Touches You

Absolutely the worst movie.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Young children (and probably some adults as well to be honest) who find movies like Alvin & The Chipmunks, Hop and Stuart Little humorous will more than likely enjoy this slapstick caper with Jim Carey as Tom Popper, a man who has been sent 6 penguins by his world explorer father to look after.Now, I thought the combination of penguins and Jim Carey would have had the winning result of a very amusing movie, but I was pretty disappointed in all honesty. Carey, while amusing, wasn't anywhere near his best and I think the true stars of the movie were definitely Bitey, Loudy, Stinky, Captain, Lovey & Nimrod.This is a very predictable movie, and with a penguin named Stinky you just know it contains the usual fart jokes and toilet humour to try and keep it entertaining. And in a way it does because, if truth be told, it's that and Nimrod's clumsy, slapstick behaviour that keeps the humour ticking along. Unfortunately those, and the occasional moments from Carey, are the only moments of real humour.All in all, while it's a decent, feel good movie, it is still a bit of a let down.

Jim Carrey is Tom Popper, a New York City businessman who has put almost all of his life into his work instead of family. One day he gets a call saying that his father has died, but he left him a gift: penguins. Carrey carries this movie and saves it from being a disaster with his physical slapstick. It's the kind of film that proves that a small story can be much more meaningful than a larger one. The cinematography is stark and bare, with only the soundtrack adding some effect. From an artistic standpoint, there were some plot elements and character developments I didn't think were totally needed. They do however drive the story, which seemed to be their purpose, so I can accept them.

I've been a fan of this guy since the early 1990s as a kid as he starred in A lot of over the top comedies that made me laugh out loud. From Dumb & Dumber to The Mask to Ace Ventura,basically he was the king of Comedy back in the old days. Since then his comedy isn't as funny as it used to be and here is an example of one film that wasn't as funny as his old school comedy movies. He plays a man who as a kid his father couldn't spend some time with him so he sends him a penguin that he receives in his front door of his apartment. But when he wants to get rid of the penguin he ends up getting 6 more of them the next day. Of course his son's birthday is approaching and his son is over the moon and even his ex wife(well it doesn't state but she must be his ex wife)even takes the penguins in too. But of course a zoo keeper wants to send them back to where they came from and its up to Carrey and his family to save the penguins.Overall I enjoyed this movie as it was on RTE ONE last night as the big big movie and I never seen it before so I decided to go and check it out. Carrey isn't as funny as he is in like I said his old school comedies because his getting older and his wacky side isn't as wacky as he used to be,but if your like me and your a fan of Carrey's since his career. Than check it out. Bottom line I prefer his old school movies more. 5/10

MAY CONTAIN SPOILERSI trust the producers were not expecting Mr. Popper's Penguins to be a box office smash, because if they were, they neglected to mix the full recipe ingredients for a block buster movie. Yes, they included one of the major star comedians, Jim Carrey. Yes, they gave us a good background story of a young boy named Tommy Popper who listened endlessly and intently to his CB (citizen band) radio patiently waiting for the rare occasion his world traveler father would reach out to him from afar on the CB radio and tell young Tommy Popper about his current adventure he was on from the four corners of the world. But Tommy grew up as a lonely boy and then 30 years later we see Tommy (now an adult Jim Carrey) as a successful real estate mogul, who is separated from his wife and two kids because he just does not have time for any of his own family. Like father, like son.Before Tommy's father passes away he sends adult Tommy two crates from the Antartica containing six adorable Penguins. There is also a letter included in one of the the crates which Tommy inadvertently does not see fall under the hall table until quite some time later. Again the producers did a good job with making the penguins look real in all their animated scenes. The penguins bathroom breaks were exceptionally cute and appropriate for all age audiences including young children. I saw the movie at home, but I would imagine any child between the age of 3-13 would be howling of laughter with the antics of the six penguins, who were individually named in a manner that resembles their predominant and individual behavior, similar to the Disney's Seven Dwarfs.Jim Carrey's estranged wife Amanda (played by Carla Gugino) has moved on with her life and she has a new man she is interested in. Their two kids, a girl and a boy have not spent a lot of time with their father who is always too busy with his real estate deals. I anticipated I may have heard Cat Stevens 1971 classic song "Father and Son" contained somewhere in the film, but it was missing, as was a story line that the audience could commit to believing in.Angela Lansbury plays Mrs. Van Gundy the sole owner of the Tavern on the Green restaurant that adult Tommy Poppers bosses assign him to acquire for their new development plans. We find out later that little Tommy used to eat at the restaurant with his father on the rare occasion he came to town to visit with his son. Introducing Angela Lansbury was an attempt to make it more like the 1971 Disney classic she previously starred in Bedknobs and Broomsticks. It is worth a watch for Jim Carrey's interaction with the adorable penguins. The animators did a fantastic job of making the penguins irresistibly entertaining. But let's not fool ourselves. Mr. Poppers Penguins is a good movie that is sure to entertain children between the ages of 3-13 but when I mentioned the film was missing some key ingredients I am referring to that Disney magic. Mr. Poppers Penguins is simply lacking that warm story line and the charm of any of the Disney classics even with Ms. Lansbury in a supporting role, and the advanced CGI animatronics available today.