happy feet and appreciating difference

Rating: 8/10 (24 November 2006)

Happy Feet may not please some fundamentalists. Its underlying message is to question orthodoxy, oppose the hierarchical paternalistic church and deity, and to embrace diversity. The message is delivered deftly and some of our more somnolent brethren may not pick up on the "subversive" message. Mumble is just not "penguin", and is shunned as a sinner, despite being born "that way". He tries to change but he can't. His mother wants to accept him the way he his, but his father sides with authority to shun his son. Sound like anything? What's another word for "happy"?
The film is visually stunning in IMAX and I highly recommend seeing it in that format. Robin Williams shines in all his roles. A great film for the whole,"accepting" family.