Mr. Popper – talented and successful realtor, as well as a potential director of a large company. He is divorced, he has two children and a luxury apartment in the center of New York. And also his father recently died, whom he saw only a few times in his life. No, his father was not, like him, divorced. He was just an avid traveler and a gifted zoologist. And the only thing that he bequeathed to his beloved child before his death was a large package. And in it – penguin. And now the life of a promising businessman is changing abruptly … probably. In general, not very cool. I could have twisted it harder.
I will make a reservation in advance that the movie, although it positions itself as `` Family Cinema '', is much more for children than for their parents. Person, who has seen at least a couple of dozen American comedies will find practically nothing new here. Most of the jokes here boil down to techniques discovered, if not by Chaplin himself, then by his numerous followers and imitators, of whom Hollywood is now a dime a dozen. Humor in this movie – a crumpled parody of the classic genre. Only a few times really funny moments slip through. The only thing that brightens it up is – this is Jim Carrey himself, who with his undoubtedly wonderful game is trying to somehow pull the picture to a level acceptable for comedy. Unfortunately, even his grimaces, bored after all the movies with his participation, look very familiar, if not to say – trivially.
Besides him, I would also like to mention Angela Lansbury from the cast. Her, despite the short screen time, I managed to bring a drop of English sophistication, charm, if you like, to the picture. Pleasing to the eye is the cute and at the same time caring Pipi, performed by Ophelia Lovibond. And as you'd expect, Carla Gugino (Mrs Popper) and Clark Gregg (No Jones) played well. Although the latter seemed to have blown away by the end of the movie, partially turning from a completely rational and overly persistent caretaker into a stupid profit hunter. The children (Madeleine Carroll and Perry Maxwell – Jenny and Billy Poppers, respectively) just played their roles. No less, but no more.
As for the notorious penguins, of which there are six in the movie, I personally, looking at them, wanted not to laugh, but to cry. Their deliberate computer graphics only in places diluted with ordinary processing, once again proves that the movie is focused exclusively on children. I was expecting to see a melodramatic comedy with six Living Penguins, not a pantomime of cartoon animals like Happy Feet. Even after an interview with Kerry, in which he openly says that in addition to real animals he had to work with animatronic ones, I continued to hope that the matter would be limited to just a few touches. Alas, the hope did not come true.
I am glad that there are practically no grand pianos in the Bushes, which they like to `` pamper '' viewers, the creators of such pictures. Heroes get out of difficult situations on their own, albeit painfully familiar methods. It is not clear only why in an absolutely finished `` happy end '' squeezed inappropriate praise of Democracy in a fit of self-defense; good-natured cops and a purely panoramic call to the `` familiar Chief '' would be enough. However, even the language does not turn out to be called a disadvantage. Simple education of young people, no more.
The movie itself (and especially humor) is striking in its predictability. In general terms, it is easy to predict how the plot will develop, what this or that action will result in, and how others will react to it. Of all this, one can single out only the changes in Popper's apartment, which turned out to be not only unexpected, but also quite funny and even beautiful. It was a pleasant surprise from the creators, although it did not last long on the screen.
In general, do not expect anything original or interesting from the adaptation of a children's book, which is taught in America in elementary grades. If you have children or little brothers and sisters, be sure to take them to this movie: I have no doubt that they will like it, and they will leave the session happy. If you yourself want to go to a good, but poorly worked out children's comedy, then it is better to turn into the next room for `` Transformers '' or `` Very Bad Teacher. '' You will get incomparably more pleasure from them. but a poorly designed children's comedy, then it is better to turn into the next room for `` Transformers '' or `` Very Bad Teacher. '' You will get incomparably more pleasure from them.but a poorly designed children's comedy, then it is better to turn into the next room for `` Transformers '' or `` Very Bad Teacher. '' You will get incomparably more pleasure from them.
The Topic of Article: Review of the movie Mr. Popper's Penguins. Jim Ventura: When Banality Calls.
Author: Jake Pinkman |
