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Penguins
    2019-04-17  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

Having appeared in “March of the Penguins” and those “Happy Feet” movies, the tuxedo-sporting member of the Spheniscidae* family is a natural in the ever-expanding Disney-

nature flock. “Penguins” proves very delightful — a coming-of-age story that can makes you forget you’re watching a documentary instead of an animated adventure.

Rather than training their lenses on the Emperor breed, which was featured in “Happy Feet,” a 2005 Oscar winner, directors Alastair Fothergill, a Disneynature veteran, and Jeff Wilson selected the smaller, highly expressive* Adelie penguins, which happen to be born character actors.

When we first meet Steve (playfully voiced by the film’s narrator Ed Helms), it’s clear he’s a bird of a different feather. The easily distracted* 5-year-old penguin has become separated from the rest of his fellow male Adelies and has to catch up to them as they take advantage of* the brief Antarctic spring to make nests and find life partners.

Finally, Steve gets to where he needs to be, and while his nest-building abilities could use some work*, he wins the heart of the perky yet practical Adeline. Their mating dance is played out against the classic rock strains of REO Speedwagon’s “Can’t Fight This Feeling.”

Of course, this being a Disneynature production, their domestic life is filled with all kinds of danger, including circling killer whales and leopard seals, not to mention punishing katabatic winds*. All have been captured over a period of three years by the 16-member team that shares principal photography credits, whose use of both long lenses and penguin cams allows for extensive, immersive access to the icy habitat.

After directing a number of Disneynature productions, Fothergill has got the format down to a science by this point, but he and Wilson seem to employ a lighter touch here, going easy on the factoids* while boosting the humor. Harry Gregson-Williams’ cheerful score is further enlivened by those inspired 1980s song selections, including Patti LaBelle’s bouncy “Stir it Up” and Whitesnake’s rock ballad “Here I Go Again.”

All told, it makes for a truly happy feat.(SD-Agencies)

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