DirkH’s review published on Letterboxd:
Part of Dastardly Difficult December: film nr.70
Ok, first off, penguins scare me. I'm convinced they are real world Mogwai, waiting to change into evil monsters. Nothing can be this cute without a catch.
So, my mother got this dvd for my kids as a Christmas present. I had already seen it and really didn't care much for it at all, due to aforementioned penguin related aversion and the fact that it was a bit bland and predictable.
The kids asked if they could watch it this morning as it is the first day of the Christmas holidays. So once again, while watching it, kids prove to be the most honest audience. At one point my daughter said: "Right, I'm going to dance." Which she did every single time a song was played in the film. My two year old son joined in every time (he has got some moves, let me tell ya. Already a better dancer than his dad. Which isn't that difficult, but still.)
They absolutely loved this film and while I had more fun watching them than those evil penguins, the fact that my two kids loved it so much is all that matters really.