Very good, but...

Rating: 7/10 (29 December 2007)

'Happy Feet' could have been (should have been?) an all-time classic if it wasn't for the last 40 or-so minutes. Had the writer/director/producer stuck to the basics of the misfit-integrating-into-society part, and had accentuated this issue going a little deeper into it rather than trying to squeeze in an inappropriate environmentalist message which totally messes up the ending and leaves a sour taste in the spectators mouth, it would have been a great movie rather than just a good one.
On the positive side, the cinematography and sound are phenomenal (the Academy should have taken notice here) and the computer animations too. The human acting (voices) where also excellent, especially Robin Williams and Brittany Murphy, who is also responsible for the vocals in a large number of awesome singing numbers. This girl might be a good actress, but I think she should have been a singer!
All in all, very good entertainment but also a movie left with a lot of unrealized potential.