Great animation, so-so story

Rating: 7/10 (8 April 2007)

As an animated picture, it's one of the best I've seen, but as far as the story goes, I wish they would have focused on the 4-year old mumble who is much cuter than the teen-aged forever molting "Mumble". I've watched a dozen or so nature documentaries on penguins and while this movie was fun to watch, real "Emperor" penguins just stand around in a huddle most of the time trying to stay warm, making this film just "cute". Anyway, I didn't mind the environmental message so much but they could have told the story in a less depressing more humorous way. After all, in reality every animal eats every other animal. The penguins eat fish, seals eat penguins, sharks eats seals and humans eat fish that those animals eat and no fish, none of those animals survive either. "Happy Feet" deserved it's Oscar for the animation but story-wise, it could have been "happier".