Critic Reviews

Earnest messages about bad climate change and good parenting skills have been replaced by a we-all-share-a-planet sense of fun that's more "Finding Nemo" than National Geographic.

Although it's set on the same frozen continent, Happy Feet Two is worlds away from its predecessor.

This new round of toe-tapping musical numbers from the penguin population is shot in eye-poppingly gorgeous 3D.

Everything that happens in Happy Feet Two is good-to-great.

In some ways, it's a more grown-up story than Happy Feet, with more complicated messages delivered in subtler ways.

Pitt and Damon deliver the best lines (wisecracks about the food chain, predators and evolution, etc.) but their characters also represent most of us.

For me, Happy Feet Two is pretty thin soup. The animation is bright and attractive, the music gives the characters something to do, but the movie has too much dialogue in the areas of philosophy and analysis.

A jumbled, messy movie that has some winning moments but jumps around too much to hold your interest for long.

Robin Williams, who's sometimes too overbearing in real-life live action, makes a great cartoon-character voice.

Even with the addition of new characters, such as the ones voiced by Brad Pitt and Matt Damon, George Miller's animated sequel just isn't very funny.