MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS
3 out of 5 stars

SUH CUTE!!! the penguins in this movie are sooooo adorablezzz... :)

a pretty shallow movie about a commercial real estate broker named tom popper (jim carey) whose life gets turned upside-down when his father leaves him penguins in his last will and testament. the movie starts with a young tom popper circa age 5-6? who communicates with his daddy via radio, and every time he comes back from a trip, his dad seems to get him a lil’ souvenir i.e. a snowglobe or a book. then, one day, he loses contact with his dad... fast-forward thirty years later when tom popper is all grown up, and he’s as sleazy and slick as they come. he’s got an assistant named piper who has a love for words that start with the letter P, and he knows how to close ANY sale. then, one day, he learns that his father has passed away, and then comes the shipment of penguins! his beautiful loft is soon transformed into an icy habitat for his new “room mates” AKA the captain, loudy, bitey, stinky, and nimrod! even his kids love him for having penguins as pets. well, that is until the zookeeper at the new york zoo wants his penguins too, so he could further his own agenda... what is mr. popper to do? ;)

like i said, this was a pretty shallow story with really shallow acting. so, this is what jim carey has been upto... i still think to this day, his best role was ace ventura. (LOL) laugh if you must but his ace ventura movies were pretty funny. comeon, him coming out nekked out of a rhino’s butthole? CLASSIC!!! you get NONE of that here, but the penguins are quite adorablezzz. what this lacks in everything a great movie has makes up in cute penguin scenes. penguin lovers will love...obviously. ;)