daddy’s penguins is an inevitable story in movie marathons starring Jim Carrey. The American actor, widely known for his great charisma in the cinema, plays the father of some penguins in the film adaptation of the book of the same name by Richard Atwater and Florence Atwater. The children’s film has just premiered in Disney+Why did it become the favorite of adults and children?
“Mr. Popper (Carrey) is a successful real estate developer in Manhattan. He lives in a posh apartment on Park Avenue and is on the fast track to a partnership in a prestigious company. However, his life changes radically when he receives one last gift from his late father: a live penguin, soon joined by five other penguins. The antics of the birds soon win Mr. Popper over, and as he joins the penguins, his cold relationship with his ex-wife (Gugino) and his children begins to thaw,” the official description notes.
The story follows Thomas Tom Popper, a workaholic man who is in the real estate business. He is sure that there is no one who can perform as amazing as him and he fills all his personal voids with job success. One day, he receives the news of the death of his father, but the message arrives accompanied by an inheritance: a group of six penguins.
Captain Popper, Mordelona, Noisy, Amoroso, Stinky and Toribio are the names of these little animals that come to shake up their ordinary routine and who, in turn, practically become their children. As his heart grows nobler, Tom tries to reconnect with his family and will face more than one obstacle in the process. It is not too late to realize that he has not lived at all.
In addition to Carrey, the cast of daddy’s penguins was composed of Carla Gugino as Amanda Popper; Ophelia Lovibond as Pippi Peponopolis; Madeline Carroll as Janie Popper; Maxwell Perry Cotton as Billy Popper; Philip Baker Hall as Mr. Franklin; Angela Landsbury as Mrs. Selma Van Gundy; Clark Gregg as Nat Jones; David Krumholtz like Kent; Y James Tupper like Rick. It was directed by Mark Waters (a crazy friday Y heavy girls).
In 2011, the family film debuted in theaters around the world and grossed a worldwide box office of 187 million dollars, a figure that led it to be described as a success for 20th Century Fox after filming with a budget of 55 million. In American theaters, it was positioned at that time above productions such as X Men First generation Y Super 8.
What did the critics say about this comedy with Jim Carrey?
daddy’s penguins got a 47 percent review rate on the rating portal Rotten Tomatoes. “Blandly harmless and completely predictable, Mr. Popper’s Penguins could have been worse, but should have been better,” reads the consensus of reviews, describing it as somewhere between bad, easy, and enjoyable for all ages.
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The children’s comedy in which Jim Carrey became the father of penguins has already arrived at Disney +