Mr. Popper's Penguins

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Product Description

An uptight NYC man (Jim Carrey) is stuck taking care of six penguins who have been mistakenly left at his doorstep.

• Starring: Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino
• Directed by: Mark Waters
• Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
• Release year: 2011
• Studio: Fox

Product Details

• Synopsis: An uptight NYC man (Jim Carrey) is stuck taking care of six penguins who have been mistakenly left at his doorstep.
• Starring: Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino
• Supporting actors: Angela Lansbury
• Directed by: Mark Waters
• Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
• Release year: 2011
• Studio: Fox
• ASIN: B006LG7V5O (Rental) and B006FLG35E (Purchase)
• Rights ; Requirements
• Rental rights: 48 hour viewing period Details
• Purchase rights: Stream instantly and download to 2 locations. Details
• Compatible with: Mac and Windows PC online viewing, compatible instant streaming devices, TiVo DVRs. System requirements
• Format: Amazon Instant Video (streaming online video and digital download)
• Theatrical Release Information
• US Theatrical Release Date: June 17, 2011

Technical Details

• US Theatrical Release Date: June 17, 2011

 

Mr. Popper's Penguins

 

Customer Reviews

You live in an apartment in New York City and work within sight of the Empire State building. Your life is hectic but predictable.
Imagine getting a very unusual gift (turns out, later, to be from your father). It is a live gentoo penguin. Wanting to send it back, you ask for a return crate. You get a new crate all right--filled with five new penguins.
What a mess your apartment soon becomes! You get snipped at and dumped on by the penguins. You give them names, such as Nimrod, Stinky, Captain, etc. They are perpetually playful! The penguins swim in the bathtub and spill water all over. Your children from a terminated marriage come to visit, and, having long been alienated from you, absolutely fall in love with the penguins.
A nosy neighbor wonders what the noises are from your apartment and, suspecting that he is on to something, wants to tell the board about it. Worse yet, your new nemesis, a penguin specialist who works in the zoo, keeps spying on you. He has a behaviorist view of animals (making animals little more than machines made of flesh), and is determined to take your penguins from you. To him, penguins are simply fish-eating machines. He doubts if a non-specialist can properly care for penguins, and especially ridicules the notion that a loving bond has developed between the penguins and you.
In time, you turn your apartment into a winter wonderland, complete with snow, ice skating, etc. Some of the penguins lay eggs, and you are determined that they hatch. Your colleagues from work stumble upon your transformed apartment, and think that you have totally lost your mind. Your penguins follow you around wherever you go, and this produces its own share of comic events.
Everything comes to a head from the nosy neighbor, the penguin specialist, the kids, Popper's ex-wife, and his work colleagues. Popper is accused of breaking the law by housing penguins. He is fired from his job. He tries to win his ex-wife back. The penguin specialist has all of Popper's penguins. The apartment is normal once again, and the visiting children are heartbroken. And then... I will not spoil the ending by revealing it.
This is a very entertaining and heartwarming movie for the whole family. If you are an animal lover, this little tale is definitely for you.

Took my 7 year old daughter to see this movie today ; Im really glad we went!
From the previews I thought the movie was going to be boring ; lame, but I was pleasantly surprised with the movie!
The movie ran at a fast ; very entertaining pace...
The theater audience laughed, laughed ; then laughed some more...
The movie has comedy for sure, but also tells a great story ; has a few very good life lessons in it...
The lengths Carrey takes to take care of these Penguins is just AWESOME!
Jim Carrey did a fantastic job as the lead actor...
He shows signs of his old hillarious humor from his early films, but is not sooooo over the top in this film as he was in past films...
He showed true heart ; was very believable in his role!
The Penguins were unbelievably funny ; simply amazing! They must have had some serious training!
The supporting acting was pefectly done by Mr. Poppers kids ; ex wife...
Overall I give this movie an A...
I would recommend going to see this movie while its in the theaters...
I would also recommend it for adults ; children...
Thanks for reading my review!