Ever felt like you don't quite fit in? Meet Mumble, the penguin who needs to find his heart song in order to find his true love. The problem is Mumble can't sing, but has an extraordinary talent for tap dancing. Mumble is just too different-especially for the stern leader of Emperor Land, casts him out of the community.Away from home for the first time, Mumble meets a posse of un-Emperor-like penguins-the Adelie Amigos. Together they set out across vast landscapes and, after some epic encounters, proves that by being true to yourself, you can make all the difference in the world.
Synopsis
In the great nation of Emperor Penguins, deep in Antarctica, youre nobody unless you can sing which is unfortunate for Mumble (voice of Elijah Wood), who is the worst singer in the world. He is born dancing to his own tunetap dancing!nnThough Mumbles mum, Norma Jean (Nicole Kidman), thinks this little habit is cute, his dad, Memphis (Hugh Jackman), says it just aint penguin. Besides, they both know that, without a Heartsong, Mumble may never find true love. As fate would have it, his one friend, Gloria (Brittany Murphy) happens to be the best singer around. Mumble and Gloria have a connection from the moment they hatch, but she struggles with his strange hippity-hoppity ways.nnMumble is just too different especially for Noah the Elder (Hugo Weaving), the stern leader of Emperor Land, who ultimately casts him out of the community. Away from home for the first time, Mumble meets a posse of decidedly un-Emperor-like penguins the Adelie Amigos. Led by Ramon (Robin Williams), the Adelies instantly embrace Mumbles cool dance moves and invite him to party with them. In Adelie Land, Mumble seeks the counsel of Lovelace the Guru (also Robin Williams), a crazy-feathered Rockhopper penguin who will answer any of lifes questions for the price of a pebble.nnTogether with Lovelace and the Amigos, Mumble sets out across vast landscapes and, after some epic encounters, proves that by being true to yourself, you can make all the difference in the world.
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I saw this film on October 2nd, 2006 in Indianapolis. I am one of the judges for the Heartland Film Festival's Truly Moving Picture Award. A Truly Moving Picture "…explores the human journey by artistically expressing hope and respect for the positive values of life." Heartland gave that award to this film.
It's not easy being a young penguin when you can't sing and singing well is how you find your one true soul mate. The mating happens when young couples are attracted to each other's own rendition of their heart song. And to make matters even worse, the young penguin, Mumble, is a natural tap dancer, which is not appreciated by his parents or his teachers or the penguin colony. And to top it all off, there is a shortage of fish and no one knows why.
The unhappy young Mumble runs into 5 small Latino penguins from another penguin colony and the adventure takes off. The story line cuts back and forth between the fish shortage environmental mystery and Mumble's attempt to be attractive to Gloria, his love interest. Along the way he runs into penguin eating birds and penguin eating mammals and almost alien-like man made machines.
This is a musical comedy animation and the songs are classic rock and the dance routines are Broadway-theater clever and these songs and dances never stop throughout the film.
Mumble is a loser in the eyes of his peers, and feels a lot of pain. But he is also heroic and brave and optimistic and he never gives up. Those traits do not let him down. Mumble can pass on an important message to young people. It's your attitude that can carry you through successfully in life. It is not always about physical attributes and physical beauty.
Robin Williams voices Ramon, one of the small Latino penguins, and also Lovelace, the film-flam psychic of the Latino penguin colony. Robin Williams' two characters are over the top which is perfect for the normally over the top Robin Williams. This comedic element keeps the film from taking its adult themes too seriously.
FYI – There is a Truly Moving Pictures web site where there is a listing of past Truly Moving Picture Award winners that are now either at the theater or available on videihuhg
"Happy Feet" one the Oscar for best animated picture. It isn't a bad film as such, just a little too pat and predictable. The animation is okay, but the colour scheme is too much of the same thing: whites, blues and greys. It looks a little bit boring at time. But the saving grace is Robin Williams (it's not often you can say that these days). His vocal performance is very very funny and makes this film worth watching through its occasional lulls (it is a little long and might test the endurance of the smallest kids).
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