In the world of penguins in Happy Feet, you're nobody unless you can sing. Unfortunately for Mumble, he is the worst singer in the world. However, he can tap to any tune and that makes him one special penguin - even if the others in his colony see him as an outsider.
This movie would quality as a "Shrek" (for quoted definitions, read other reviews or just plain keep up, people!). I know that WW (a huge penguin aficionado) and myself enjoyed this movie just as much as the kids did. It was a tad slow at first until Mumbles left his clan and met up with the penguin voiced by Robin Williams.
Can we please take a moment and acknowledge Mr. Robin Williams as the greatest animated character voice of all time. Amen!!! Back to the review . . .
Once he met up with Robin Williams charactor (Ramon), the movie was very hysterical since Mumbles had this rag tag bunch of ethnic sounding shorter penguins who made me laugh out loud many times. There were lots of messages about taking care of the environment that I feel are kind of pointless is children's movies since those messages usually fly right over their heads, but the animation was great along with some really cute dance/singing sequences.
One random side note regarding this movie. Hugh Jackman supplies one of the voices in it. How many freaking movies can an actor be in during a 1 month span!?! Relax with the overexposure, Wolverine!
Regardless, I would very strongly recommend this movie to children and adults alike.
