“Mr. Popper’s Penguins,” a mildly amusing flight of fancy for the family crowd, is far better for its penguins than its Popper. Not that Jim Carrey’s Mr. Popper is poorly done, per se. But the ...

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Based on the 1938 children’s book of the same name, "Mr. Popper’s Penguins" resembles little of the classic many of us read as elementary school students. Screenwriters Sean Anders and John Morris ...

Overall, Jim Carrey is a good choice to play the slick Mr. Popper, who ends up playing pop to a bunch of penguins. “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” is in part a tale of Tavern on the Green. So — it’s a dis ...

“Mr. Popper’s Penguins” is precious, protracted and pleasant enough, if not exactly potty trained. It pops from beloved children’s book to the screen as a passable time-passer for the preschool set.

1. There was a time that Jim Carrey's popularity was seen as a semi-legitimate threat to The Republic, a sign that American culture was rotten and decadent and infantile. It became a badge of pride, ...

20th Century Fox has released the first trailer for the family film Mr. Popper's Penguins. Jim Carrey stars as divorced New York real estate developer: "for years he has been out of contact with his ...

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With, say, Eddie Murphy as the star, Mr. Popper’s Penguins might have been a glorified paycheck contrivance. But Carrey is so naturally stylized that he coaxes the film’s gentle, creature-feature ...

Feeling like a desperate bid to revive that old "Ace Ventura" magic with Jim Carrey bringing a sextet of penguins into his tony Manhattan apartment, "Mr. Popper's Penguins" is actually rooted in the ...