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Michelle Tan, People: WEAK (cg) "...never finds its footing with a meandering plot that revolves around Mumble trying to bond with his son Erik, who didn't inherit Dad's dance skills.... this 'Happy Feet' struggles to get into the groove." (Read the full review...) 113 words, 11/17/11 Richard Corliss, Time: VERY GOOD "Everything that happens in 'Happy Feet Two' is good-to-great.... Director George Miller is not content to duplicate the pleasures of his first penguin film; he dares to go bigger, deeper, higher -- happier." (Read the full review...) 1,061 words, 11/18/11 David Germain, Associated Press: VERY GOOD (cg) "...delivers the key ingredients that made its predecessor such a hit: lovable characters... Pitt's Will the Krill and Damon's Bill the Krill are so engaging they deserve their own buddy-comedy spinoff." (Read the full review...) 790 words, 11/17/11 Mara Reinstein, Us Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Adorable penguins that sing and dance can't save this frenetic, star-studded sequel.... However, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon's plucky crustaceans hilariously riff off each other and duet on 'We Are the Champions'!" (Read the full review...) 92 words, 11/17/11 Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...displays a new friskiness. Earnest messages about bad climate change and good parenting skills have been replaced by a we-all-share-a-planet sense of fun that's more 'Finding Nemo' than National Geographic." (Read the full review...) 188 words, 11/18/11 Claudia Puig, USA Today: MODERATE (cg) "...surprisingly leaden. Not even the impressive voice talent can rev up this clumsy spectacle.... While the penguins show off their fancy webbed footwork, the story just limps along." (Read the full review...) 462 words, 11/18/11 Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...pretty thin soup. The animation is bright and attractive, the music gives the characters something to do, but the movie has too much dialogue in the areas of philosophy and analysis." (Read the full review...) 743 words, 11/18/11 James Rocchi, MSN Movies: VERY GOOD (cg) "...may not be blazing a trail as smoothly and distinctively as the original film did, choosing instead to waddle along in footsteps the first film already left, but you and your kids will find it a pleasant enough journey." (Read the full review...) 630 words, 11/17/11
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "...an amiable sequel with not much on its mind other than funny and creaky jokes, and waves of understated beauty..." (Read the full review...) 608 words, 11/18/11 Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: WEAK (cg) "The animation remains impressive, and there are some very funny moments, courtesy of the talented cast. But fans of the original will want to lower their expectations." (Read the full review...) 388 words, 11/18/11 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "Though it features tens of thousands of Antarctic types toe-tapping their way across the screen, it doesn't have a clear idea of what else it wants them to do." (Read the full review...) 663 words, 11/18/11 Kyle Smith, New York Post: WEAK (cg) "The story jumps among so many characters that none of them matters much, and everything that was fresh and vivid in the first film has gone stale." (Read the full review...) 687 words, 11/18/11 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: MODERATE (cg) "...themes of friendship and interdependency fail to generate much momentum. I found myself waiting around for the return of Will and Bill (the krill) and Will's yearning for a life outside his immediate biomass." (Read the full review...) 483 words, 11/18/11 Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: POOR (cg) "A charmless retread whose unappealing new characters are more frightening than fun." (Read the full review...) 335 words, 11/18/11 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...pretty thin soup. The animation is bright and attractive, the music gives the characters something to do, but the movie has too much dialogue in the areas of philosophy and analysis." (Read the full review...) 743 words, 11/18/11 Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice/LA Weekly: FAIR "...has more morals than a stack of Aesop's Fables... we learn that individualism and breaking from the herd is good, just so long as you return to the herd eventually to engage in interspecies collective action." (Read the full review...) 183 words, 11/16/11 Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...an emotionally darker sequel to the 2006 Oscar-winner about singing and dancing penguins that trades the charm of the original for 3-D trickery." (Read the full review...) 622 words, 11/18/11 Jennie Punter, Toronto Globe & Mail: VERY GOOD (cg) "There is definitely something oddly moving about CGI-animated penguins singing heart-songs to their mates and offspring and working collectively, through musical numbers, to solve life-threatening problems." (Read the full review...) 651 words, 11/18/11 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT (cg) "...it all builds to a spectacular and even moving payoff. At this point, that should surprise no one - such things are practically George Miller's specialty - but it's still incredible that a movie this odd can reach for that sort of profundity and achieve it." (Read the full review...) 180 words, 11/17/11
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: WEAK (cg) "...a largely mirthless affair." (Read the full review...) 526 words, 11/18/11 Sam Adams, Philadelphia Inquirer: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...branches out beyond prefab coming-of-age stories and gimmicky pop-song set pieces. Its dense, deftly woven fabric is made up of many threads... The computer animation by Australia's Animal Logic studio has improved dramatically..." (Read the full review...) 379 words, 11/18/11 Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: MODERATE (cg) "...a muddled sequel about trapped penguins and inter-species cooperation, all in the name of 'adapt or die'.... The songs are weaker... The laughs are fewer..." (Read the full review...) 617 words, 11/18/11 Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...a jumbled, messy movie that has some winning moments but jumps around too much to hold your interest for long." (Read the full review...) 634 words, 11/18/11 Ty Burr, Boston Globe: MODERATE (cg) "Imagine Animal Planet hiring Leni Riefenstahl to produce a hip-hop 'Riverdance.' Is your brain starting to hurt? Good - maybe now you're ready for the exuberant weirdness of this movie." (Read the full review...) 703 words, 11/18/11 Anthony Venutolo, New Jersey Star-Ledger: MODERATE (cg) "...for all the noise and flapping, the movie, like its heroes, remains flightless." (Read the full review...) 518 words, 11/18/11 Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: POOR (cg) "The movie's bereftness of invention can be measured by how no story element builds on another. Instead, 'Happy Feet Two' is plotted so that a bunch of disparate things happen, until it's time to end the movie." (Read the full review...) 492 words, 11/18/11 Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: MODERATE (cg) "...largely a bore, all but sidelining Robin Williams and straining to offset the monotony of a protracted rescue story with the sour misadventures of a pair of fussy krill (voiced, believe it or not, by Matt Damon and Brad Pitt)." (Read the full review...) 378 words, 11/18/11 Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: WEAK (cg) "The best thing you could say about 'Happy Feet Two' is that it doesn't have any product placements or potty jokes. Other than that, this charmless Antarctic cartoon is what it looks like when hell freezes over." (Read the full review...) 324 words, 11/18/11 Adam Graham, Detroit News: MODERATE (cg) "...feels like it's being made up as it goes along." (Read the full review...) 312 words, 11/18/11
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice/LA Weekly: FAIR "...has more morals than a stack of Aesop's Fables... we learn that individualism and breaking from the herd is good, just so long as you return to the herd eventually to engage in interspecies collective action." (Read the full review...) 183 words, 11/16/11 Mack Rawden, Cinema Blend: WEAK (cg) "...both well-intentioned and hard to sit through. It desperately wants to be a good time. In fact it tries over and over again to be fun, but that eagerness to entertain is actually the film's biggest drawback." (Read the full review...) 892 words, 11/21/11 Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Lovely to look at despite the 3D... this crack-brained morality tale blends the sublimely weird and the cloyingly awful as it preaches once again the paradox that you should be true to yourself as long as you are in step with everyone else." (Read the full review...) 165 words, 11/17/11 Tasha Robinson, AV Club: VERY GOOD (cg) "...delights in graphic depictions of birdshit, a penguin pissing himself, and flying snot-bubbles popping out of a character's nose. When it comes to CGI kids' movies, adult viewers can't have everything." (Read the full review...) 618 words, 11/17/11 Stephanie Zacharek, Movieline: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...just too big and overloaded -- too much of an almost-good thing. At least Hank Azaria gives it the soupçon of bad taste it sorely needs." (Read the full review...) 621 words, 11/17/11 Jaime N. Christley, Slant: WEAK (cg) "...most moviegoers under the age of 12 will be in hog heaven. For grumpy old men and women, ages 20 and up, mileage will vary, to say the least.... opens with a bullhorn blast along the lines of 'Citizen! You enjoyed 'Happy Feet,' now enjoy this, or else.' " (Read the full review...) 538 words, 11/15/11 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT (cg) "...it all builds to a spectacular and even moving payoff. At this point, that should surprise no one - such things are practically George Miller's specialty - but it's still incredible that a movie this odd can reach for that sort of profundity and achieve it." (Read the full review...) 180 words, 11/17/11 MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher: EXCELLENT (cg) "They sing. They dance! One of them wears a sweater. More than one of them has a funny accent. Perfidy!" (Read the full review...) 470 words, 12/15/11
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "...an amiable sequel with not much on its mind other than funny and creaky jokes, and waves of understated beauty..." (Read the full review...) 608 words, 11/18/11 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "Though it features tens of thousands of Antarctic types toe-tapping their way across the screen, it doesn't have a clear idea of what else it wants them to do." (Read the full review...) 663 words, 11/18/11
Justin Chang, Daily Variety: MODERATE "...retains the buoyant musical stylings and splendid visuals that made its predecessor so distinctive... loses its way with a raft of annoying side characters for which the slender narrative framework provides far too indulgent a showcase." (Read the full review...) 972 words, 11/13/11 Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter: FAIR "...feels like recycled goods... much of the incident and action feels increasingly arbitrary and unmotivated.... the script just isn't very funny, tending towards nutty hijinks rather than wit." (Read the full review...) 886 words, 11/13/11 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "Though it features tens of thousands of Antarctic types toe-tapping their way across the screen, it doesn't have a clear idea of what else it wants them to do." (Read the full review...) 663 words, 11/18/11 Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: GOOD (cg) "The 'Happy Feet' animators certainly give the Pixar folks a run for their money, achieving incredible detail, especially in close-ups of the insanely cute penguins and other animals.... But the film does not have the nuance to match its impressive visuals." (Read the full review...) 783 words, 11/16/11 Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "...an amiable sequel with not much on its mind other than funny and creaky jokes, and waves of understated beauty..." (Read the full review...) 608 words, 11/18/11
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