Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, young Tommy Popper looks forward to the moments when, on his tiptoes to reach a ham radio in his bedroom, he can talk to his world-traveling father. Years later, Tommy is now Mr. Popper, a highly successful real estate developer in Manhattan. Amicably divorced from Amanda, with two children he sees on alternate weekends, Mr. Popper lives the life of luxury in his ultra-modern Park Avenue apartment and is well on his way to becoming partner at his prestigious firm. That is, until the morning a final gift from Popper's late father, a souvenir from Antarctica, arrives in a crate at Popper's front door.
Inside the wooden box, nestled amongst ice packs, is a two-foot tall penguin with bright orange feet. Not a toy penguin, or a stuffed bird from the taxidermist, as Popper at first assumes, but a real, live penguin, who scampers across Popper's floor and emits loud honks. Eager to be rid of this wild creature, Popper contacts every city and state agency imaginable, but no one is willing to take a pet penguin. His call to Antarctica to try to ship the bird back instead results in the arrival of another five penguins at Popper's door. As he gets acquainted with his pet penguins, his winged roommates, Popper's life quickly unravels: his swanky New York apartment is turned into a snowy winter wonderland, the deal he's long been working on is derailed, and he almost lands in jail. But thanks to his new charges, Popper comes to understand the importance of family, human and otherwise.
My movie review
Did I enjoy this movie? The answer is YES, and that is a very entertaining YES! Jim Carrey is just fabulous, although many would not agree, if you have known him from the Ace Ventura days, well so much has changed, and as we all do, we age and so does Jim, but he never loss his charisma, his voice replications and his talent in acting. And like whiskey, he's better as he ages.
The penguins used here in the movie were real live penguins, of course CGI played its part but most of it was definitely the penguins and they are so lovable... even though all they do in the movie is honk, they played a major role in giving us great entertainment and to let Mr. Popper (Carrey) realize the importance of family.Take the whole family and watch this movie, brought to us by 20th Century Fox and now showing at all your favorite theaters nationwide.
Take Dad and watch this weekend to celebrate Father's Day. Thank you Jim Carrey for making us laugh again. And I just love Pippy, Mr. Popper's trusted assistant, watch her and you'll know what I mean. See you at the movies.