We had Cars, Ice Age2, Monster House, Over The Hedge to name a few that stood out from the pack. Another animation joining this group is Happy Feet. With stellar casting voices such as Elijah Wood, Nicole Kidman, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Robin Williams and Hugo Weaving, this was already an expected success.
And they deliver.Packed with a story and some utterly mind blowing animations, Happy Feet has got it all for a hit. I wont be surprised if it gets an Academy Award nod. With a unique plot(penguins have heart songs) we venture into the world of the Antarctic residents. And so unfolds the story of Mumble, considered an outcast by his peers and the source of ill luck by the wise.Driven away by his fellow penguins, Mumble ventures out to find out the real cause of shortage of food, and finds out the reason.Aliens(as in humans).He is taken to captivity but somehow is able to communicate via his feet.The same reason for which he is driven away from his homeland.When he returns back, he brings with himself all glory and joys with unlimited food.
Happy Feet in its essence turns out to be a musical.What do you expect, if penguins are supposed to have heart songs ?? But even through the musical story unfolds with the epic journey of Mumble Happy Feet. Nicole Kidman, Elijah Wood and Robin Williams are superb in their respective character voices. Comic relief of the ghettoized little penguins are a laugh.
But all in all this is one movie which must not be missed. True it is a centrally focused movie. Only a few characters remain in focus, not much is available for the rest. But even then the characters play it out nicely for Elijah to punch it out.
The animation is groundbreaking. Nothing like I've ever seen previously. The sliding sequences and the abandoned factory sequence is just unbelievable. The story as I said was good, actors were good, animation was good. So all in all 8/10 !!!