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Storyline
Tom Popper grew up having very little interaction with his father who was off exploring the world. When he grows up he spends most of time on his work and ignores his children. One day his father sends him an unusual gift: a penguin. Popper can't help but wonder why his father would send him a penguin. He tries to get rid of it, but accidentally orders five more. When his children and ex-wife show up to celebrate his son's birthday, the kids are taken with the penguins. And Popper finally gets to connect with his kids while his work suffers.
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Release Date:
17 June 2011 (USA)
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Also Known As:
Mr. Popper's Penguins
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Box Office
Budget:
$55,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend USA:
$18,445,355,
19 June 2011
Gross USA:
$68,224,452
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$187,361,754
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Trivia
- The penguin named Captain (with the heart-shaped black feathers on her frontage) was called Captain Cook in the film's source book, named after the famous explorer. Captain is the head penguin.
- The penguin Lovey (with the black pockmark on the left side of his chest) is so called because he cuddles a lot.
- The penguin Bitey (with a white stripe down the middle of her head) is named such because she nips and bites.
- The penguin Stinky (with white tail feathers) is so called because of his flatulence.
- The penguin Loudy (with the jagged white patterns around her eyes) is so named as she is the noisiest of the birds.
- The penguin Nimrod was so named as he is the most accident-prone penguin of the pack.
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Goofs
The babysitter's coat is buttoned up as she is about to sit down to watch TV, but it's wide open as she runs out the door.
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Quotes
Mr. Popper:
Hello! I have to send the penguins back.
Voice On Phone:
Send-da-penguin?
Mr. Popper:
Yes, send penguins.
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Crazy Credits
After the end of the credits, you hear one of the penguins hoot three times (but not loud enough to be "Loudy"!)
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Soundtracks
SET 'EM UP JOE
Written by
Werner Tautz
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User Reviews
...a bizarre comedy with the penguins as the main starlets.
This was not really the case.
It is a family movie you watch round Christmas and feel a little cheered afterward.
Hollywood is really amazing! In a a bad way. It has one single obsessive theme in most of its movies: the absent father and the relationship divorced father - his kids. I think the writers at Hollywood have real childhood issues and should see a pshycologist about it, instead of being so damn repetitive in every movie! But the penguins not been transformed into humans - like the apes in the awful "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" - is a good thing.
Angela Landsbury has aged. But she is still a very sympathetic grand old lady. I love her! 6.5/10. An OK movie!