Terrible move - inappropriate and politically charged

Rating: 1/10 (19 November 2006)

What should have been a fun little movie for the kids turned out to be a long, often inappropriate, political statement about saving the environment. I thought at any minute Greenpeace and ACLU representatives were going to start walking down the aisles handing out brochures.
For starters, the penguins sing a lot of "heart songs" based on modern pop music. While this should have been a fun way to make the penguins sing - the producers chose songs that you would never let your small kids listen to.
For instance, at one point in the movie, the penguins start singing "Let's talk about X baby, let's talk about you and me..." They sang this parody of Salt N Peppa's "Lets talk about sex" while doing some type of suggestive mating dance! It was an uncomfortable moment for me while my 5 year old stared wide-eyed at the screen.
There are a lot of sexually charged themes in the movie including the "guru" that sounds like Barry White and mates the females like Tommy Lee. The entire reason for the penguins singing is so they can mate. That's fun to explain to kids, huh?! Then there is the religious aspect of the movie where the producers make it seem like any type of faith-based religion is silly, stuffy and a waste of time. The "bad" penguins in the movie are the religious ones and not loving or accepting of anyone but "their" kind. If you are a believer in any kind of faith-based religion  especially Christianity  you will be very uncomfortable during these parts.
Finally there is the environmental protection aspect of the movie. While I am all for protecting the environment - the movie was forced to end abruptly with argument between nations (like you would see at the UN) where folks are arguing to make changes that will help the penguins. The message was deep and hard for kids to understand. There was no explanation really why or how the environment was being harmed other than a 30 second shot of a barge over fishing an area. This theme seemed forced and overbearing.
In the end my 5 year old took away that the guru got caught in a plastic beverage holder which made him crazy, the "religious" penguins made the boys parents not love him anymore, and that the humans were coming to get all of the tap dancing penguins to take them to the zoo. Wow  it was a fun ride home for us while I explained what really was happening.
In any case -- I would stay far away from the movie. It was a complete waste of time and money!