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Happy Feet

Happy Feet

Animation · Comedy · Family · 2006

Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!

Movie details

Happy Feet

“Everybody dance now!”

2006 Animation · Comedy · Family 1h 48m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.4 / 10

212.7K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

76 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

77 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Happy Feet?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

George Miller

Written by

George Miller · Judy Morris · Warren Coleman · John Collee

Elijah Wood

Elijah Wood

Mumble (voice)

Robin Williams

Robin Williams

Ramon / Lovelace (voice)

Brittany Murphy

Brittany Murphy

Gloria (voice)

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman

Memphis (voice)

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

Norma Jean (voice)

Hugo Weaving

Hugo Weaving

Noah (voice)

Anthony LaPaglia

Anthony LaPaglia

Boss Skua (voice)

Court is in session

Put Happy Feet on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.