Mr Poppers Penguins Early Review

Directed by Mark Waters
Written by Sean Andres, John Morris, and Jared Stern
Starring Jim Carey, Carla Gugino, Madeline Carroll, and Clark Gregg

 Well lighting strikes twice this week as I got to attend another advanced screening, this time for Mr Poppers Penguins. The film may not be as huge as Super 8 but seeing a film for free in advance is always fun. This is clearly for kids, but is the film tolerable for adults and older audiences and is it entertaining for the younger audience.
 Mr Poppers Penguin is about Mr Popper (Jim Carey) a workaholic who is one job away from being part of the big three business owner for the biggest business in New York. He is divorced and like his father, is rarely there for his wife or kids. One day his father dies and leaves him the biggest souvenir of all, six penguins that start to turn his life around.
 He know is a little bit less tending to his job and starts to focus more on hanning out with his kids ( Madeline Carroll and Maxwell Perry Cotton) and the penguins ( all six are voiced by Frank Welker). Not everything is perfect as Zoo worker Nat Jones ( Clark Gregg) well do anything to capture the six penguins. Will Mr Popper live happily ever after or will everything crash down for him?
 Mr Poppers Penguin is the definition for a Saturday Morning cartoon. The film is silly but I and the rest of the audience had a lot of fun with the film. I think the thing that makes the film better from mediocre kids films like Judy Moody is that Jim Carey is giving it is all and creates some really fun moments. I am a huge Carey fan and even through some of his bad stuff I thought he gave an honest effort in films like The Number 23 and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
 Carey for me is just so different and unique in any film it is really unpredictable what will he do next. The funniest moments of the film is when is Carey seems to be do his on stuff. Just every time he is on the screen he his a true joy to watch even if the joke falls flat on ground.
 The Penguin characters in the film are funny for the kids and not too annoying for mature audiences. They look real but I have been wondering if they were CGI or real live penguins but judging in films technical advances, I put my money on the CGI. The penguins have some cool moments like when the are sliding down railings which looks really good.
 This film does have many of the same flaws as any other family films I liked such as Night at the Museum and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The film is extremely genirc copying all other kids film note for note with the same plot lines. Also some of the poop jokes which may make kids laugh all just cringe inducing.
 Still Mr Poppers Penguins breaks away from the Judy Moody mold and joins Night at the Museum and Diary of the Wimpy Kids as one of my favorite kid films of the decade. I am going to give the film the same rating that I gave the all of those other films. A nice and sweet.

3 out of 4 Stars