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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, November 20, 2006 - 2:09 pm
greekbread and i saw this flick yesterday. kinda long, slow in a couple of spots. WONDERFUL MOVIE! take kids 8 and up. anything younger is too young. one for the length of the movie, and two for a couple of scenes.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Monday, November 20, 2006 - 2:17 pm
i can't wait to see it! may go on Thanksgiving day. thanks for the review, landi.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Monday, November 20, 2006 - 2:48 pm
Thanks, it's good to know that it might be too long and too intense(?) for a 4.5 year old. I think we'll skip it.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, November 20, 2006 - 3:04 pm
Santa's bringing the whole family movie bucks (stocking stuffers) and this is the movie we'll probably use some of those on.
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Reiki
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Monday, November 20, 2006 - 3:50 pm
Elijah Wood as a penguin. Enough said.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, November 25, 2006 - 6:46 pm
Landi, what are the "couple of scenes" that would be questionable for sensitive folk? If you don't want to post a spoiler here, please feel free to PM me. Thanks! 
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Saturday, November 25, 2006 - 8:13 pm
i saw it last night and the only things i could think of Who, are the scenes that may appear too scary for small children. they involve natural predators trying to eat the penguins. while i liked the movie and am all for conservation and preservation of habitats for wildlife, i do not like being preached to about it in a childrens' movie.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 12:40 pm
I hear ya, Cndeariso. We took the little guy (age 6) on Weds. He's a movie buff and has sat riveted through Pirates of the Caribbean and all 6 Star Wars movies, but he actually turned to me during one part and said he wanted to go home. It got a little heavy-handed for a children's movie. The message was good (leave some fish for the penguins), but it was about 20 minutes too long. Also when Mumble goes on his big journey, it got a little too intense even for me. I wanted "Happy Feet," not an action/adventure movie. Little guy didn't like the elephant seals. Too scary (this from a child whose favorite character is Darth Vader!). It was cute, but too long and definitely dragged in parts.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 1:49 pm
P.S. The sound track was great! I might even go buy it.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 2:00 pm
dh wants the sound track too. going to be a stocking stuffer for him this year.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 9:38 pm
This one's not a keeper, not one we'll need to own. I took my nearly 5 year old and she seemed to get bored. The singing dancing parts were good and she liked those, but the conservation part was long, heavy handed, and way too adult for kids and too preachy for me. It's a mostly forgettable movie. The first 20 mintues or so are the best part.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 3:39 pm
Finally watched it today. Just so-so.
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