Jim Carrey stars as Tom Popper, a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life...until he inherits six “adorable” penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom’s rambunctious roommates turn his swank New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland — and the rest of his world upside-down.
Holy mother of pearl, talk about superficial claptrap!
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
3 Aug 2011
fresh:
The director, Mark Waters, moves things briskly along and lets the charming absurdity of penguin behavior rise to its inherently good-natured heights.
– Bruce Diones,
New Yorker,
27 Jun 2011
fresh:
The good news is that, even though one must pace oneself through the dull parts, usually involving Mr. Popper's dullish family, [Carrey's] in pretty good form whenever he's getting physical
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
22 Jun 2011
rotten:
Such a brazenly moronic and uninspired example of a family movie that you'd swear it was a parody of brazenly moronic and uninspired family movies.
– Eric D. Snider,
Film.com,
17 Jun 2011
rotten:
Why is Jim Carrey standing around watching penguins be funny? Why isn't he in a movie where Jim Carrey is funny?