 George Miller's animated Happy Feet is garnering reviews that. "A marvelous example of state-of-the art computer animation, Happy Feet is part family film, part Antarctic travelogue, part inspired musical," writes Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times. Lou Lumenick in the New York Post calls it "the best feature-length cartoon since The Incredibles." Gene Seymour in Newsday observes that it might even be better: "This isn't some overreaching Pixar wanna-be, but a rich, absorbing story that isn't content to dazzle you with effects, but rouse your spirits," he writes. Michael Phillips in the Chicago Tribune also has high regard for it: "Its craftsmanship and ambition put it a continent ahead of nearly every other animated feature of the last couple of years," he writes. But several critics warn that there is a dark side to Happy Feet that parents should be warned about. Concludes Manohla Dargis in the New York Times: "As politically pointed as it is disturbing, it is a view of hell as seen through the eyes and ears of creatures we foolishly, tragically call dumb." |
