There are some nice images of the teeming penguin population, and great fun to be had witnessing the love life, and indeed sex life, of penguins. It does have to be said, though, there is a fair bit of Disneyfication going on.
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Total FilmPaul Bradshaw
Total FilmPaul Bradshaw
It’s not as epic as "March Of The Penguins," or as stunning as the BBC’s usual slo-mo nature porn – but with nary an animated tap dance in sight, it’s still king of the 3D penguins.
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Time Out London
Time Out London
There’s little we haven’t seen before, including farting elephant seals.
Where Attenborough's script lent an air of dignity to the shorter film, Allen's reading of Philip LaZebnik's cutesy narration has a canned feel, and is unlikely to connect with viewers too young to appreciate cliched humor about the joys of bachelorhood versus the duties of parenting.
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Village VoiceChris Packham
Village VoiceChris Packham
The dull Adventures of the Penguin King is definitely the laziest of the waddle-coms to win theatrical release.