{"id":7274,"date":"2019-04-18T12:03:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T16:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=7274"},"modified":"2019-04-18T12:03:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T16:03:15","slug":"review-penguins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=7274","title":{"rendered":"Review: PENGUINS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Cute and well-lensed, \u201cPenguins\u201d plays nice with wild animals making it wholesome family entertainment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Man-and-Camera-FIX-7-10-192x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Man-and-Camera-FIX-7-10-192x300.png 192w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Man-and-Camera-FIX-7-10-656x1024.png 656w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Man-and-Camera-FIX-7-10-768x1198.png 768w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Man-and-Camera-FIX-7-10-400x624.png 400w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Man-and-Camera-FIX-7-10-433x675.png 433w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Man-and-Camera-FIX-7-10-692x1080.png 692w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Man-and-Camera-FIX-7-10.png 861w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/penguins1-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7275\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When Steve, an Ad\u00e9lie penguin, gets separated from his group, he\u2019s got to make up for lost time.  Scurrying across the icy Antarctic, the little guy is in search of his fellow penguins and hopes to find a mate for the winter.  And we\u2019re along for the ride, as Steve finds a place to bed down, build a nest and, hopefully, attract a significant other.<br><br>Brilliantly shot and edited, \u201cPenguins\u201d is an endearing and safe take on a chapter in a penguin\u2019s life. Actor Ed Helms imbues good-natured humor into what is a life-and-death struggle.  The incremental approach is informative, if a little too sanitized.  For example, when the penguins are stalked by sea lions, we see some penguins eaten by the lions, but thankfully, Steve isn\u2019t one of them.  My thought is that Steve wasn\u2019t the only penguin tracked by the film crew.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/penguins2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7276\"\/><figcaption><strong>Meet Steve!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in 2011, my then 7-year-old daughter, Layla, and I attended a screening of \u201cDisneynature: African Cats.\u201d And as I remember it, one of the cats was named Layla.  When Layla didn\u2019t make it, my daughter had a complete melt-down.  Still, she loved the film.  We took in this movie together and Layla\u2019s 15.  She was happy that \u201cPenguins\u201d is much more upbeat and playful, by comparison.  And at just one hour 16 minutes, it\u2019s perfect for the squirmy, little, little ones.<br><br>Still, if you\u2019re looking for a hard-hitting movie that educates you and your children about the practices of penguins, warts and all, you probably should watch (or re-watch) 2005\u2019s Oscar-winning \u201cMarch of the Penguins.\u201d This penguins movie takes few risks narratively. But as the credits roll, it is clear that the crew who captured the movie dealt with difficult conditions and captured more reality than what ultimately ends up on screen.<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Disneynature film plays it safe, but it&#8217;s still fun for the whole family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[1429,206,1431],"class_list":["post-7274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-disneynature","tag-documentary","tag-ed-helms","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7278,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7274\/revisions\/7278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}