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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve PersallAnyone of any age can get a kick out of watching penguins slide down the spiraled interior of the Guggenheim Museum, or seeing how one of these flightless birds manages to buck nature.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIf you can watch Popper's most trusted penguin finally get to fly and feel like you're soaring right up there with her, then you may just let this likable trifle whisk you back to childhood.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe six penguins cast in this amiable family comedy steal the movie -- along with any fish they can find -- although the film's star, Jim Carrey, does manage to hold his own. Barely.
- 70MovielineStephanie ZacharekMovielineStephanie ZacharekThe whole enterprise is surprisingly painless, albeit in an icy-cool, numbed-out way.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsFor some reason I was under the impression Jim Carrey already made his penguin movie. Doesn't it seem like it?
- 60Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzDirector Mark Waters manages to wring some charm out of the film, and out of Carrey.
- 50Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MoorePrecious, protracted and pleasant enough.
- 30Village VoiceNick SchagerVillage VoiceNick SchagerThe only faint upside to this excruciating dud is that, in its movie clips of Charlie Chaplin - who the mesmerized birds view as a kindred waddling spirit - the film might hopefully function for some kids as a gateway to superior comedy cinema.
- 25Slant MagazineSimon AbramsSlant MagazineSimon AbramsIf you're wondering where the Jim Carrey of "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and "Dumb and Dumber" fame went, don't look to Mr. Popper's Penguins for answers.