| Credited cast: | |||
| Samuel L. Jackson | ... |
Narrator
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| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Jason Alexander | ... |
Penguin on Belly
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| Christina Applegate | ... |
Melissa
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| James Belushi | ... |
They're Aall Bitches Penguin
(voice)
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| Jason Biggs | ... |
Insecure Penguin
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| Lewis Black | ... |
Jimmy
(voice)
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| Mario Cantone | ... |
Sidney
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| Dane Cook | ... |
Online Penguin
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| Dave Coulier | ... |
There's No Snow Penguin
(voice)
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| Norm Crosby | ... |
Carl's Grandfather
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| Drea de Matteo | ... |
Ester
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Cliff Dorfman | ... |
Angry Penguin
(voice)
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| Adam Duritz | ... |
Sensitive Guy Penguin
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| Vanessa Lee Evigan | ... |
Hilton Penguin
(voice)
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| Harvey Fierstein | ... |
Sheila
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In this spoof of "March of the Penguins," nature footage of penguins near the South Pole gets a soundtrack of human voices. Carl and Jimmy, best friends, walk 70 miles to the mating grounds where the female penguins wait. The huddled masses of females - especially Melissa and Vicki - talk about males, mating, and what might happen this year. Carl, Jimmy, and the other males make the long trek talking about food, fornication and flatulence. Until this year, Carl's sex life has been dismal, but he falls hard for Melissa. She seems to like him. A crisis develops when Jimmy comes upon something soft in the dark. Can friends forgive? Does parenthood await Carl and Melissa? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
I love Bob Saget, and many of the other comedians that starred in this thing. But I can't for the life of me understand why any of them agreed to do it. I've seen Saget's standup, and I think he's very talented. But it does NOT translate well to a movie.
When the dialogue wasn't raunchy, it was incredibly trite, which offended me even more than the lewd humor.
For starters, Samuel L. Jackson belongs in something either a) intelligent or b) badass. This film was neither. And furthermore, I've actually lost some respect for Lewis Black due to his involvement in "Farce." What a stupid title, too. Way too obvious.
And why would you make fun of "March of the Penguins?" It's completely uncontroversial and didn't make a big enough splash in pop culture to be a worthy target of parody, so I guess they figured they had no choice but to make the penguins use the F-word.
Of course, the crappy paste-up job with the footage didn't help this film, either.
I'm not easily offended by off-color humor, but I am offended by respectable comedians reading VERY un-funny dialogue. What a shame.